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Essays 181 - 210
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...
States. Abdulwahab Alkebsi, executive director of the Islamic Institute in Washington stated after the attacks that "this is the b...
I of Austrasia and then Pepin III (also known as Pepin the Short) who would ultimately depose the last Merovingian king and become...
of the least considered female-dominated religions is Wicca, a practice that imparts spirituality, benevolence and earthly powers ...
Whether or not the charge regarding globalization is true is besides the point. The people feel that way and are perhaps angered t...
sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...
Like other writers, he sees the current position of women as reflecting the respect in which they were held in previous eras:...
of the cultural impacts resulting from the extensive trade which characterized the period revolved around controlling the trade ro...
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 ...
Western conquest, similar movements were directed wholly or in part against Westerners. These include the Wahhabis and Faraizis of...
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...
In six pages this paper examines a pilgrimage in terms of its social value and considers Ibn Battuta's travels to Mecca and the si...
In eight pages this paper discusses the rise of Christianity in the West and Islam in the Middle East. Six sources are cited in t...
In six pages this paper examines how Islam took root in the middle East during this time period and considers the importance of th...
veil to designate between "respectable" and "disreputable" women. However, Ahmed emphasizes the fact that "Mesopotamian, Persian...
regard to the manner by which they worship only one god. Unlike so many other religions that divide their devotion among several ...
and their embracing of Islamic belief. "Following the death of Khosrau II in 628, then the Persian governor in Southern Arabia, B...
In five pages the Islam influence upon the African and Arab relationship and the frequent discord are discussed. Five sources are...
In five pages the reasons behind the discord between African Americans and Arabs is linked to the Islam religion that has been emb...
In five pages the Koran is examined in a consideration of Islam and its system of ethical values. Six sources are cited in the bi...
This five page paper analyzes the CBS television program. The documentary reviews the Nation of Islam alongside Malcolm X's belie...
This paper consists of five pages and discusses how in Somalia the values of Islam are directly related to women's social status. ...
In eight pages women and their changing social roles are considered in a comparative analysis of women in the U.S. and their Saudi...
In seven pages the religious structure of the Nation of Islam is examined. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....
In nine pages this paper discusses the similarities that exist between Paganism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Four sources a...
In fourteen pages this paper examines how Christianity can be taught by developing a greater understanding of its similarities and...