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provides a non-ethnocentric view of Islam. A number of Western writers, however, have attempted to approach Islam in an honest an...
the silk trade in general, laid the groundwork for the spread of religion. One might compare the phenomenon to the Internet today....
ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...
but rather on living according to Gods word in this life. Judaism introduced into the world a high moral standard of love and just...
This 5-page paper compares Islam and Christianity in Russia. Also offered is a brief history of both religions. Bibliography lists...
through her father that Ahmed first becomes aware of the conflicting political forces that shape her world, as he is hemmed in on ...
of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...
It only began to assume its own unique identity after combining various faiths and incorporating other cultural traditions. Traci...
throughout most of Western history, Christianity has practiced active and persistent racism against Jews, as European pogroms agai...
first arose, "on the basis that fundamental principles upon which the larger religious group is supposedly founded have become cor...
This direction is sometimes general in nature yet it can be applied to specific components of our world. Other times this directi...
Europeans were studying at Muslim universities, located mostly in Spain, by the 13th century (The Islamic world to 1600). Even aft...
(Schuett, 2006). This is the definition that seems to be in widespread use today, as people define jihad as a struggle between Mus...
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...
and ultimately believes that God is responsible for everything. In Buddhism one could argue that it is the souls of the people who...
before, however, Islam is very much an "exposed" religion. It comes to us through practically every medium as each news or public...
to stifle dissent. When citizens can no longer speak freely for fear of being called traitors or harassed or arrested, then the co...
"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...
women can have no authority over men" (Kamguian). Or, according to another author, Islamic women who give birth to a child out of ...
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...
on which a religion is based. It is one of the forms of communication in the religion along with ritual activities, architecture a...
the religion itself. And, one must perhaps understand that there are various forms and approaches to the religion so that there is...
through careful linguistic analysis. The Pashtun language is a part of the Eastern Iranian language and the people are offshoots ...
by the Western Enlightenment where one writers and philosopher after another philosophized on such concepts. Democratic principle...
believe Jesus (Isa in Arabic) is the son of God, or the human incarnate of God (Hasan, 2009). However, in Islam, Jesus is regarde...
extremely popular throughout the Islamic world. Not only do young people like to listen to it, they are forming bands of their own...
a stranger in a modern world is hinged upon what Hammoudi (2006) cites as a troubling duality that exists in each and every human;...
religious and ethnic groups to such an extent that people continue to die from the violent outbreaks. At this point in time, Shar...