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The Straight Path by John Esposito

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

Post 911 and U.S. Islamic Communities

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

Development and Influence of Christianity and Islam

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

18th Century Muslim Reform Movements

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

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...

Islam and Sufism

on to explain that Sufism, drawing on this tradition, actually evolved roughly two centuries after the beginning of Islam. The c...

Malcolm X's Life and Philosophy

believed that everything we had heard to the contrary from the Martin Luther Kings and the Roy Wilkinses and the Whiteny Youngs wa...

Hagia Sophia or the Church of the Holy Wisdom

analyzed the chemical composition of the cement through the use of an electron microscope. One of the scientists on the team descr...

West and Whether or Not Iran Poses a Legitimate Threat

life. Though cultural and religious differences are often supported as a means of directing public opinion towards the belief t...

Islam and Marxism

for the most part and that matters. There is the Protestant Work Ethic that is aligned with the "spirit of capitalism," that Max W...

Islam and Interfaith Marriage

by His Grace to the garden of bliss and forgiveness. And He makes His signs clear to mankind, that they may receive admonition". M...

The Philippines and Indonesia and Their Treatment of Islam

He was so devout in his beliefs, that eventually he caused the downfall of the Majapahit kingdom, which had been very powerful.7 ...

Conversion to Islam After 911

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

Ethnocentrism v. Cultural Relativism

are utilizing an ethnocentric approach or a prejudiced approach. When we are more open to facts rather than our own expectations ...

Faith and Mysticism

The key elements in mysticism of any religion is a belief in something outside of ones self, a higher deity. Secondly, most...

Zoroastrianism's Influences on World Religions

not accomplish this task until the end of time (Stepaniants, 2002). According to Zoroastrian cosmology, the history of humanity co...

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 ...

Women in Islam

the religion itself. And, one must perhaps understand that there are various forms and approaches to the religion so that there is...

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 ...

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...

Are Democratic Priniciples Universally Applicable?

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

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...

Basis of Judaism, Christianity & Islam

but rather on living according to Gods word in this life. Judaism introduced into the world a high moral standard of love and just...

Treatment of Women in Islamic Societies

repressive, male chauvinistic tribal era Islamic society were compelled to do what they had to in order to survive. Unfortunately...

Women in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia and Changing Social Roles

In eight pages women and their changing social roles are considered in a comparative analysis of women in the U.S. and their Saudi...

World Religions and Their Similarities

In nine pages this paper discusses the similarities that exist between Paganism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Four sources a...

Overview of Islam

In seven pages the religious structure of the Nation of Islam is examined. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Comparison of Judaism, Christianity, Zen Buddhism, and Islam

regard to the manner by which they worship only one god. Unlike so many other religions that divide their devotion among several ...

Arab Peninsula's Islamic Expansion

and their embracing of Islamic belief. "Following the death of Khosrau II in 628, then the Persian governor in Southern Arabia, B...