Arab Culture

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1. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Joseph
Moderate view
Tariiqa
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


2. 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: .....
Amman
Racial Islamist view
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
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


3. What does the term 'Mu'allqates' mean?

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4. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Struggle for God
the performer of adhan
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Mogadishu


5. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
The Bedouin
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Arabian monotheism
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


6. Who is the Original Arab?
Moderate view
Struggle for God
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
The Bedouin


7. 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.
Mogadishu
Immoderate view
Algiers
Sufism


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

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9. Syria
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.
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Khartoum
Damascus


10. Lebanon
Algiers
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Beirut


11. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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12. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
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.
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


13. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
to recite
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Arab league members
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


14. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Dhikr


15. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Nouakchott
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Tariiqa


16. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
114
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).
the performer of adhan
Laic - purely historical


17. What is Tribal Solidarity?
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Sufism
Khartoum


18. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Mustasawwif
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
Kuwait City
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


19. Bahrain
Tripoli
Manama
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry


20. Morocco
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Rabat
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
20-25%


21. What is the Sunna?
Muslim call to prayer
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Laic - purely historical
22


22. 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 most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
20-25%
Laic - purely historical
Khartoum


23. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Laic - purely historical
The Bedouin
Racial Islamist view
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


24. Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Arab league members
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Laic - purely historical


25. Hanifiyya
Nouakchott
Djibouti
Arabian monotheism
2001 - Amman


26. Yemen
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).
22
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Sana


27. What is Mesopotamia?
Muslim call to prayer
Algiers
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.
Sana


28. Hadiths

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29. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Muslim call to prayer
Kuwait City
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


30. What age was Muhammed when he died?
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
63
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 Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


31. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
The Bedouin
the performer of adhan
Cairo
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


32. Algeria
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Immoderate view
Sana
Algiers


33. Libya
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Tripoli
Damascus
Djibouti


34. What is Pan-Arabism?
Struggle for God
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Kuwait City


35. Who are the Nabatians?
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
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.
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


36. Adhan
Beirut
Muslim call to prayer
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.
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.


37. The 4 major schools of Shari'a in Sunni Islam and their political geographical distribution

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38. Oman
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
Dhikr
Muscat
Struggle for God


39. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Amman
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
22


40. The Arab Parliament was created:
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
2001 - Amman
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
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


41. Shari'a

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42. Muezzin
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)
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.
Joseph
the performer of adhan


43. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
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.
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Dhikr


44. Somalia
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Mogadishu


45. What is the Hijra?
Arab league members
Kuwait City
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
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.


46. What is Petra?
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Laic - purely historical
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


47. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
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
114
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


48. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Nouakchott
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
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
20-25%


49. Tunisia
Tunis
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
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


50. Who are the Shiites?
Nouakchott
Joseph
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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