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U.S. Muslim Families

precedent in relation to establishing official recognition of Islamic religious holidays in American schools. Two major Islamic h...

Muslims and Canada

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

Death, Religious Faith, and Resurrection

memorial prayer for the dead: "O God full of compassion, who dwell on high, grant perfect peace under the wings of the Shekhinah, ...

U.S. Policy Challenges and Muslim Diversity

as we do and why many in the world resent those actions. Hunt illuminates a certain continuity in American foreign policy...

Faith and Freedom by Afkhami'

it also appears that many of the writers are quite knowledgeable about the Muslim world and everything comes to the table first ha...

Terrorism's Roots Run Deep

existed between Christians and Muslims throughout most of their history. Occidental religion in itself is diverse but it is essen...

Cultural Variatioins on Death and Dying

death. For some families extreme suffering is something to be avoided even if it means that they resort to extreme measures such ...

Muslim and Christian Conflict

"the Quran states: The closest in affection to [Muslims] are those who say: We are Christians, for among them are priests and monk...

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...

Prejudice and Security Management

aware of the types of risk faced by the organization or government entity and then control for contributing factors. Danie...

Five Pillars of Islam

"Charity is a necessity for every Muslim" (Zahid, 2010). All Muslims are encouraged to give as much as they please, but giving bac...

Two Characteristics in Christianity and Islam

practice of prayer in the two religions is very different. Christianity calls for steady and ongoing prayer. They praised God, ask...

Narration in The Moslem Wife and Passing

Here, for instance, are a few lines from the opening scene, in which a pivotal event in Nettas life is taking place: shes watching...

Abuse of Women in Muslim Societies: The Cultural Contributors

society, women are often subjected to a variety of abuses, both physical and psychological. Sadly, nowhere is this form of abuse m...

The Stigma Borne by Muslim Women

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

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...

The Australian Experience of Multiculturalism

there needs to be the cross cultural experiences, this creates understanding and is more likely to result in cohesion, as fear is ...

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...

Contemporary Muslim Women

womans role in relation to her society in somewhat different ways. The differences between the Shia and Sunni sects are particula...

Islam and Its Popularity, Universality and Political Aspects.

extremely popular throughout the Islamic world. Not only do young people like to listen to it, they are forming bands of their own...

Islam in America's Workplace

(Lampman, 2001). Fourth is the Ramadan month-long period of fasting, which recreates the first communications between God and Muh...

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

implications about the similarities and differences between religious faiths. The heated debate between the wise men illustrates t...

Frantz Fanon; Applications to the Undermining of Nationalism In the US

where there is an apparent political clash of ideals and an inability to reconcile them. Fanons work has often been referred t...

Muslim Culture and the Influence on Medieval Europe

were often Muslim (74). Many influences in regard to the Muslims were equated with trades such as carpets, metal work, glass makin...

Muslim History: Damascus and Cairo

and the Christian Jerusalem comprised the major powers within Syria at the time.3 In relationship to Cairo, several years ...

MUSLIMS AND ISLAM IN THE WESTERN MEDIA

out, even before Islam made it to the major media of the world, that both people and politics related to the Middle East and Islam...

Hanbali Islam; The Religion of Saudi Arabia

the rulers. The differences between the Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam developed over a number of centuries, for many y...