Essays 511 - 540
in the Islamic world is to cultivate and perpetuate a sense of unity where jurisprudence is concerned, otherwise known as the ongo...
To understand the relative impact of veiling upon Islamic women we must delve into the culture, religion and politics of Islam. I...
1995). The Kuwait Finance House was started in response to a need for financial services that met the Islamic requirements for in...
with holy wars that are most familiar to Westerners are in the Old Testament. Exodus 32:27 tells of how God ordered the destructio...
different. With new design it is likely that the courtyard is considered completed and not reliant on change. In addition, alth...
roles. Inasmuch as the barricade toward womens rights "remains deeply rooted in traditional Islamic culture" (Witte 2005:A24), it...
to confront the first Caliph of the Islamic nation. The Shiites, in contrast, felt like this position was destined to be filled w...
In "The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in A World Civilization" Marshal Hodgson (1990)...
there are also some commonalities in the way that the law has been developed and the way it is implemented. In each case the evo...
In eight pages Islamic architecture and art are examined in a comparative analysis of these mosaics. Seven sources are cited in t...
In eight pages the Islamic definition of morality crimes is considered in a discussion of punishment methods in Saudi Arabia and T...
In seven pages the U.S. Nation of Islam and its status as a nationalist organization is compared with the fundamentalist Islamic r...
the regulations. For example, Prince Salman, Governor of the Riyadh Province is known to have said "If beneficiaries had used ass...
Satanic Verses spoke against Islam and because Rushdie was raised Muslim, he became one of the most visible and obvious choices fo...
culture of Islam and the occidental world. The book details the impacts Islam has had from a religious perspective in particular....
In eight pages intermarriages and issues of cultural diversity and nationalism are considered from a U.S. perspective through Jewi...
In eleven pages this paper examines Egypt and Nigeria in terms of the roles of Islamic women and the ways in which their protectiv...
in 7th century Arabia" (Time, 2001; 50). For example, while many pagan societies of the time buried unwanted female infants alive,...
a primary reason why they are often regarded as trouble-making societal fringe desiring nothing more than to cause problems and wr...
easy to obtain. However, with organisations such as the Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance in London there is a good sourc...
been treated little better than animals. Islam at least accorded that women may be redeemed and attain a heavenly reward, although...
In six pages this paper examines the life and contributions of this influential 20th century Islamic teacher and writer who inspir...
that is precisely what it is. Satrapi is Iranian, and her autobiography gives Westerners the chance to understand what its like to...
black and white just what the situation is. Of course, there are numerous indicators, one of which is the Gross Domestic Product o...
Domestic Product (GDP): This is an economic term that is "a measure of the size of the economy of a particular territory" (Wikiped...
is to save people from governmental interference, they view themselves as "sovereign citizens" (Freeh, 1998, p. PG) who have the i...
that the political, social and revolutionary benefits of Hajj have been overtaken by mass production of ritual mismanagement" (Hae...
In eight pages this paper discusses the Middle East in a consideration of Islamic religious fundamentalism and its political impac...
In eight pages this paper discusses the Ages of Reason and Enlightenment in a consideration of how God was viewed by the Jewish an...
to the tribe itself, and he was orphaned at a young age (Williams, 1962). When he was a young man, he was employed by a wealthy wi...