Essays 271 - 300
nature, in order to accomplish the goals of fundamentalist sects requires firm control of the political and social apparatus of a ...
of the book over and over and over again. The sense of modesty is important to the people and while it is especially true for wome...
life that one would want to aspire toward. And, typically, as in a religious painting, the consequences of not choosing the faith ...
This paper relates the life and accomplishments of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, who succeeded the Prophet Mohammad as the leader of the Isl...
This research paper offers an overview of Islamic, Buddhist, and Taoist views on health and healing. Six pages in length, six sou...
This essay is an outline for a proposed paper on warfare in pre-Islamic Arabia and late Antiquity. The outline includes causes, l...
Boko Haram are an Islamic jihadist organization based in Nigeria who became known for the kidnapping of more than 200 Christian s...
This 7 page paper gives an overview of the basics of the major religions and why nurses should study them. This paper includes Jew...
During the first several centuries, war was a constant state of being in different parts of the world. This essay focused on war i...
This research paper reports on the customs and significance of fasting during the Islamic celebration of Ramadan. Three pages in l...
This essay presents a discussion of gender equality within Islamic Arab countries. Seven pages in length, seven sources are cited....
Discusses how groups such as Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State rely on religion and other identity factors to recruit and build terro...
interpreted. Islam in particular has begun to serve as a point of confusion for the Western World as to exactly what its teaching...
independent from Arab roots, thus making Spain a Muslim country, but without the interference of Muslim rule from afar (Spain, 199...
Like other writers, he sees the current position of women as reflecting the respect in which they were held in previous eras:...
however, given the current state of world affairs it is imperative that we gain a better understanding of it. A number...
and that death impacts the body and soul, the impact differs based on the religious practices. Islam believes that ones sou...
States. Abdulwahab Alkebsi, executive director of the Islamic Institute in Washington stated after the attacks that "this is the b...
own society for being the victim of a rape. According to the Shariah, if a woman is raped, she must have four witnesses to back up...
communities after two of the hijackers of the jetliner which crashed into the Pentagon were linked to their community. Since the a...
Indeed, Muhammad prescribed a life full of "lofty ethical ideals and peaceful coexistence" (Bruning 56) that non-believers of Isla...
(Al-Imran); Verse 97 (ICM). The Hajj is considered a fulfillment of the Fifth Pillar of Islam but is also considered as a time whe...
to pass judgment on dogmas source, i.e. "the closing of the door of ijtihad" occurred in Sunni Islam between the tenth and twelfth...
set of laws which is universally accepted, the laws are subject to interpretation and application which can vary dependant upon th...
The terrorist group Abu Sayyaf is based on the southern Philippines. Barreveld (2001) traces...
of fundamentalism, and extremist elements exist in both Islam as well as Christianity. Islamic Fundamentalism is defined as "an u...
material gain and technological advancement, while Islam is typified as highly traditional and driven by moral values rooted in an...
Europeans were studying at Muslim universities, located mostly in Spain, by the 13th century (The Islamic world to 1600). Even aft...
women can have no authority over men" (Kamguian). Or, according to another author, Islamic women who give birth to a child out of ...
he refused Gods command to bow down to Adam" (Horn, 2004). This is slightly different from Christian theology, which maintains tha...