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Biography of Elijah Muhammad

and in 1923 he ended up settling and working in Detroit on the General Motors automotive assembly line. Elijah met and married Cla...

Development and Influence of Christianity and Islam

I of Austrasia and then Pepin III (also known as Pepin the Short) who would ultimately depose the last Merovingian king and become...

The Spread Of Islam in Conde's, Segu and Robinson's Paths of Accommodation

aspect of Bambara existence changed drastically - from acceptable clothing to monetary exchange and sexual habits to polygamy - sp...

Sunnis, Shiites and Differences in Their Religious Beliefs

the Muslims(Guillaume, 1955). The Shiites seem to have begun as a family feud of sorts. When the prophet Mohammad (PBUH) died, th...

The Straight Path by John Esposito

West has had trouble reconciling Muhammad as a spiritual leader and also as a military conqueror. He explains this seeming dichoto...

Comparing Western and Eastern Religions

ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...

Examining Rituals and Beliefs of Islam

provides a non-ethnocentric view of Islam. A number of Western writers, however, have attempted to approach Islam in an honest an...

Globalization and Islam

removing religion and irrationality from human history" (Inayatullah, 2002). The ideals of globalization are also predominantly ...

Post 911 and U.S. Islamic Communities

States. Abdulwahab Alkebsi, executive director of the Islamic Institute in Washington stated after the attacks that "this is the b...

Transgendered, Transsexual, and Homosexual Individuals and Religion

sex with a male, after the manner of sex with a woman, they have both committed an abomination, they shall surely be killed" (Quot...

A 911 Sociological Analysis

Whether or not the charge regarding globalization is true is besides the point. The people feel that way and are perhaps angered t...

Sub Saharan Gold Trade and Islam

of the cultural impacts resulting from the extensive trade which characterized the period revolved around controlling the trade ro...

Islam and Buddhism Spread Throughout Asia

the silk trade in general, laid the groundwork for the spread of religion. One might compare the phenomenon to the Internet today....

Buddhism's Spread Throughout the East

several different schools" (Anonymous The History of Buddhism, 2002; history.html). From this we can perhaps understand that these...

18th Century Muslim Reform Movements

Western conquest, similar movements were directed wholly or in part against Westerners. These include the Wahhabis and Faraizis of...

Life and Activism of Malcolm X

In five pages Malcolm X's life, his Nation of Islam activism, subsequent disillusionment, Mecca spiritual enlightenment pilgrimage...

Malcolm X Biography

In five pages a biography of Malcolm X is presented which details his significant life events while emphasizing the importance of ...

Early and Late View of Nation of Islam Leader Malcolm X

destroyed his family. Placed in a series of schools and boardinghouses, he became a fine student and dreamed of becoming a law...

Islam and Japan on Participatory Economics

In thirty pages Islam and Japan are examined in terms of how participatory economics is defined, its history, and how it is applie...

The Thesis of Henri Pirenne

In five pages Pirenne's thesis that the European economic decline of the Middle Ages began with the seventh century rise of Islam ...

Bible v. the Koran

In five pages the theological cornerstones of Judaism/Christianity and Islam are contrasted and compared. Five sources are cited ...

Life and Teachings of Muhammad

In six pages this paper examines Islam founder Muhammad's life and the prophet's teachings. Six sources are cited in the bibliogr...

Islam, Fana Concept, Saints, and Mysticism

external worship. The practice of the Sufis, therefore, came into direct contradiction with traditional Muslim beliefs, teaching ...

Comparing Christianity and Islam

In nine pages Christianity and Islam are contrasted and compared in terms of their respective religious beliefs. There are five b...

Islamic Civilization Breakdown

In four pages this paper discusses the collapse of the empire of Islam in a consideration of historic and sociopolitical events. ...

Islam in Nigeria and Egypt

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares Islam as it exists both religiously as well as politically in Nigeria and ...

Khwaja Kamal Ud Din's Islam to East and West

certain historical and cultural circumstance, Kamal-Ud-Din infers that this progressive spread of Islamic influence is also due to...

Islamic and Hindu Religions on Death and Dying

In eight pages the ways these religions deal with dying and death through ritual and corpse disposition are compared and contraste...

Major Religions of the World Compared

Quran establishes a set of beliefs and is the basis of the religion (Esposito). Hinduism is a bit more flexible. It "is best regar...

Malise Ruthven's Islam in the World

In six pages this text is reviewed as it covers the tenets and issues of fundamental Islam. There is 1 source cited in the biblio...