Essays 271 - 300
to confront the first Caliph of the Islamic nation. The Shiites, in contrast, felt like this position was destined to be filled w...
that is precisely what it is. Satrapi is Iranian, and her autobiography gives Westerners the chance to understand what its like to...
Majestatem, which was heavily influenced by Glanvills English law treatise, but it demonstrates the many sources of Scottish law a...
Boko Haram are an Islamic jihadist organization based in Nigeria who became known for the kidnapping of more than 200 Christian s...
This paper relates the life and accomplishments of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, who succeeded the Prophet Mohammad as the leader of the Isl...
This research paper offers an overview of Islamic, Buddhist, and Taoist views on health and healing. Six pages in length, six sou...
This essay is an outline for a proposed paper on warfare in pre-Islamic Arabia and late Antiquity. The outline includes causes, l...
During the first several centuries, war was a constant state of being in different parts of the world. This essay focused on war i...
This research paper reports on the customs and significance of fasting during the Islamic celebration of Ramadan. Three pages in l...
This essay presents a discussion of gender equality within Islamic Arab countries. Seven pages in length, seven sources are cited....
This 7 page paper gives an overview of the basics of the major religions and why nurses should study them. This paper includes Jew...
Discusses how groups such as Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State rely on religion and other identity factors to recruit and build terro...
of fundamentalism, and extremist elements exist in both Islam as well as Christianity. Islamic Fundamentalism is defined as "an u...
The terrorist group Abu Sayyaf is based on the southern Philippines. Barreveld (2001) traces...
material gain and technological advancement, while Islam is typified as highly traditional and driven by moral values rooted in an...
Europeans were studying at Muslim universities, located mostly in Spain, by the 13th century (The Islamic world to 1600). Even aft...
set of laws which is universally accepted, the laws are subject to interpretation and application which can vary dependant upon th...
obvious, even if one had not heard the laws of God as such, this ignorance has never constituted an excuse for sin. As this indica...
may be analyzed and perhaps resolved. Yet, it remains a source of tension in the world today and the outlook appears bleak. Some...
son or "the good shepherd" who leaves his flock in order to find a lost sheep (VanBuskirk). Paul pointed out this change in the co...
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 ...
communities after two of the hijackers of the jetliner which crashed into the Pentagon were linked to their community. Since the a...
and that death impacts the body and soul, the impact differs based on the religious practices. Islam believes that ones sou...
States. Abdulwahab Alkebsi, executive director of the Islamic Institute in Washington stated after the attacks that "this is the b...
own society for being the victim of a rape. According to the Shariah, if a woman is raped, she must have four witnesses to back up...
Indeed, Muhammad prescribed a life full of "lofty ethical ideals and peaceful coexistence" (Bruning 56) that non-believers of Isla...
independent from Arab roots, thus making Spain a Muslim country, but without the interference of Muslim rule from afar (Spain, 199...
however, given the current state of world affairs it is imperative that we gain a better understanding of it. A number...
Like other writers, he sees the current position of women as reflecting the respect in which they were held in previous eras:...