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

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...

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...

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

of the cultural impacts resulting from the extensive trade which characterized the period revolved around controlling the trade ro...

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...

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...

aspect of Bambara existence changed drastically - from acceptable clothing to monetary exchange and sexual habits to polygamy - sp...

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...

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

the Hebron area; threats to shoot soldiers" (Brownfeld, 1999). In further understanding some of the foundations of their argum...

in an economic position to support a family. The PPA adopts a pragmatic outlook, in that it leaves matters of religious beliefs re...

and in 1923 he ended up settling and working in Detroit on the General Motors automotive assembly line. Elijah met and married Cla...

Princess. Brenda is both wealthy and domineering. Certainly one sees the two as inextricable. However, if Brenda were a poor Jew, ...

production and distribution system, something called perestroika (1999). That contributed to the breakup of the centralized struc...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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