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Islam Abbasids' Fall

This paper consists of five pages and discusses the beginning of the Islam Abbasids and chronicles its demise. Four sources are l...

The Thesis of Henri Pirenne

In an essay consisting of five pages Pirenne's thesis that the European economic decline that began in the Middle Ages commenced w...

Islam Perceptions

In three pages this paper discusses the media's role in shaping perceptions and misperceptions of outsiders regarding Islam in a c...

Daily Rituals and Mohammad's Importance in Islam

In three pages this paper discusses daily worship practices, the death ritual, and Mohammad's role as profit in Islam. Two source...

Religion and Evolution

In eight pages Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are considered in a contrast and comparison of evolution theories. Six sources ar...

Islamic Religion and Impacts of Culture

interpreted. Islam in particular has begun to serve as a point of confusion for the Western World as to exactly what its teaching...

Middle Period Islam

of women, granted the gender a decidedly intellectual and moral existence within the societal framework; indeed, these were two as...

Similarities Between Christianity and Islam

must begin with its very fundamental concept of unity of God (Tawhid). In this context, it is also important to note that the cree...

Kurt Lohbeck's Holy War, Unholy Victory Eyewitness To The CIA's Secret War In Afghanistan

In seven pages this paper reviews Lohbeck's text in an emphasis upon the roles of Islam and the CIA in the author's Afghan reality...

The Immediate and Remote Causes of the Attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center

This 5 page paper discusses the fact that Osama bin Laden and his followers are Muslims, and that Islam claims to be a peaceful re...

Beyond the Veil by Fatima Mernissi

In ten pages this paper examines the culture of Islam as presented in Beyond the Veil by Fatima Mernissi. There are no other sour...

Russia and Islam

production and distribution system, something called perestroika (1999). That contributed to the breakup of the centralized struc...

Childhood and Young Adulthood of Malcolm X

by angry whites and the white social workers who farmed the children out to foster homes drove his mother to insanity (Dreyfuss 13...

Middle East Terrorism

difference in the way that religion is practiced and interpreted. Growing rapidly in popularity, Islam is in fact spreadi...

The Fundamentalist Middle East Society and Anti-Westernism

on greed for middle east resources, notably oil. They fear that the western culture, with modern conveniences and popular culture...

Arab Peninsula's Islamic Expansion

and their embracing of Islamic belief. "Following the death of Khosrau II in 628, then the Persian governor in Southern Arabia, B...

The Constant Discord Between African Americans and Arabs

In five pages the reasons behind the discord between African Americans and Arabs is linked to the Islam religion that has been emb...

Islam and Ethics

In five pages the Koran is examined in a consideration of Islam and its system of ethical values. Six sources are cited in the bi...

Fundamentalist Religious Sects in Iran and Egypt

This paper addresses fundamentalist ideologies of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity in Iran and Egypt. The author also comments on...

Ibn Battuta

In six pages this paper examines a pilgrimage in terms of its social value and considers Ibn Battuta's travels to Mecca and the si...

800 AD Middle East and Islam

In six pages this paper examines how Islam took root in the middle East during this time period and considers the importance of th...

Women and Gender in Islam by Leila Ahmed

veil to designate between "respectable" and "disreputable" women. However, Ahmed emphasizes the fact that "Mesopotamian, Persian...

Women and Religious Abuses

In eight pages this paper examines how the religions of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, commit several types of abuses against w...

Islamic Countries and Mock Tour Itinerary

In eight pages this paper discusses issues relating to Islam in a mock tour itinerary presentation that begins in Washington DC an...

Islam and Universal Declaration of Human Rights Definitions of Human Rights

In six pages this paper examines how human rights is defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and how it is viewed fro...

Nation of Islam

In seven pages the U.S. Nation of Islam and its status as a nationalist organization is compared with the fundamentalist Islamic r...

A Comparison of Occidental and Islamic Cultures in 'The Venture of Islam'

This paper of 6 pages compares western culture and Islamic religion in terms of similarities and differences, providing definition...

Indonesia's Rising Islam During the Middle Ages

In 5 pages this paper considers the effects of Indonesia's rising Islam during the Middle Ages. Three sources are cited in the bi...

Female Oppression and Islam

In eleven pages this paper discusses how Islam oppresses women in a consideration of whether it is rooted in the religion itself ...

Jazz Saxophonist John Coltrane and His Important Influence Upon Music

In 6 pages this paper examines the influential jazz musician John Coltrane in a consideration of his Islam conversion and his ques...