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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...

This essay pertains to how the deity Siva is portrayed within the context of Hindu texts. Ten pages in length, five sources are ci...

This analysis critique the study conducted by Islam, et al. (2013), which addresses diabetes risk among Korean Americans. Four pag...

force themselves upon their wives for sexual favors, and they are not allowed by faith to molest them. The Torah and Talmud both ...

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

the differences noted above, Hindus are often immersed within the same cultural elements as are non-Hindus, from outward appearanc...

of sorts so that a divorce could not be granted simply and carelessly. "If there was a certificate, there should also be grounds f...

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

however, which is present in all Native American Religions. That element is the integral tie between Native American spirituality...

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...

Theravada Buddhism was the original form, which was based on lengthy meditation and required...

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

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

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

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

Hindus in that they also believe that dharma is a natural universal law which is in and pervades everything. To live in harmony wi...

2002). It is the dominant religion in India and Nepal Dating back to prehistoric times, it is no surprise that Hinduism has had a...

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...

and that death impacts the body and soul, the impact differs based on the religious practices. Islam believes that ones sou...

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...

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

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

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

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...

seem to state that the goal for all initiates is to come to the place where the desires are eliminated, not by ceasing the actions...