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Satanic Verses spoke against Islam and because Rushdie was raised Muslim, he became one of the most visible and obvious choices fo...

culture of Islam and the occidental world. The book details the impacts Islam has had from a religious perspective in particular....

In other words, the terrorist attacks and the anti-American sentiment that is exhibited by Islamic extremists is only partly roote...

to pass judgment on dogmas source, i.e. "the closing of the door of ijtihad" occurred in Sunni Islam between the tenth and twelfth...

in government policy-making, for example....

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

that the political, social and revolutionary benefits of Hajj have been overtaken by mass production of ritual mismanagement" (Hae...

examination of this there is a letter written by Leo III to Umar II which states the following: "In brief you admit that we say th...

were called-(5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism; (6) one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all (Ephes...

(Schuett, 2006). This is the definition that seems to be in widespread use today, as people define jihad as a struggle between Mus...

relates to specific patterns or traditions within the church. The author notes, "There is no clergy in Islam and thus no hierarchy...

in the new society. From the period of 800 AD, Muhammads Islamic influence upon the people of Syria, Iran and Egypt was great and...

Europeans were studying at Muslim universities, located mostly in Spain, by the 13th century (The Islamic world to 1600). Even aft...

holy cause. Therefore, compromise is unlikely. A student talks about the" energizing character of religious zeal. " Indeed, religi...

women can have no authority over men" (Kamguian). Or, according to another author, Islamic women who give birth to a child out of ...

a thumbnail description of the rise of modern science beginning in the sixteenth century. This discussion offers insight into this...

"Throughout many historical periods, Sudan had served as a bridge linking Asia, Africa and a number of Mediterranean countries. Th...

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

through careful linguistic analysis. The Pashtun language is a part of the Eastern Iranian language and the people are offshoots ...

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

in the Islamic world is to cultivate and perpetuate a sense of unity where jurisprudence is concerned, otherwise known as the ongo...

of the state. They are always perceived in their relationship to men as defined by Islamic scripture. Within this social and polit...

before, however, Islam is very much an "exposed" religion. It comes to us through practically every medium as each news or public...

to stifle dissent. When citizens can no longer speak freely for fear of being called traitors or harassed or arrested, then the co...

"Hebrew name" does not have to be in Hebrew, as Yiddish or English names are often used (Rich). Of all the Jewish rituals, the bri...

This direction is sometimes general in nature yet it can be applied to specific components of our world. Other times this directi...

a supreme being and endeavor to live by his word s recorded in holy scriptures. Westerners are frequently surprised to learn that...

particularly interesting examination of the variation that exists even in the face of a transcending moral code can be made with a...

and elsewhere. It was there that these people became known as Babylonians, Syrians, Hebrews, and Phoenicians (Mathewson, 1994). ...

first" (Roy 25). As this indicates, Roy sees fundamentalist Islam as both a "product and an agent of globalization," due to the fa...