Cultural Interview October 22nd‚ 2014 I based my cultural interview on an Iranian family that I’ve known for many years; I’ll refer to them in an alias name as the Gabr family. They are a very close nit family whom live nearby in a middle class neighbor. I mainly interviewed the mother of this family whom I’ll refer to as Eklass Gabr. Eklass is a highly educated and respected teacher in the community. She was born in Jerusalem; to her father whom was a business man and her mother whom was a stay
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The three oldest religions are Judaism‚ Christianity and Islam. Judaism is a one of the oldest religions known to people. Judaism is a monotheistic religion‚ which means that Jewish people pray to only one g-d. There weren’t too many religions like this when it originated which made Judaism very unique at the time. Moses was one of the most famous Jewish prophets. He led the Jewish people out of slavery‚ led them to Mount Sinai and received the Ten Commandments‚ a set of rules that people even
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Tuareg PRONUNCIATION: TWAH-reg LOCATION: Saharan and Sahelian Africa (mostly Niger‚ Mali‚ Algeria‚ Libya‚ and Burkina Faso) POPULATION: About 1 million LANGUAGE: Tamacheq RELIGION: Islam‚ combined with traditional beliefs and practices 1 • INTRODUCTION The Tuareg are an Islamic African people. They are classified as seminomadic ‚ meaning that they travel with their herds on a seasonal basis but also have a home area where they grow some food crops. The Tuareg are best known for the men’s practice
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mosque? A) hegira B) minaret C) dome D) mihrab Points Earned: 5.0 Correct Answer(s): A Correct 9. Reconquista identifies: A) a Muslim ’s obligation to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. B) a Muslim ’s obligation to fast during the month of Ramadan. C) the period when the Christians drove the Muslims out of Spain in 1492. D) Muhammad ’s flight from Mecca to Medina. Points Earned: 5.0
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day. Also there is a month called Ramadan where we have to fast for 30 days. Fasting is when we eat before sunrise and then we eat when the sun goes down. This month is basically for us to feel how other people in the world are starving. These are 2 main religions in my country. There are many holidays in my country. One holiday is called Eid-ul-Fitr; in that holiday it is all about friendship‚ love‚ brotherhood. It is celebrated right after the month of Ramadan. Another holiday is Eid-ul-Adha‚ in
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Islamic Social Welfare and the Role of Zakah in the Family System Ahmad Bello Dogarawa Department of Accounting Ahmadu Bello University‚ Zaria-Nigeria Being Paper Presented at International Conference on Islamic Law and Muslim Minorities in Ghana Organised by Al-Furqan Foundation‚ Ghana. October 25th – 26th‚ 2008 Page 1 of 25 ABSTRACT Preferment in society was exposed to the two extreme of negligence and excessiveness. Relations in Capitalism are based on monopoly‚ resulting in an unequal
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Ever since the dawn of Judaism and the rise of Christianity and Islam‚ pilgrimage has been a deeply rooted tradition for groups of people from every monotheistic religion for thousands of years. Every year you can see many pilgrims at several places around the world‚ and it is amazing how that huge amount of people can gather unanimously at a place sharing only their common beliefs. Pilgrimage is a sacred journey conducted by people of a faith to a religious site‚ it’s often believed that the followers
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again… but Sisyphus concludes that all is well. 4. What is the proper relation‚ according to Islam‚ between humans and Allah? The proper relation‚ according to Islam‚ between humans and Allah is total submission. 5. What is Ramadan? Ramadan is the holy month in the Islamic calendar. 6. What approach might Machiavelli emphasize in the study of world religions? An approach that treats religion and religious figures as political phenomena too and not merely or purely as religious
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Muslim Americans have faced a variety of different discrimination in their history with the main form of discrimination lying within the connection between Islam and terrorism. Due to the fact that there are many different cultures who fall into the Muslim group‚ there are some cultures who experience more discrimination than others. For example‚ “Arab South Asian Muslims have experienced bigotry because they are Muslim but also because of their perceived connection with whichever country the United
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The Arabian Peninsula By: Minali Prasad Due Date: December 7‚ 2011 Class Color: Sapphire Table Number: 5 There are four different types of environments in the Arabian Peninsula. Three-fourths of the Arabian Peninsula is desert. The desert has plains and plateaus. Temperatures can reach up to 120°F or drop down to below zero. There is 3 to 4 inches of rain per year with many droughts. Flash floods are caused by the annual rainfall. The desert has many oases. Oases result
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