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Concepts of God

throughout most of Western history, Christianity has practiced active and persistent racism against Jews, as European pogroms agai...

Brave New World as a Blueprint for America’s Future

Social stability, in Huxleys nightmare vision, depends on making "[S]tandard men and women; in uniform batches" (Huxley). It turns...

ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY IN TODAY'S RUSSIA

This 5-page paper compares Islam and Christianity in Russia. Also offered is a brief history of both religions. Bibliography lists...

Are Democratic Priniciples Universally Applicable?

by the Western Enlightenment where one writers and philosopher after another philosophized on such concepts. Democratic principle...

Islam and Women’s Rights

before, however, Islam is very much an "exposed" religion. It comes to us through practically every medium as each news or public...

The Pashtun Tribes of Afghanistan and Pakistan

through careful linguistic analysis. The Pashtun language is a part of the Eastern Iranian language and the people are offshoots ...

Vietnam, America’s Lost War

United States had not invested the situation in Vietnam with rivalry with Communist powers, the tragedy might have been avoided. B...

History of Islam: Sudan and the Dinka People

"Throughout many historical periods, Sudan had served as a bridge linking Asia, Africa and a number of Mediterranean countries. Th...

Fleming's View on America's Rise to Power

But it raises a lot of questions for the future. How did events alter the perception of Americans as the U.S. started its journey ...

Islamic Women

women can have no authority over men" (Kamguian). Or, according to another author, Islamic women who give birth to a child out of ...

Global Terrorism

to stifle dissent. When citizens can no longer speak freely for fear of being called traitors or harassed or arrested, then the co...

America’s Grade Schools and the Importance of Technology and Technology Integration

rest of the world in ways early educators would have thought unimaginable. From early ages, children are exposed to technology, a...

MUSLIMS AND ISLAM IN THE WESTERN MEDIA

out, even before Islam made it to the major media of the world, that both people and politics related to the Middle East and Islam...

Buddhism and Islam

and ultimately believes that God is responsible for everything. In Buddhism one could argue that it is the souls of the people who...

Islamic Influence on Medieval European Women

Europeans were studying at Muslim universities, located mostly in Spain, by the 13th century (The Islamic world to 1600). Even aft...

Perspectives on Jihad

(Schuett, 2006). This is the definition that seems to be in widespread use today, as people define jihad as a struggle between Mus...

Sunni and Shi-i Islam

2004, p. 101). These qualities were to be found only in the members of the Prophets family, meaning that the leader would always h...

Empire of Faith; the Early 20th Century in the Middle East

has made it and its faith-the overwhelming number of Middle Easterners are Muslim-a center of world attention for decades. This pa...

Five Pillars of Islam

"Charity is a necessity for every Muslim" (Zahid, 2010). All Muslims are encouraged to give as much as they please, but giving bac...

America's Move to the West

This paper explores our country's westward expansion, the factors that inspired it, and the positive and negative impacts related ...

THE KORAN AND ISLAMIC CULTURE

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...

America’s Mayor, Rudy Giuliani

it seemed that civilization was merely an illusion, one man stood up to lead a terrified city and frightened nation back to some s...

Is the West Responsible for the Radicalization of Islam

The contention has been presented again and again that Islam represents a multifaceted faith, not just the faith associated with t...

Does Realism Still Work in Today’s World?

well what each is doing to do. The United States, for example, as the last superpower, has shown a deplorable tendency to do as it...

Solving America's Prison Problems

deterrent because the electronic monitoring devices place the criminals at crime scenes that practically guarantee a conviction (Y...

Overview of Five Religions

most ancient religions. Monotheistic, Jews believe that creation is the work of a "single, all-knowing divinity" and that everythi...

Judaism, Christianity and Islam

(Robinson, 2011). These are all elements within each religion. At the same time the textual elements are often interpreted by va...

America's Top Ice Cream Shop

in 1967, Baskin-Robbins went through some other owners. It was finally purchased by Allied Domecq that included Dunkin Donuts, Tog...

The Basic Tenants of Christianity and Islam

While there are some basic similarities between Christianity and Islam, there are also many differences. Both religions have...

THE BLACK HISTORY OF AMERICA’S WHITE HOUSE

white house, to the slaves that actually built it, through generations of servants, aids, activists who worked there, all the way...