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Question

The scholar Taj al-Din al-Fakihani from this modern-day country claimed that Mawlid (“MAO-leed”) is an “invention” and ought not be celebrated. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this country that commemorates Mawlid with sugar dolls and many special sweets. This country home to Al-Azhar university is also the center of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

ANSWER: Egypt [or Miṣr; or Arab Republic of Egypt; or Jumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʻArabiyyah]

[10e] Mawlid is an annual celebration of this sort of day of Mohammad. A Bar Mitzvah is held for Jewish boys on the first Shabbat after their thirteenth one of these sorts of days.

ANSWER: birthdays [accept birthday of Mohammad]

[10h] This practice is often involved in Sufi celebrations of Mawlid. This meditative practice is exemplified by the whirling of the Mevlevi order, and has an Arabic name meaning “remembrance of god.”

ANSWER: dhikr [or zikr; or thikr]

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Northern California	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	86%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	56%	22%
Florida	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	56%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	15.83	100%	58%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	56%	0%
North	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	16.67	100%	50%	17%
Pacific	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%
South Central	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	16.92	100%	69%	0%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	20.00	100%	88%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%

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Berkeley Archer Queen	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
UC Irvine	USC B	10	10	0	20
UCLA B	UC Santa Barbara	10	10	0	20
UCLA A	Claremont C	10	10	0	20
Claremont B	UCLA C	10	10	0	20
UCLA D	UCSD A	0	10	0	10
UCLA F	UCLA E	10	10	0	20
Claremont A	UCSD B	10	10	0	20
Carleton A	Ottawa C	10	10	0	20
McGill A	Ottawa A	10	10	0	20
Ottawa D	McGill B	10	10	0	20
Carleton B	McGill E	10	10	0	20
McGill C	Ottawa B	10	10	0	20
Waterloo C	Guelph A	0	10	0	10
McMaster A	Waterloo A	10	10	10	30
McMaster C	Brock A	0	10	0	10
Toronto A	Toronto B	0	10	0	10
Toronto D	Toronto C	10	10	0	20
Toronto E	Toronto G	10	10	0	20
Toronto I	Toronto F	10	10	10	30
Queen's A	Toronto H	10	10	0	20
Waterloo B	McMaster B	0	10	0	10
UCF A	Florida A	10	10	0	20
Michigan State C	Michigan State D	10	10	0	20
Ohio State B	Ohio State A	10	10	0	20
Pittsburgh	Louisville D	10	10	0	20
WVU A	Ohio State D	0	10	0	10
WVU B	Louisville C	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	CWRU C	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	CWRU A	0	10	0	10
CWRU D	Louisville B	0	10	0	10
CWRU B	Michigan B	10	10	0	20
Ohio State C	Michigan D	10	10	0	20
Michigan State A	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Michigan C	Michigan State B	10	10	0	20
William & Mary C	Duke A	10	10	0	20
Liberty A	JMU A	10	10	0	20
JMU B	NCSU B	10	10	0	20
Tusculum A	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
UNC A	Virginia A	0	10	0	10
UNC D	UNC B	10	10	0	20
VCU A	UNC C	0	10	0	10
NCSU A	Virginia Tech A	10	10	0	20
William & Mary A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10
George Mason B	Penn	10	10	0	20
George Mason A	Rutgers A	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A	Lehigh B	10	10	0	20
Maryland A	Maryland C	0	10	0	10
NYU A	Maryland B	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Princeton	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10
Rowan	NYU C	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	Rutgers C	0	10	0	10
Vassar A	Rutgers D	10	10	0	20
Vassar B	George Mason C	10	10	0	20
Stony Brook	Johns Hopkins	10	10	0	20
WashU Grolars	Chicago A	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Illinois Blue	0	10	0	10
Illinois Canada	Chicago B	10	10	0	20
Illinois Champaign	Illinois Orange	0	10	0	10
Illinois Urbana	William Woods University A	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
Rose-Hulman A	Iowa A	0	10	0	10
WashU Grizzlers	Purdue B	10	10	0	20
Indiana B	Purdue D	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin A	Iowa State	10	10	0	20
Amherst A	Vermont B	0	10	0	10
Brown B	Boston College A	0	10	0	10
Tufts C	Boston University B	0	10	0	10
Williams A	Dartmouth A	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Mozart	Dartmouth B	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Beethoven	Dartmouth C	10	10	10	30
MIT B	Harvard	10	10	0	20
Brown A	Tufts A	10	10	0	20
UConn A	Brandeis Bach	0	10	0	10
Vermont A	Boston University A	0	10	0	10
MIT A	Williams B	10	10	10	30
Washington Chum	Alberta A	10	10	0	20
Arizona State B	Washington State	10	10	0	20
Washington Atlantic	Boise State	10	10	0	20
British Columbia A	British Columbia C	0	10	0	10
British Columbia B	Washington Sockeye	0	10	0	10
Washington Pink	Texas	10	10	0	20
Washington Masu	Washington Chinook	0	10	0	10
Alberta B	Washington Coho	10	10	0	20
Arizona State A	Washington Steelhead	10	10	10	30
Amherst B	Boston College B	0	10	0	10
Central Oklahoma A	Murray State College B	10	10	0	20
Oklahoma	Nebraska A	0	10	0	10
Nebraska B	Nebraska C	0	10	0	10
Tulsa A	Murray State College A	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Emory A	Auburn A	10	10	0	20
Georgia A	Georgia Tech F	10	10	0	20
Chipola College	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech B	Tennessee Tech	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20
Clemson B	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt C	Mississippi State A	10	10	0	20
Montevallo	Sewanne	0	10	0	10
Tennessee B	Clemson C	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt A	Clemson A	10	10	0	20
Sheffield A	Edinburgh C	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh D	Durham B	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh B	Edinburgh A	10	10	0	20
York	Durham D	0	10	0	10
Durham A	Sheffield B	10	10	0	20
Southampton	Cambridge B	10	10	0	20
Bristol	Imperial D	0	10	0	10
Cardiff	Cambridge A	10	10	0	20
Imperial B	Cambridge D	10	10	0	20
Imperial A	Birmingham	10	10	0	20
Oxford	Imperial C	10	10	10	30
Cambridge C	LSE	10	10	0	20
Warwick	Cambridge E	10	10	0	20
Cornell A	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20
ESF	Binghamton B	10	10	0	20
Cornell C	Binghamton C	10	10	0	20
RIT A	Cornell D	10	10	0	20
Cornell B	Rochester	10	10	0	20