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1. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Doha
to recite
Title: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph; speaks about the author's war experience in the Arab's revolt for independence against the Ottoman Turks
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith

2. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Title: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph; speaks about the author's war experience in the Arab's revolt for independence against the Ottoman Turks
The Suspended Odes. - The master pieces of the Pre-Islamic poetry composed in Classical Arabic - by the most famous poets of Arabia - in the 6th century AD before the birth of the Islam (and the Revelation of the Qur'anic text).
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.

3. Jahiliyya is a historical period of the Arabia that preceded the rise of Islam - a sort of Arabian 'antiquity' - characterized by polytheism - the nomad or Bedouin style of life- preponderant in the Peninsula at that time- and the 'fervent tribalism
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Mustasawwif
Laic - purely historical
Racial Islamist view

4. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
1) Hanafi - Arab Middle East and South Asia 2) Hanbali - Saudi Arabia 3) Maliki - North - Central - and West Africa 4) Shafi'i - North - Central - and West Africa
Amman
Beirut
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part

5. Morocco
Rabat
Cairo
Tripoli
The legal system in Islam was formed progressively - by the contribution of religious scholars called 'ulamaa' - 'An organized Muslim judiciary became established only after Mu'awiya seized the caliphate in 661

6. Qatar
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Doha
Struggle for God
Riyadh

7. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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8. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.

9. Adhan
Muslim call to prayer
Joseph
The land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.
Title: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph; speaks about the author's war experience in the Arab's revolt for independence against the Ottoman Turks

10. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Ritual prayer is done 5 times a day at a specific time facing the direction of Mecca. It is a must for all Muslims to do it if they are clean - Supplication is a prayer that you can do at any time and does not have to be in Arabic. It is a personal p
Moderate view
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
The center of worship in Mecca that the houses the black stone. Pagans use to worship there - and now Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca.

11. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Joseph
Title: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph; speaks about the author's war experience in the Arab's revolt for independence against the Ottoman Turks
the performer of adhan

12. What is Pan-Arabism?
Title: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph; speaks about the author's war experience in the Arab's revolt for independence against the Ottoman Turks
Tripoli
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.

13. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Tunis
Joseph
114

14. The contemplative - esoteric and mystical form of worship in Islam that ultimately aims at opening for the Sufi the ways of communion with God at the spiritual and emotional levels.
Beirut
22
Kuwait City
Sufism

15. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Sufism
Arab league members
Dhikr
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah

16. Yemen
Sana
Moderate view
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.

17. Who are the Nabatians?
2001 - Amman
Kuwait City
Struggle for God
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.

18. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Amman
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Struggle for God
Doha

19. What is the Kaaba?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
The center of worship in Mecca that the houses the black stone. Pagans use to worship there - and now Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca.
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Amman

20. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
The Suspended Odes. - The master pieces of the Pre-Islamic poetry composed in Classical Arabic - by the most famous poets of Arabia - in the 6th century AD before the birth of the Islam (and the Revelation of the Qur'anic text).
Sufism
Kuwait City

21. Bahrain
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Djibouti
Manama
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.

22. Jordan
The legal system in Islam was formed progressively - by the contribution of religious scholars called 'ulamaa' - 'An organized Muslim judiciary became established only after Mu'awiya seized the caliphate in 661
Amman
Immoderate view
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith

23. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Khartoum
1) Creed: Allah is the true God and Muhhhamad is his profit 2) Ritual Prayer: Praying 5 times a day at a specific time. Reciting a prayer in Arabic from Qur'an 3) The giving of alms 4) Fasting (Sawm): The fasting of Rammadhan. 5) Pilgrimage (Hajj)
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.

24. Who are the Shiites?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Baghdad
Rabat
Muscat

25. What is the Sunna?
Damascus
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Mustasawwif
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.

26. What is Mesopotamia?
The land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.
Nouakchott
Rabat
Struggle for God

27. Jahiliyya is the time when people were ignorant of the TRUE God's religion - of the true and unique 'Way' or 'Path' - that of Islam. Qualification.....
Immoderate view
Joseph
to recite
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.

28. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
114
63
20-25%
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)

29. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
the performer of adhan
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Arab league members

30. Hadiths

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31. Muezzin
the performer of adhan
The journey of Muhammad and the Umma from Mecca to Yathrib in the year 622; this journey marks the end of aljihiyya (the period of ignorance) and the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
Sana
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.

32. Oman
Immoderate view
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Muscat
Racial Islamist view

33. What is Petra?
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
114
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Dhikr

34. Lebanon
Damascus
Rabat
Beirut
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity

35. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Nouakchott
Racial Islamist view
Mustasawwif
Mogadishu

36. Sudan
Joseph
Khartoum
to recite
Tunis

37. Djibouti
Djibouti
Joseph
Baghdad
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.

38. Iraq
Sana
Tunis
Dhikr
Baghdad

39. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Racial Islamist view
Mogadishu
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity

40. Who is the Original Arab?
Ritual prayer is done 5 times a day at a specific time facing the direction of Mecca. It is a must for all Muslims to do it if they are clean - Supplication is a prayer that you can do at any time and does not have to be in Arabic. It is a personal p
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Manama
The Bedouin

41. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Dhikr
20-25%
22
Racial Islamist view

42. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Tariiqa
Baghdad
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Muscat

43. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
Sufism
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Riyadh
Mogadishu

44. Algeria
Nouakchott
Algiers
Muslim call to prayer
63

45. 'Lawrence of Arabia's most famous book is entitled.....and speaks about....'

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46. Syria
Damascus
The journey of Muhammad and the Umma from Mecca to Yathrib in the year 622; this journey marks the end of aljihiyya (the period of ignorance) and the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
Riyadh
Beirut

47. Somalia
Mogadishu
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
114
Manama

48. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Tunis
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Joseph
Khartoum

49. Jahiliyya is a state of 'barbarism' - of 'pagan ignorance and deprived of divine guidance' - the label which applies to any (non-Islamic) society in which God is not sovereign. Qualification: .....
Racial Islamist view
Tunis
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.

50. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Arab league members
The Arab world is made up of all the countries where Arabic is the national language. The Muslim world does not exist. The Middle East is a political and geographical area East of Europe that includes Turkey - Iran - Israel - Afghanistan - and Pakist
The center of worship in Mecca that the houses the black stone. Pagans use to worship there - and now Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca.