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Essays 211 - 240

Review of Two Articles about Credit Unions

This 5 page paper discusses the possibility that a case before the Supreme Court could result in a tightening of the rules for mem...

Root Cause of Problems in the Middle East

that the CIA covertly engineered a coup in Iran that overthrew a democratically elected president and instituted a dictatorial rul...

Gulf Corporation Council (GCC): Crime Law And Capital Punishment

living world. Through the centuries, this perpetual quest for upholding said rights has been met with great resistance from those...

Ahmed, Satrapi/Growing up Female in the Islamic World

through her father that Ahmed first becomes aware of the conflicting political forces that shape her world, as he is hemmed in on ...

Stanford: Criminal Case

that corporate obligation goes well beyond the standard investor. This new approach, which "defined for business exactly to whom ...

The Golden Age: The Political Concepts of Islam by Ira Lapidus and The Community in Islamic History by Hamilton A.R Gibb

custodians of the true Islam. This, it is argued, reflect in the way that the states have evolved today and the different models t...

Visiting an Islamic Mosque in Toledo, Ohio

longer large enough to house all the members of the Islamic community. As such, in 1978 the community bought 48 acres in the Towns...

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...

Islamic Influence in Venetian Architecture

In "The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in A World Civilization" Marshal Hodgson (1990)...

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...

Questions on Readings

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

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...

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...

Jewish and Islamic Customs/Head Cover and Menstruation

a mitvah, which resembles a small swimming pool. The water of the mitvah must be very pure and from a natural source, therefore, r...

Comparison of Scots Law with Sharia Law

Majestatem, which was heavily influenced by Glanvills English law treatise, but it demonstrates the many sources of Scottish law a...

Islamic View of Holy War

who do not fight "with severe punishment in the hereafter" (Gould, 2005, p. 15). But the Koran does not make it clear whether Musl...

Ideology and Religion of Islam

In twenty one pages this paper discusses ideology and religious practices of Islam in a consideration of cultural misconceptions b...

Women’s Rights and Islam: Sunni vs Shia

to confront the first Caliph of the Islamic nation. The Shiites, in contrast, felt like this position was destined to be filled w...

Transformations of Hagia Sophia

second fire, it was reconstructed yet again by Justinian I (Justinian the Great) during the sixth century. Due in large part to J...

Islamic Women: Feminist Influence

roles. Inasmuch as the barricade toward womens rights "remains deeply rooted in traditional Islamic culture" (Witte 2005:A24), it...

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...

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. ...

Pilgrimages in Buddhism and Islam

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

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 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 ...

Cultural Consideration in Psychiatry

can complicate the provision of care for some Moroccan patients. Several more considerations will be outlined in the remainder of...

China and Islamic Art

areas of the Middle East as well as regions of Africa, Europe, and Asia (Islamic Art). Another author notes that, "The interchange...