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Capital Punishment in Islam

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

Islamic Architecture and Courtyards

different. With new design it is likely that the courtyard is considered completed and not reliant on change. In addition, alth...

Overview of Kuwait Finance House

1995). The Kuwait Finance House was started in response to a need for financial services that met the Islamic requirements for in...

Women's Rights and Islamic Veiling Perceptions

To understand the relative impact of veiling upon Islamic women we must delve into the culture, religion and politics of Islam. I...

Oppression of Islamic Women

p. 50). In addition we note very forward thinking when we understand that "Muhammad even decreed that sexual satisfaction was a wo...

A World Societies History

been treated little better than animals. Islam at least accorded that women may be redeemed and attain a heavenly reward, although...

Islam and Interfaith Marriage

by His Grace to the garden of bliss and forgiveness. And He makes His signs clear to mankind, that they may receive admonition". M...

Women’s Rights/Incompatibility with Islam

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

Dichotomy between Text and Illustrations in Medieval Islamic Works

dawn, but the illustration shows full daylight. The warriors are all archers; no one is carrying a mace. There is one banner shown...

Different Types and Regional Museum Pieces

liked to envision men, the primary subject of sculpture, as regal and noble and strong characters. There was nothing more powerful...

Questions on the Crusades

Cairo. Also, the recent deaths meant that there was a power vacuum and no decisive leadership anywhere. Therefore, Muslim forces n...

Islamic Jihad and What It Means

possible to see even though war may be inevitable in some circumstances Muslims should not be those to start the war, as seen with...

Muslims and Canada

the country, and that British Canadians appear to be getting serious about getting back in shape. However, the proposals that in ...

Suffering and Evil

suffering: Why doesnt he participate, and why does he leave his faithful servants to suffer?5 These questions are fundamental to...

Age of Enlightenment and Religious Views on God?

In eight pages this paper discusses the Ages of Reason and Enlightenment in a consideration of how God was viewed by the Jewish an...

Perspectives on Jihad

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

Medical Knowledge/Medieval Europe v. Arab World

texts, such as the works of Hippocrates and Galen, were held by the Roman Catholic Church, whose policies toward medicine were des...

Islamic Law, Aboriginal Customary Law and Queensland Law; a Comparison of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Systems

there are also some commonalities in the way that the law has been developed and the way it is implemented. In each case the evo...

Questions on Readings

long for Nandas friend to marry her son. Nandas article points out mating customs and attitudes are culturally based. While Nanda...

Relations between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran

oil, so the United States claims that any move on Irans part to threaten the oil supply will not be tolerated (Sadri). Since the U...

Middle East and Women of Islam

In fifteen pages this paper discusses Islamic women in a consideration of law, attitudes, female identity, religious and social va...

Moroccan Women and the Impact of Imperialism

In five pages this paper examines how Islamic Moroccan women have been affected by imperialism. Three sources are cited in the bi...

Islam and Marriage

In seven pages this paper examines marriage practices from an Islamic perspective. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

Perceptions of Ibn Battuta

In five pages this paper considers the Islamic scholar and the fourteenth century travels that molded his personal and cultural pe...

Iran's Islamic Revolution

In six pages this paper examines the Islamic revolution taking place in Iran in terms of its impact, its spread to Egypt, and the ...

Examing the Islamic Fundamentalist Revival and Reasons for its Resurgence

As is the case with most social phenomena, the prominence of such groups is made more apparent in the contrast of the times. It c...

Religious Prejudice and Ethics

perhaps for good reasons but with disastrous results over the long term. Community over self is more obvious and calls to m...

Islamic World, the West, and the Relevance of Medieval History

is based solely upon the influence of culture. Louis Rene Beres 2001 article entitled Terrorism and the Global Clash of Civilizat...

Discipline and Islam

in the different aspect and practices, but to look at the way in which discipline manifest in the main practices of modern Islam. ...

Shiite and Sunni Differences

prophet Muhammad, considered by Muslims as the true messenger of Allah, died in 632 A.D., he left know instructions regarding the ...