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Questions on Readings

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

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...

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...

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...

The Relationship Of Sharia Law And Islam

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

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 ...

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...

Dalai Lama/The Universe in a Single Atom

spiritual enlightenment. The central message of Buddhism is that all creatures, one of great intelligence, and even those that w...

Islamic Women: Feminist Influence

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Role of Law

system such as due to the cost. However, the law may also have a positive influence; it may support social changes which are neede...

In Favor of the Ground Zero Mosque

This research paper offers an over-all summary of the debate over whether or not New York City should allow construction of an Isl...

Persepolis

that is precisely what it is. Satrapi is Iranian, and her autobiography gives Westerners the chance to understand what its like to...

THE KORAN AND ISLAMIC CULTURE

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...

Psychological Well-Being and Islam

The sawm, the fourth pillar, is an annual fast that is held during the month of Ramadan. Again, communal identity is strengthened...

Islamic Fundamentalism and The Whigs

underwent what is known as the "Glorious Revolution," in which the Catholic King James II was replaced by the more tolerant Willia...

Various Renaissance Periods

Introduction In world history there have been times of great growth and change, often referred to as renaissance periods. While m...

Promotion and Marketing of Islamic Banking

The writer presents a proposal to assess the way that Islamic banks based in western countries can support growth through marketin...

Evolution of Women's Roles in the Islamic Tradition

in 7th century Arabia" (Time, 2001; 50). For example, while many pagan societies of the time buried unwanted female infants alive,...

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...

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 ...

Pan Islamic Terrorism and Conflict Between Palestine and Israel

in the Middle East. The Arabs aggressively opposed the establishment of Israel. As a means of rectifying the situation the Unite...

Egypt Invasion by Napoleon and Culture Clashes

that in Egypt, he would not be able to simply occupy and conquer as he had previously. For, here was a firmly entrenched religion...