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Essays 241 - 270
In ten pages this paper examines the Islamic cultural importance of mosques with 3 famous examples provided. Nine sources are cit...
In a paper consisting of five pages this writer argues that the polygamy justification used by African Islamic men in order to per...
of the book over and over and over again. The sense of modesty is important to the people and while it is especially true for wome...
nature, in order to accomplish the goals of fundamentalist sects requires firm control of the political and social apparatus of a ...
the Koran. These collections are called hadiths, or Sunna.(Lippman, 1990). Until this time, there existed the Sira, which were ora...
no means represent the lives of most Muslim women (2002). What are the lives of most like? How are women viewed in Muslim society?...
Herman Weil; " Symmetry establishes a ridiculous and wonderful cousinship between objects, phenomena and theories outwardly unrela...
of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...
after three years, he felt compelled to bring the message to the public. He openly attacked the practice of worshipping idols whic...
in war and conflict for generations. Islam is a unique and comprehensive ideology which serves as a guide for the worldly...
by His Grace to the garden of bliss and forgiveness. And He makes His signs clear to mankind, that they may receive admonition". M...
been treated little better than animals. Islam at least accorded that women may be redeemed and attain a heavenly reward, although...
in 7th century Arabia" (Time, 2001; 50). For example, while many pagan societies of the time buried unwanted female infants alive,...
1995). The Kuwait Finance House was started in response to a need for financial services that met the Islamic requirements for in...
East Asia (Fiero, DATE). This religion provided "spiritual unity and cultural cohesiveness to people of a wide variety of language...
p. 50). In addition we note very forward thinking when we understand that "Muhammad even decreed that sexual satisfaction was a wo...
To understand the relative impact of veiling upon Islamic women we must delve into the culture, religion and politics of Islam. I...
their lifetime. Presumably this requirement is for the spiritual edification of the Islamic adherent. During the ten days of rites...
in a system and was so closely linked with economics that it was largely used as a buffer for those in the oppressed lower classes...
This then introduces the debate regarding predestination and free will: if...
sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...
as by feeding monks, building and maintaining temples, releasing birds and fish, helping the needy and other acts of selflessness ...
the silk trade in general, laid the groundwork for the spread of religion. One might compare the phenomenon to the Internet today....
the balance and harmony which is achieved within it. The circle which surrounds the symbol represents the infinity of the cosmos, ...
ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...
notes, in other words, people are constantly changing and re-inventing aspects of themselves in order to adapt to the equivalent c...
with the absolute. Nagarjuna disagreed with this sense of absolutism. Nagarjuna philosophy can also be distinguished from mainst...
the way it was lived" (BBC World Service, 2003). If an individual has lived a bad life, refusing to accept Jesus as Savior and God...
represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...
Although there are definite directions provided in the Bible as to the follies of splitting into separate religions and sects, mod...