Arab Culture

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1. Bahrain
Manama
Kuwait City
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
2001 - Amman


2. Oman
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Muscat
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
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)


3. Djibouti
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
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).
Djibouti
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


4. Algeria
Muscat
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Algiers


5. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Beirut
20-25%
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.


6. 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
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Laic - purely historical
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)
Amman


7. Egypt
Cairo
to recite
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


8. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Muscat
Struggle for God
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


9. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Riyadh
63
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


10. Shari'a

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11. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
22
Muscat
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


12. Lebanon
Moderate view
Rabat
Beirut
Laic - purely historical


13. What is Petra?
The Bedouin
Struggle for God
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Rabat


14. 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.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Sana
Muslim call to prayer


15. Who are the Nabatians?
Damascus
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
22
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


16. Syria
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Damascus
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


17. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
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
Mustasawwif
Dhikr
Moderate view


18. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
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
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of 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
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


19. Tunisia
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Tripoli
Laic - purely historical
Tunis


20. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Joseph
Tunis
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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.


21. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Dhikr
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
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
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


22. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Arab league members
Khartoum
to recite
Doha


23. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
to recite
Laic - purely historical
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
20-25%


24. Who are the Shiites?
Mogadishu
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Sana
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


25. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
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
114
Sana
Kuwait City


26. Iraq
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).
Baghdad
to recite
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


27. 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.
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
Nouakchott
Sufism
Laic - purely historical


28. Who is the Original Arab?
The Bedouin
Abu Dhabi
Rabat
114


29. Adab

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30. Somalia
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
The Bedouin
Mogadishu


31. Muezzin
the performer of adhan
Sana
Abu Dhabi
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


32. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Struggle for God
Abu Dhabi
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


33. Qatar
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
63
Khartoum
Doha


34. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Moderate view
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).
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


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

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36. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
the performer of adhan
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
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)


37. What is the Sunna?
Muslim call to prayer
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


38. Libya
Damascus
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Tripoli
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


39. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Kuwait City
Algiers
63
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


40. What is Mesopotamia?
Joseph
Sana
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
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.


41. What is the Kaaba?
Muscat
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
Beirut


42. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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43. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
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
Nouakchott
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).
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


44. Kuwait
Doha
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).
Kuwait City
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.


45. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
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
Dhikr
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.


46. What age was Muhammed when he died?
Manama
63
Beirut
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


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

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48. United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Tariiqa
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Racial Islamist view


49. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Muscat
Cairo
Tariiqa
63


50. Mauritania
Damascus
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
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
Nouakchott