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Essays 271 - 300
of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...
through her father that Ahmed first becomes aware of the conflicting political forces that shape her world, as he is hemmed in on ...
2004, p. 101). These qualities were to be found only in the members of the Prophets family, meaning that the leader would always h...
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...
removing religion and irrationality from human history" (Inayatullah, 2002). The ideals of globalization are also predominantly ...
provides a non-ethnocentric view of Islam. A number of Western writers, however, have attempted to approach Islam in an honest an...
ideas more thoroughly, it helps to look at the precepts of the various religions. First, buddhism is a rather well known ideology...
the Muslims(Guillaume, 1955). The Shiites seem to have begun as a family feud of sorts. When the prophet Mohammad (PBUH) died, th...
I of Austrasia and then Pepin III (also known as Pepin the Short) who would ultimately depose the last Merovingian king and become...
West has had trouble reconciling Muhammad as a spiritual leader and also as a military conqueror. He explains this seeming dichoto...
States. Abdulwahab Alkebsi, executive director of the Islamic Institute in Washington stated after the attacks that "this is the b...
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...
of the cultural impacts resulting from the extensive trade which characterized the period revolved around controlling the trade ro...
impossible to really illustrate the origins of the two as they involve many historical and religious ideals. For example, in relat...
on which a religion is based. It is one of the forms of communication in the religion along with ritual activities, architecture a...
by the Western Enlightenment where one writers and philosopher after another philosophized on such concepts. Democratic principle...
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 ...
before, however, Islam is very much an "exposed" religion. It comes to us through practically every medium as each news or public...
"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 ...
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...
throughout most of Western history, Christianity has practiced active and persistent racism against Jews, as European pogroms agai...
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...
relates to specific patterns or traditions within the church. The author notes, "There is no clergy in Islam and thus no hierarchy...
in the new society. From the period of 800 AD, Muhammads Islamic influence upon the people of Syria, Iran and Egypt was great and...