Essays 151 - 180
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 seven pages this virtually unchanged ancient Islamic architectural structure in Jerusalem is examined. Five sources are cited ...
In four pages this paper discusses the collapse of the empire of Islam in a consideration of historic and sociopolitical events. ...
focus in the Islamic groupings of Senegal. The two friends describe their lives in complicity and state things like "our lives de...
In eight pages the ways these religions deal with dying and death through ritual and corpse disposition are compared and contraste...
interpreted. Islam in particular has begun to serve as a point of confusion for the Western World as to exactly what its teaching...
In six pages these empires from different historical periods are contrasted and compared. Seven sources are cited in the bibliogr...
This is exactly what happened during the early Christian visual transition. The full body shapes of the classical (pagan) world w...
In eight pages this paper discusses issues relating to Islam in a mock tour itinerary presentation that begins in Washington DC an...
repressive, male chauvinistic tribal era Islamic society were compelled to do what they had to in order to survive. Unfortunately...
In four pages this paper examines how the First Crusade and its Crusaders were viewed by the Muslim followers. Five sources are c...
In eight pages Battuta's travels are outlined with a consideration of his people and cultural perceptions that his Muslim backgrou...
and their embracing of Islamic belief. "Following the death of Khosrau II in 628, then the Persian governor in Southern Arabia, B...
obvious, even if one had not heard the laws of God as such, this ignorance has never constituted an excuse for sin. As this indica...
We are expanding it (51:47)," is often contended by many scholars in light of the fact that it was not until fairly recently that ...
to pass judgment on dogmas source, i.e. "the closing of the door of ijtihad" occurred in Sunni Islam between the tenth and twelfth...
Greater Iran. This cup is "Silver, gilded, chased and punched" and measures "3 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (9.84 x 11.75 cm)" (Los Angeles Cou...
(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...
however, given the current state of world affairs it is imperative that we gain a better understanding of it. A number...
communities after two of the hijackers of the jetliner which crashed into the Pentagon were linked to their community. Since the a...
Like other writers, he sees the current position of women as reflecting the respect in which they were held in previous eras:...
independent from Arab roots, thus making Spain a Muslim country, but without the interference of Muslim rule from afar (Spain, 199...
Indeed, Muhammad prescribed a life full of "lofty ethical ideals and peaceful coexistence" (Bruning 56) that non-believers of Isla...
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...
material gain and technological advancement, while Islam is typified as highly traditional and driven by moral values rooted in an...
of fundamentalism, and extremist elements exist in both Islam as well as Christianity. Islamic Fundamentalism is defined as "an u...
The terrorist group Abu Sayyaf is based on the southern Philippines. Barreveld (2001) traces...