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Essays 301 - 330
longer large enough to house all the members of the Islamic community. As such, in 1978 the community bought 48 acres in the Towns...
living world. Through the centuries, this perpetual quest for upholding said rights has been met with great resistance from those...
custodians of the true Islam. This, it is argued, reflect in the way that the states have evolved today and the different models t...
Europeans were studying at Muslim universities, located mostly in Spain, by the 13th century (The Islamic world to 1600). Even aft...
material gain and technological advancement, while Islam is typified as highly traditional and driven by moral values rooted in an...
The terrorist group Abu Sayyaf is based on the southern Philippines. Barreveld (2001) traces...
set of laws which is universally accepted, the laws are subject to interpretation and application which can vary dependant upon th...
of fundamentalism, and extremist elements exist in both Islam as well as Christianity. Islamic Fundamentalism is defined as "an u...
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:...
independent from Arab roots, thus making Spain a Muslim country, but without the interference of Muslim rule from afar (Spain, 199...
communities after two of the hijackers of the jetliner which crashed into the Pentagon were linked to their community. Since the a...
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...
(Al-Imran); Verse 97 (ICM). The Hajj is considered a fulfillment of the Fifth Pillar of Islam but is also considered as a time whe...
women can have no authority over men" (Kamguian). Or, according to another author, Islamic women who give birth to a child out of ...
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...
Greater Iran. This cup is "Silver, gilded, chased and punched" and measures "3 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (9.84 x 11.75 cm)" (Los Angeles Cou...
to pass judgment on dogmas source, i.e. "the closing of the door of ijtihad" occurred in Sunni Islam between the tenth and twelfth...
We are expanding it (51:47)," is often contended by many scholars in light of the fact that it was not until fairly recently that ...
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...
In six pages these empires from different historical periods are contrasted and compared. Seven sources are cited in the bibliogr...
and their embracing of Islamic belief. "Following the death of Khosrau II in 628, then the Persian governor in Southern Arabia, B...
interpreted. Islam in particular has begun to serve as a point of confusion for the Western World as to exactly what its teaching...
This is exactly what happened during the early Christian visual transition. The full body shapes of the classical (pagan) world w...
In eight pages this paper discusses issues relating to Islam in a mock tour itinerary presentation that begins in Washington DC an...
In four pages this paper discusses the collapse of the empire of Islam in a consideration of historic and sociopolitical events. ...
focus in the Islamic groupings of Senegal. The two friends describe their lives in complicity and state things like "our lives de...