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and in 1923 he ended up settling and working in Detroit on the General Motors automotive assembly line. Elijah met and married Cla...
He was so devout in his beliefs, that eventually he caused the downfall of the Majapahit kingdom, which had been very powerful.7 ...
personal liberation through approaching everything in life as it relates to what Allah wants, not what the individual wants. There...
September 11 has brought a massive increase in conversions to Islam as never seen before" (Igbal). He proves his own asser...
by His Grace to the garden of bliss and forgiveness. And He makes His signs clear to mankind, that they may receive admonition". M...
of the least considered female-dominated religions is Wicca, a practice that imparts spirituality, benevolence and earthly powers ...
a more intimate and personal approach to God than was provided by Sunni formalism and detachment (Lippman, 1995). The Sufis found ...
sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...
however, given the current state of world affairs it is imperative that we gain a better understanding of it. A number...
that their God will ultimately rule the world, that the Jews have established the doctrines of faith and hope as the "two most pro...
Whether or not the charge regarding globalization is true is besides the point. The people feel that way and are perhaps angered t...
Western conquest, similar movements were directed wholly or in part against Westerners. These include the Wahhabis and Faraizis of...
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...
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...
ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...
provides a non-ethnocentric view of Islam. A number of Western writers, however, have attempted to approach Islam in an honest an...
removing religion and irrationality from human history" (Inayatullah, 2002). The ideals of globalization are also predominantly ...
aspect of Bambara existence changed drastically - from acceptable clothing to monetary exchange and sexual habits to polygamy - sp...
The differences and similarities that exist between Islam and Christianity are compared in seven pages. There is no bibliography ...
In eight pages this paper examines the God concept as represented by the major world religions Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. ...
In five pages the 'business' of religion is examined in a consideration of The Unification Church, the Church of Scientology, the ...
In seven pages this paper discusses the contemporary American role of the Nation of Islam in an overview that includes doctrines, ...
In fifteen pages this paper examines the Moor invasion of Spain and the conversion to Islam in the region that resulted. Eight so...
In six pages this paper examines Islam founder Muhammad's life and the prophet's teachings. Six sources are cited in the bibliogr...
external worship. The practice of the Sufis, therefore, came into direct contradiction with traditional Muslim beliefs, teaching ...
In a paper consisting of twelve pages 3 short essays on African heritage and culture are presented with such keywords incorporated...
In eight pages the ways these religions deal with dying and death through ritual and corpse disposition are compared and contraste...
Quran establishes a set of beliefs and is the basis of the religion (Esposito). Hinduism is a bit more flexible. It "is best regar...