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obliterated the New York World Trade Center and included a simultaneous attack on the Pentagon itself. The sanctity of U.S. polit...

believe Jesus (Isa in Arabic) is the son of God, or the human incarnate of God (Hasan, 2009). However, in Islam, Jesus is regarde...

a stranger in a modern world is hinged upon what Hammoudi (2006) cites as a troubling duality that exists in each and every human;...

religious and ethnic groups to such an extent that people continue to die from the violent outbreaks. At this point in time, Shar...

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...

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

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...

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

of the least considered female-dominated religions is Wicca, a practice that imparts spirituality, benevolence and earthly powers ...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

on greed for middle east resources, notably oil. They fear that the western culture, with modern conveniences and popular culture...

ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...

provides a non-ethnocentric view of Islam. A number of Western writers, however, have attempted to approach Islam in an honest an...

removing religion and irrationality from human history" (Inayatullah, 2002). The ideals of globalization are also predominantly ...

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

the Muslims(Guillaume, 1955). The Shiites seem to have begun as a family feud of sorts. When the prophet Mohammad (PBUH) died, th...

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

aspect of Bambara existence changed drastically - from acceptable clothing to monetary exchange and sexual habits to polygamy - sp...

represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...

and in 1923 he ended up settling and working in Detroit on the General Motors automotive assembly line. Elijah met and married Cla...

in an economic position to support a family. The PPA adopts a pragmatic outlook, in that it leaves matters of religious beliefs re...

September 11 has brought a massive increase in conversions to Islam as never seen before" (Igbal). He proves his own asser...