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West has had trouble reconciling Muhammad as a spiritual leader and also as a military conqueror. He explains this seeming dichoto...

I of Austrasia and then Pepin III (also known as Pepin the Short) who would ultimately depose the last Merovingian king and become...

States. Abdulwahab Alkebsi, executive director of the Islamic Institute in Washington stated after the attacks that "this is the b...

Whether or not the charge regarding globalization is true is besides the point. The people feel that way and are perhaps angered t...

by angry whites and the white social workers who farmed the children out to foster homes drove his mother to insanity (Dreyfuss 13...

of women, granted the gender a decidedly intellectual and moral existence within the societal framework; indeed, these were two as...

difference in the way that religion is practiced and interpreted. Growing rapidly in popularity, Islam is in fact spreadi...

the silk trade in general, laid the groundwork for the spread of religion. One might compare the phenomenon to the Internet today....

several different schools" (Anonymous The History of Buddhism, 2002; history.html). From this we can perhaps understand that these...

of the cultural impacts resulting from the extensive trade which characterized the period revolved around controlling the trade ro...

a more intimate and personal approach to God than was provided by Sunni formalism and detachment (Lippman, 1995). The Sufis found ...

however, given the current state of world affairs it is imperative that we gain a better understanding of it. A number...

that their God will ultimately rule the world, that the Jews have established the doctrines of faith and hope as the "two most pro...

Like other writers, he sees the current position of women as reflecting the respect in which they were held in previous eras:...

sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...

Western conquest, similar movements were directed wholly or in part against Westerners. These include the Wahhabis and Faraizis of...

In a paper consisting of twelve pages 3 short essays on African heritage and culture are presented with such keywords incorporated...

In ten pages this paper discusses Africa and the historical role Islam played in terms of influence, development, and expansionism...

In fifteen pages this paper examines the Moor invasion of Spain and the conversion to Islam in the region that resulted. Eight so...

In an essay consisting of five pages Pirenne's thesis that the European economic decline that began in the Middle Ages commenced w...

This paper consists of five pages and discusses Somalian women's social position and how it is influenced by the values of Islam. ...

In three pages this paper discusses the media's role in shaping perceptions and misperceptions of outsiders regarding Islam in a c...

In three pages this paper discusses daily worship practices, the death ritual, and Mohammad's role as profit in Islam. Two source...

must begin with its very fundamental concept of unity of God (Tawhid). In this context, it is also important to note that the cree...

This paper consists of five pages and discusses the beginning of the Islam Abbasids and chronicles its demise. Four sources are l...

In five pages Malcolm X's life, his Nation of Islam activism, subsequent disillusionment, Mecca spiritual enlightenment pilgrimage...

In five pages a biography of Malcolm X is presented which details his significant life events while emphasizing the importance of ...

destroyed his family. Placed in a series of schools and boardinghouses, he became a fine student and dreamed of becoming a law...

In thirty pages Islam and Japan are examined in terms of how participatory economics is defined, its history, and how it is applie...

In five pages Pirenne's thesis that the European economic decline of the Middle Ages began with the seventh century rise of Islam ...