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History of Islam: Sudan and the Dinka People

"Throughout many historical periods, Sudan had served as a bridge linking Asia, Africa and a number of Mediterranean countries. Th...

Islamic Beliefs and the Five Pillars of Wisdom

he refused Gods command to bow down to Adam" (Horn, 2004). This is slightly different from Christian theology, which maintains tha...

Significance of Religion and Geography in the Middle East

the local political process (Ceasar, 2005). The Dawa party which is religious based was the top winner in that election (Ceasar, ...

Religious Importance of Jerusalem

And finally, can the nature of Jerusalem as a "sacred space" for all three faiths "throw any light on the conduct of politicians a...

Same Sex Marriages and Religion

the religion the people already possessed. What was different was the book that he would begin to orally present, the Qoran which ...

Islam, A History

and elsewhere. It was there that these people became known as Babylonians, Syrians, Hebrews, and Phoenicians (Mathewson, 1994). ...

Conflict and 3 Abrahamic Religions

basis of the religion (Esposito, 1978). This began his quest for a true religion. Muhammad believed that both Judaism and Christi...

Jainism, Buddhism, and Hinduism

the quest for atman , the knowledge of the self" emerged (Hinduism History, 2005). This took place between 400 B.C. and 600 A.D. (...

Globalized Islam by Oliver Roy

first" (Roy 25). As this indicates, Roy sees fundamentalist Islam as both a "product and an agent of globalization," due to the fa...

Islam and its Fundamentals

not acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God, but it, nevertheless, acknowledges the legitimacy of his teachings and presents him as a ...

Counterintelligence Changes

obliterated the New York World Trade Center and included a simultaneous attack on the Pentagon itself. The sanctity of U.S. polit...

Cultural Variations Between Islam and America

Texts of the Worlds Religions" presents Islam as a religion which stresses that an individuals submission to Allah is what is most...

Overview of Islam

a supreme being and endeavor to live by his word s recorded in holy scriptures. Westerners are frequently surprised to learn that...

Nation of Islam Documentary

leadership. Though significant changes have occurred in Chicago since the 1960s, the continuation of ideals that were integrated ...

Intoxicants and Islam

This direction is sometimes general in nature yet it can be applied to specific components of our world. Other times this directi...

Historical Relationship Between Spain and Islam

This influence occurred even in the face of the ideological and geographical separation that existed between Christians and Muslim...

The Religions of Abraham

at the other religions, we see that all three believe in the "Word of God" as a direct and personal message to Man from the Divine...

World Diversity and Catholic Education

This is because the Church realizes that what individuals believe in regards to religion or morality is frequently contingent on t...

Hinduism

with God (Eck, 1991). One gets a sense that he people go because they want to and not due to a sense of obligation. Offerings are...

Gender, Politics and Islam Edited by Saliba, Allen, and Howard

significance of networks in formulating that identity (Meyer 424). The specific topics covered are diverse. For example, Hegland a...

Global Terrorism

to stifle dissent. When citizens can no longer speak freely for fear of being called traitors or harassed or arrested, then the co...

Concepts of God

throughout most of Western history, Christianity has practiced active and persistent racism against Jews, as European pogroms agai...

ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY IN TODAY'S RUSSIA

This 5-page paper compares Islam and Christianity in Russia. Also offered is a brief history of both religions. Bibliography lists...

Medieval Times: The West and Islam

examination of this there is a letter written by Leo III to Umar II which states the following: "In brief you admit that we say th...

Basis of Judaism, Christianity & Islam

but rather on living according to Gods word in this life. Judaism introduced into the world a high moral standard of love and just...

Are Democratic Priniciples Universally Applicable?

by the Western Enlightenment where one writers and philosopher after another philosophized on such concepts. Democratic principle...

The Pashtun Tribes of Afghanistan and Pakistan

through careful linguistic analysis. The Pashtun language is a part of the Eastern Iranian language and the people are offshoots ...

MUSLIMS AND ISLAM IN THE WESTERN MEDIA

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...

Sunni and Shi-i Islam

2004, p. 101). These qualities were to be found only in the members of the Prophets family, meaning that the leader would always h...

Rise of Islam

It only began to assume its own unique identity after combining various faiths and incorporating other cultural traditions. Traci...