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are utilizing an ethnocentric approach or a prejudiced approach. When we are more open to facts rather than our own expectations ...
to pass judgment on dogmas source, i.e. "the closing of the door of ijtihad" occurred in Sunni Islam between the tenth and twelfth...
existed a triangular relationship between Islam and Eastern and Western Christendom. The Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) was exempla...
The key elements in mysticism of any religion is a belief in something outside of ones self, a higher deity. Secondly, most...
not accomplish this task until the end of time (Stepaniants, 2002). According to Zoroastrian cosmology, the history of humanity co...
leading many Americans to think very poorly of all Muslims and of Islam. This individual states that, "We must not allow the enemi...
events of the faith, such as God coming to earth in the form of man only once. It was also created out of love. "Although the worl...
(Robinson, 2011). These are all elements within each religion. At the same time the textual elements are often interpreted by va...
most ancient religions. Monotheistic, Jews believe that creation is the work of a "single, all-knowing divinity" and that everythi...
The contention has been presented again and again that Islam represents a multifaceted faith, not just the faith associated with t...
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...
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...
of the cultural impacts resulting from the extensive trade which characterized the period revolved around controlling the trade ro...
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...
I of Austrasia and then Pepin III (also known as Pepin the Short) who would ultimately depose the last Merovingian king and become...
Whether or not the charge regarding globalization is true is besides the point. The people feel that way and are perhaps angered t...
States. Abdulwahab Alkebsi, executive director of the Islamic Institute in Washington stated after the attacks that "this is the b...
West has had trouble reconciling Muhammad as a spiritual leader and also as a military conqueror. He explains this seeming dichoto...
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...
for our humanity". While religion can function to challenge and change prevalent social beliefs, it must also be remembered th...
"Charity is a necessity for every Muslim" (Zahid, 2010). All Muslims are encouraged to give as much as they please, but giving bac...
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...
has made it and its faith-the overwhelming number of Middle Easterners are Muslim-a center of world attention for decades. This pa...
believe Jesus (Isa in Arabic) is the son of God, or the human incarnate of God (Hasan, 2009). However, in Islam, Jesus is regarde...
extremely popular throughout the Islamic world. Not only do young people like to listen to it, they are forming bands of their own...
religious and ethnic groups to such an extent that people continue to die from the violent outbreaks. At this point in time, Shar...