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Pilgrimages in Buddhism and Islam

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

Accounting and Financials As They Involve Islamic Banking

For the most part, Islamic practices when it comes to money dont adapt themselves very well to more Anglo methods of accounting or...

AKP Ruling Party of Turkey

has necessitated their decline in power. There had also been political instability accompanied by the need for economic reform. ...

U.S. Homeland Security and Islamic Extremists

It is a highly sticky position for a democratic society to be in when the government, not its citizens, discriminate against a rel...

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...

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...

West and Influence of Islam

culture of Islam and the occidental world. The book details the impacts Islam has had from a religious perspective in particular....

Perspectives on Human Nature

the pagan world, sex was considered a divine gift and it carried none of the sense of sin and punishment that became associated wi...

Comparing Two Regional World Civilizations

differences. In respect to the Islamic and Asian societies that sprang up, these occurred largely by 1000 B.C. (Roberts, 1993). ...

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...

Muslims and Canada

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

Comparative Analysis of Women's Status in Iran and Pakistan

the way this s interpreted now and in the past which reflects on the current status. If we look at Pakistan this is a country wh...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Religious Connotations of 'Just War'

with holy wars that are most familiar to Westerners are in the Old Testament. Exodus 32:27 tells of how God ordered the destructio...

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...

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...

Islam's Early Rise

East Asia (Fiero, DATE). This religion provided "spiritual unity and cultural cohesiveness to people of a wide variety of language...

Contemporary Muslim Turkey and the Religion Theory of Karl Marx

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...

Islamic Perspectives on the Battle of Bader

after three years, he felt compelled to bring the message to the public. He openly attacked the practice of worshipping idols whic...

Civilization and Religion of Islam

in war and conflict for generations. Islam is a unique and comprehensive ideology which serves as a guide for the worldly...

Ibn Ishaq's The Sira

the Koran. These collections are called hadiths, or Sunna.(Lippman, 1990). Until this time, there existed the Sira, which were ora...

Visual Arts and Religion

life that one would want to aspire toward. And, typically, as in a religious painting, the consequences of not choosing the faith ...

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?...

Political Ideologies of East and West Compared

of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...

Islamic Art Symmetry

Herman Weil; " Symmetry establishes a ridiculous and wonderful cousinship between objects, phenomena and theories outwardly unrela...