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Essays 271 - 300
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...
of the least considered female-dominated religions is Wicca, a practice that imparts spirituality, benevolence and earthly powers ...
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...
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 ...
ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...
aspect of Bambara existence changed drastically - from acceptable clothing to monetary exchange and sexual habits to polygamy - sp...
on greed for middle east resources, notably oil. They fear that the western culture, with modern conveniences and popular culture...
by angry whites and the white social workers who farmed the children out to foster homes drove his mother to insanity (Dreyfuss 13...
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...
In ten pages this paper examines the culture of Islam as presented in Beyond the Veil by Fatima Mernissi. There are no other sour...
interpreted. Islam in particular has begun to serve as a point of confusion for the Western World as to exactly what its teaching...
of women, granted the gender a decidedly intellectual and moral existence within the societal framework; indeed, these were two as...
must begin with its very fundamental concept of unity of God (Tawhid). In this context, it is also important to note that the cree...
difference in the way that religion is practiced and interpreted. Growing rapidly in popularity, Islam is in fact spreadi...
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...
a more intimate and personal approach to God than was provided by Sunni formalism and detachment (Lippman, 1995). The Sufis found ...
"Charity is a necessity for every Muslim" (Zahid, 2010). All Muslims are encouraged to give as much as they please, but giving bac...
has made it and its faith-the overwhelming number of Middle Easterners are Muslim-a center of world attention for decades. This pa...
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...
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...
further, a historical religion while Hinduism cannot be traced to one particular person or era (1998). Further, while Islam is dep...
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...
for our humanity". While religion can function to challenge and change prevalent social beliefs, it must also be remembered th...
believe Jesus (Isa in Arabic) is the son of God, or the human incarnate of God (Hasan, 2009). However, in Islam, Jesus is regarde...
peoples, while accepting these belief systems, sought to integrate them into their existent cultures, rather than overthrowing the...