The Arabian Nights and Arab Culture Arabian nights which known as “ Alf Layla Wa Laylah” have a huge impact and relation to Arab culture. Arabian nights are a collection of old stories include pre-Islamic culture‚ historical tales‚ love‚ crimes‚ poetries‚ music and literature. These stories were derived from the west and south Asia where a lot of translators and scholars collected the work over many centuries. The tales themselves are affected back to the ancient Arabic‚ Persian‚ and Indian traditions
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w w ap eP m e tr .X w UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS s er om .c GCE Ordinary Level MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2009 question paper for the guidance of teachers 2058 ISLAMIYAT 2058/01 Paper 1‚ maximum raw mark 50 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the
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The Development of Knowledge in Islam Searching for knowledge is in line with the teaching of Islam and knowledgeable people are highly respected in Muslim community. As there are many encouragements for gaining knowledge in Islam from Quraan and Hadith that in itself illustrates the importance of it in the muslim’s current life and the hereafter. From The Quran: Allah will exalt in degree those of you who believe and those who have been granted knowledge
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Free Will and Predestination in Islam Predestination is a divisive issue that has not just been confined to Christianity‚ but is a prevalent issue within the Islamic community. Like Christianity the idea of free will has been an issue that is centuries old and possesses a highly divisive nature. To better understand free will and predestination in Islam it is important to first look at the history of the idea and to then review what Islamic theologians‚ such as al-Ghazali and Al-Hasan‚ have said
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The Post-Classical Era was a time of goodness in the Middle East. Goods were plentiful‚ Islam was spreading‚ and the people were wealthy. The Muslim cities spread innovations throughout the world. The document groupings for the discussion of this topic are as follows: Documents 2‚ 1‚ and 5 are for city significance. Documents 3‚ 5‚ and 8 are for importance of trade. Finally‚ documents 4‚ 6‚ and 9 are for government and its role. Document 7 has been omitted due to the fact that it does not support
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understanding and interpretation of the Qur’an‚ but she also modelled these qualities for the men‚ women and children of Islam. As a woman in Islamic society‚ Aisha carried a particularly high status. She was the daughter of Abu Bakr‚ the first Caliph‚ who had embraced Islam before she was born. Thus‚ she was not influenced by the former polytheistic religious tradition of pre-Islamic Arabia‚ and its stance for gender inequality. Aisha was also the third and favourite wife of the Prophet Muhammad
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When the chest is opened‚ it reveals a woman’s corpse chopped up. Caliph orders that Ja’far investigates the murder. Two men come forward and confess to the murder. This story echoes the harsh ideology towards women in the stories of this time period. Initially‚ the story seems to revolve around justice for the poor woman
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During the 11th century C.E.‚ there were three major societies that were centered around the Mediterranean. The first society was the Catholic Kingdoms which was located in Western Europe (Crusades Map). The Catholic Kingdoms followed Christianity and the pope was established as the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Popes also claimed papal supremacy which gave them authority over other secular rulers (Ellis 193). These secular rulers practiced feudalism which was a system where lords
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“The treaty of Sevres was harsh and punishing.” To what extent do you agree with this statement Between 1914 and 1919 millions of lives were taken by the First World War. It created chaos socially‚ economically and politically leaving nations devastated. After the First World War a peace conference took place in Paris in which representatives from 27 nations across the globe gathered. This peace conference was to decide the fate of the defeated countries which included Germany‚ Austria-Hungary
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Each day ISIS (now known as IS‚ Islamic State) gains followers and territory in the Middle East‚ their social media presence has expanded its influence well beyond any organization before them‚ taking the battlefield directly to everyone. ISIS is the first terrorist organization to successfully use social media as a recruiting process for today’s youth because social media is such a key component of everyday life. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria was declared by the U.S. State Department as
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