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Essays 301 - 330

Culture and Illnesses

This essay discusses the most common diseases and illnesses among Muslim women. The writer points out that many of the illnesses a...

Discrimination of Religion

Christians, Muslims, and Jews are the most discriminated religious groups in the world. This essay provides data about religious d...

Why Did Iraq Invade Iran in 1980?

forward the 1979 Iranian revolution as the initial event that would lead to the war. While there had been a great deal of hostilit...

An Ethnographic View of the Basseri

establishment of political, religious and social control through organizational dominance. 3. Special cultural views relate to so...

A Christian Missionary in a Muslim Population

leader of the group told him that was not based on love but on rewards form God. He left the group. He made the leap to Christiani...

Assessment of the Article “Best Case Scenario”

is arising following events such as the Bali bombing, and the emergence of a stereotype, where Muslims are seen as a separate grou...

The Stigma Borne by Muslim Women

Muslim women who are living in mainstream US society in many cases struggle with a definite societal stigma....

Cultural Differences in Workplace

This paper responds to several questions about a scenario, such as how nonverbal cues can lead to misunderstanding and conflict, h...

Conflict in the Middle East

the various ports from which they would be shipped out to the Persian Gulf. This war and its horrors, brought to fruition the rea...

Western Civilization and Islamic Culture Integration

Indeed, Muhammad prescribed a life full of "lofty ethical ideals and peaceful coexistence" (Bruning 56) that non-believers of Isla...

Care at the End of Life and Cultural Variations

(1997) observes: "Involving the family in hospital care, maximizing the family as a resource, and creating an environment where h...

Muslims, Jews, and Shared Christianity

date). In order to fit into the economic Western world, many Jews have forsaken their heritage and do not rigidly practice the t...

September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks and Global Reactions

means represents mainstream Christian thought, which was largely supportive of President Bush, the subsequent war and the idea tha...

Muslim State Creation

religion on another, if the religion teaches that nonbelievers will go to hell, it is only compassion that would drive a religious...

US Black Muslim History

West Africa were Muslims and some black Muslims contend that "Islam is part of the genetic memory of blacks" (1996, p.67). Yet, th...

Freedom and Culture

so evident in official circles before. Individuals adopted rules and standards of behavior designed to serve "appearances." Youn...

French Public Schools and Veil Wearing Muslim Women

complete and unrelenting distinction between church and state. There would be no religious exceptions, whatsoever, and this inclu...

Taliban Control of Muslim Women

to control the female gender, but also to block entrance for women in many areas so that they remain chained to the patriarchal in...

Post 9 11 and Civil Rights

accident. Of course, China tells almost the opposite story. One wonders then how much propaganda is being disseminated. During a t...

Issues on Feminism

causes of unemployment may be the advent of the minimum wage law, inasmuch as minimum wage increases have caused pay scales to cha...

Muslim Holiday Eid

extreme importance to the members of the religion in question as well as being relatively unknown to those outside of that religio...

Global Religious Perspectives on the Soul

out the names of his ancestors" (Hauser, 1990). Every eight days, the tribal chief ritually provides a full meal for all the ance...

Religion and Muhammad Ali

in a very "somber mood" due to his internal and external feud concerning "his mentor, Malcolm, and his spiritual leader, the Natio...

British High Court Case of Farrakhan v. Secretary of State for the Home Dept.

following analysis will demonstrate the support for this contention The 2001 ruling Although Justice Turner made the ruling in Ju...

Critiques of The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel P. Huntington

state has cast religious zeal ... to the wind ... in that battle the Iranians have tilted toward Christian Armenia" (Kaplan, 1997,...

Racist Retaliation for 9/11

This research paper puts the retaliation that has been instigated by misguided Americans indiscriminantly against people of Arab d...

Muslims and the Example Set by the Life of Mohammed

to note that Mohammed was born into a poor family and was not unlike other great men who came from poverty. While that is the case...

Second World War, Colonialism, Muslims, and India

In twelve pages this paper discusses how the Second World War and the response of the Indian soldier influenced separatism and ind...

The Role of Women in Islamic Society

no means represent the lives of most Muslim women (2002). What are the lives of most like? How are women viewed in Muslim society?...

2 Interpretations of Gender in Islam

come from western society and not conform to the lifestyle of the Muslims there. Not wearing veils was seen as immoral (1969). If ...