YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Crisis of Islam by Bernard Lewis
Essays 451 - 480
of the least considered female-dominated religions is Wicca, a practice that imparts spirituality, benevolence and earthly powers ...
Western conquest, similar movements were directed wholly or in part against Westerners. These include the Wahhabis and Faraizis of...
of the cultural impacts resulting from the extensive trade which characterized the period revolved around controlling the trade ro...
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...
Whether or not the charge regarding globalization is true is besides the point. The people feel that way and are perhaps angered t...
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...
States. Abdulwahab Alkebsi, executive director of the Islamic Institute in Washington stated after the attacks that "this is the b...
In eight pages Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are considered in a contrast and comparison of evolution theories. Six sources ar...
In ten pages this paper examines the culture of Islam as presented in Beyond the Veil by Fatima Mernissi. There are no other sour...
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...
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...
interpreted. Islam in particular has begun to serve as a point of confusion for the Western World as to exactly what its teaching...
production and distribution system, something called perestroika (1999). That contributed to the breakup of the centralized struc...
on greed for middle east resources, notably oil. They fear that the western culture, with modern conveniences and popular culture...
difference in the way that religion is practiced and interpreted. Growing rapidly in popularity, Islam is in fact spreadi...
in war and conflict for generations. Islam is a unique and comprehensive ideology which serves as a guide for the worldly...
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...
In eleven pages Islam and slavery are among the issues discussed in this West Africa historical consideration that focuses upon th...
must begin with its very fundamental concept of unity of God (Tawhid). In this context, it is also important to note that the cree...
aspect of Bambara existence changed drastically - from acceptable clothing to monetary exchange and sexual habits to polygamy - sp...
ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...
provides a non-ethnocentric view of Islam. A number of Western writers, however, have attempted to approach Islam in an honest an...
removing religion and irrationality from human history" (Inayatullah, 2002). The ideals of globalization are also predominantly ...
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...
in an economic position to support a family. The PPA adopts a pragmatic outlook, in that it leaves matters of religious beliefs re...
represents a threat to those ideals is subject to punition" (Swidler). While the protection of womens morality is common throughou...