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Kurt Lohbeck's Holy War, Unholy Victory Eyewitness To The CIA's Secret War In Afghanistan

In seven pages this paper reviews Lohbeck's text in an emphasis upon the roles of Islam and the CIA in the author's Afghan reality...

The Immediate and Remote Causes of the Attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center

This 5 page paper discusses the fact that Osama bin Laden and his followers are Muslims, and that Islam claims to be a peaceful re...

Beyond the Veil by Fatima Mernissi

In ten pages this paper examines the culture of Islam as presented in Beyond the Veil by Fatima Mernissi. There are no other sour...

Islamic Religion and Impacts of Culture

interpreted. Islam in particular has begun to serve as a point of confusion for the Western World as to exactly what its teaching...

Middle Period Islam

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

Similarities Between Christianity and Islam

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

Beliefs and Tenets of Islam and Sufism

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

Similarities and Differences That Exist Among Global Religions

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

Christian Views on the Islamic Prophet Muhammad

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

Islamic Women

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

Islam and Buddhism Spread Throughout Asia

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

Buddhism's Spread Throughout the East

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

Female Involvement in Various Organized Religions

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

18th Century Muslim Reform Movements

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

Transgendered, Transsexual, and Homosexual Individuals and Religion

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

Childhood and Young Adulthood of Malcolm X

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

The Fundamentalist Middle East Society and Anti-Westernism

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

Middle East Terrorism

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

Civilization and Religion of Islam

in war and conflict for generations. Islam is a unique and comprehensive ideology which serves as a guide for the worldly...

Bible v. the Koran

In five pages the theological cornerstones of Judaism/Christianity and Islam are contrasted and compared. Five sources are cited ...

Islamic and Hindu Religions on Death and Dying

In eight pages the ways these religions deal with dying and death through ritual and corpse disposition are compared and contraste...

Major Religions of the World Compared

Quran establishes a set of beliefs and is the basis of the religion (Esposito). Hinduism is a bit more flexible. It "is best regar...

Malise Ruthven's Islam in the World

In six pages this text is reviewed as it covers the tenets and issues of fundamental Islam. There is 1 source cited in the biblio...

Islam and Christianity Compared

The differences and similarities that exist between Islam and Christianity are compared in seven pages. There is no bibliography ...

God Concept

In eight pages this paper examines the God concept as represented by the major world religions Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. ...

Business and Religion

In five pages the 'business' of religion is examined in a consideration of The Unification Church, the Church of Scientology, the ...

Comparing Christianity and Islam

In nine pages Christianity and Islam are contrasted and compared in terms of their respective religious beliefs. There are five b...

Islamic Civilization Breakdown

In four pages this paper discusses the collapse of the empire of Islam in a consideration of historic and sociopolitical events. ...

Islam in Nigeria and Egypt

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares Islam as it exists both religiously as well as politically in Nigeria and ...

Khwaja Kamal Ud Din's Islam to East and West

certain historical and cultural circumstance, Kamal-Ud-Din infers that this progressive spread of Islamic influence is also due to...