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The concept of Jihad has long been at the forefront of controversy in its indignation toward government and strong-arm tactics. O...
person, Muhammad (also spelled Muhammed or Mohammed)", a man who "became dissatisfied with polytheism and came to believe in one G...
women can have no authority over men" (Kamguian). Or, according to another author, Islamic women who give birth to a child out of ...
"Throughout many historical periods, Sudan had served as a bridge linking Asia, Africa and a number of Mediterranean countries. Th...
he refused Gods command to bow down to Adam" (Horn, 2004). This is slightly different from Christian theology, which maintains tha...
leadership. Though significant changes have occurred in Chicago since the 1960s, the continuation of ideals that were integrated ...
obliterated the New York World Trade Center and included a simultaneous attack on the Pentagon itself. The sanctity of U.S. polit...
This direction is sometimes general in nature yet it can be applied to specific components of our world. Other times this directi...
Texts of the Worlds Religions" presents Islam as a religion which stresses that an individuals submission to Allah is what is most...
not acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God, but it, nevertheless, acknowledges the legitimacy of his teachings and presents him as a ...
This is because the Church realizes that what individuals believe in regards to religion or morality is frequently contingent on t...
significance of networks in formulating that identity (Meyer 424). The specific topics covered are diverse. For example, Hegland a...
provides a non-ethnocentric view of Islam. A number of Western writers, however, have attempted to approach Islam in an honest an...
in the woods or when theory are alone or even when they are in a crisis situation. Prayer under the umbrella of many religions is ...
a supreme being and endeavor to live by his word s recorded in holy scriptures. Westerners are frequently surprised to learn that...
and elsewhere. It was there that these people became known as Babylonians, Syrians, Hebrews, and Phoenicians (Mathewson, 1994). ...
Whether or not the charge regarding globalization is true is besides the point. The people feel that way and are perhaps angered t...
of the cultural impacts resulting from the extensive trade which characterized the period revolved around controlling the trade ro...
the silk trade in general, laid the groundwork for the spread of religion. One might compare the phenomenon to the Internet today....
several different schools" (Anonymous The History of Buddhism, 2002; history.html). From this we can perhaps understand that these...
of the least considered female-dominated religions is Wicca, a practice that imparts spirituality, benevolence and earthly powers ...
Western conquest, similar movements were directed wholly or in part against Westerners. These include the Wahhabis and Faraizis of...
the Muslims(Guillaume, 1955). The Shiites seem to have begun as a family feud of sorts. When the prophet Mohammad (PBUH) died, th...
West has had trouble reconciling Muhammad as a spiritual leader and also as a military conqueror. He explains this seeming dichoto...
removing religion and irrationality from human history" (Inayatullah, 2002). The ideals of globalization are also predominantly ...
States. Abdulwahab Alkebsi, executive director of the Islamic Institute in Washington stated after the attacks that "this is the b...
in war and conflict for generations. Islam is a unique and comprehensive ideology which serves as a guide for the worldly...
difference in the way that religion is practiced and interpreted. Growing rapidly in popularity, Islam is in fact spreadi...
a more intimate and personal approach to God than was provided by Sunni formalism and detachment (Lippman, 1995). The Sufis found ...
Like other writers, he sees the current position of women as reflecting the respect in which they were held in previous eras:...