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on to explain that Sufism, drawing on this tradition, actually evolved roughly two centuries after the beginning of Islam. The c...

existed a triangular relationship between Islam and Eastern and Western Christendom. The Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) was exempla...

The key elements in mysticism of any religion is a belief in something outside of ones self, a higher deity. Secondly, most...

to pass judgment on dogmas source, i.e. "the closing of the door of ijtihad" occurred in Sunni Islam between the tenth and twelfth...

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...

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 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:...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

He was so devout in his beliefs, that eventually he caused the downfall of the Majapahit kingdom, which had been very powerful.7 ...

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

only hold power in areas in which they can maintain political and economic support of the rich as well as the social mandate of th...

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

in an economic position to support a family. The PPA adopts a pragmatic outlook, in that it leaves matters of religious beliefs re...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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