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Why Did Iraq Invade Iran in 1980?

forward the 1979 Iranian revolution as the initial event that would lead to the war. While there had been a great deal of hostilit...

A Christian Missionary in a Muslim Population

leader of the group told him that was not based on love but on rewards form God. He left the group. He made the leap to Christiani...

Assessment of the Article “Best Case Scenario”

is arising following events such as the Bali bombing, and the emergence of a stereotype, where Muslims are seen as a separate grou...

9/11 and the Marginalization of Arab and Muslim Americans

matter simply, there are those individuals who hold some degree of power, and those who are divested of power. Those who hold powe...

Ethical Dilemma and School Nursing

This essay pertain to a hypothetical ethical dilemma involving a Muslim girl and the concept of protecting family honor. The write...

Culture and Illnesses

This essay discusses the most common diseases and illnesses among Muslim women. The writer points out that many of the illnesses a...

Discrimination of Religion

Christians, Muslims, and Jews are the most discriminated religious groups in the world. This essay provides data about religious d...

Muslim Majority States

This essay discusses the issue of democracy in a Muslim majority state. The report compares and contrasts two journal articles on ...

17th Century World History

Ghana, Dahomey on the Ivory Coast, and Shama on the Ghana coast, were locked into a complex cultural and economic exchange which g...

The Societal Rebuff of Anyone Different

Homosexuals and Muslims in Contemporary Society The author of this paper considers the importance of the choice of words in repor...

Cultural Differences in Workplace

This paper responds to several questions about a scenario, such as how nonverbal cues can lead to misunderstanding and conflict, h...

Satanic Verses/Salman Rushdie

This research paper addresses Salman Rushdie's most famous novel and the controversy that is associated with its publication. The ...

Russia and Islam

production and distribution system, something called perestroika (1999). That contributed to the breakup of the centralized struc...

The Immediate and Remote Causes of the Attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center

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...

Second World War, Colonialism, Muslims, and India

In twelve pages this paper discusses how the Second World War and the response of the Indian soldier influenced separatism and ind...

Racist Retaliation for 9/11

This research paper puts the retaliation that has been instigated by misguided Americans indiscriminantly against people of Arab d...

Muslims and the Example Set by the Life of Mohammed

to note that Mohammed was born into a poor family and was not unlike other great men who came from poverty. While that is the case...

Muslim Holiday Eid

extreme importance to the members of the religion in question as well as being relatively unknown to those outside of that religio...

Post 9 11 and Civil Rights

accident. Of course, China tells almost the opposite story. One wonders then how much propaganda is being disseminated. During a t...

Taliban Control of Muslim Women

to control the female gender, but also to block entrance for women in many areas so that they remain chained to the patriarchal in...

Critiques of The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel P. Huntington

state has cast religious zeal ... to the wind ... in that battle the Iranians have tilted toward Christian Armenia" (Kaplan, 1997,...

Global Religious Perspectives on the Soul

out the names of his ancestors" (Hauser, 1990). Every eight days, the tribal chief ritually provides a full meal for all the ance...

Religion and Muhammad Ali

in a very "somber mood" due to his internal and external feud concerning "his mentor, Malcolm, and his spiritual leader, the Natio...

British High Court Case of Farrakhan v. Secretary of State for the Home Dept.

following analysis will demonstrate the support for this contention The 2001 ruling Although Justice Turner made the ruling in Ju...

Islamic Perspectives on the Battle of Bader

after three years, he felt compelled to bring the message to the public. He openly attacked the practice of worshipping idols whic...

Islamic History in Spain

independent from Arab roots, thus making Spain a Muslim country, but without the interference of Muslim rule from afar (Spain, 199...

Islam vs. U.S. Muslim Religion Approaches

continent of North America. While the Muslim religion has experienced much upheaval during the past few centuries, the basic trad...

911 and its Effects Upon San Diego's Islamic Community

communities after two of the hijackers of the jetliner which crashed into the Pentagon were linked to their community. Since the a...

Function of Printed Media

been used before with old messages. However, when they are read it was possible to put them into a different order, to place diffe...

2 Interpretations of Gender in Islam

come from western society and not conform to the lifestyle of the Muslims there. Not wearing veils was seen as immoral (1969). If ...