Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Throughout history there are many examples of warriors who have‚ through their deeds‚ beliefs and actions‚ been considered chivalrous and honourable. The greatest testament to such a warrior is when one ’s enemies honour the warrior as such. The subject of this essay is such a warrior and a role model that I believe any aspiring warrior should study. Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb or Saladin‚ as he has come to be called in western civilization‚ was the first Sultan of Egypt and
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Democracy or Dictatorship It is very unfortunate that after 63 years of creation of Pakistan added to the 200 years of struggle against foreign intruders‚ we are still debating over Democracy and Dictatorship is Pakistan. We were able to get an independent state but failed to give freedom‚ equality‚ tolerance‚ social justice and democracy to its people. Iqbal’s Pakistan was never achieved; we got Jinnah’s Pakistan but lost part of it in 1971. It’s up to us whether we blame it on failed democracy
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Comparing theories of government in England and the Ottoman empire. In attempting to compare theories of Government we need to look at the type of government in place in both England1 and The Ottoman Empire2‚3 we need to define the period for comparison. It would be good to use descriptions of the rise of each form of government by following a timeline to form the basis of this essay. This unfortunately can’t be the case‚ other than time there is no like-for-like comparison. The Ottoman’s imperial
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Suleiman was considered the most significant ruler in the world‚ by both Muslims and Europeans. His military empire expanded greatly to the east and west. In Constantinople‚ he embarked on many cultural and architectural projects. While he was a brilliant military strategist and politician‚ he was also good with arts. Suleiman’s poetry is among the best poetry in Islam. He sponsored an army of artists‚ religious thinkers‚ and philosophers that overthrew the most educated courts of Europe. In Islamic
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performance and learning activities‚ but by the ninth century‚ the Madrassa was introduced‚ a proper school that was built independently from the mosque. They were also the first to make the Madrassa system a public domain under the control of the Caliph. The Nizamiyya madrasa is considered by consensus of scholars to be the earliest surviving school‚ built towards 1066 AD by Emir Nizam Al-Mulk . Under the Ottomans‚ the towns of Bursa and Edirne became the main centers of learning. The
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The Dome of the Rock is a fundamental Muslim Shrine located in the walled Old City of Jerusalem. Inside of it is the rock‚ on which prophet Mohammed ascended to heaven. The building was designed in a two-section approach imbricated into each other. The first part of the Dome of the rock structure is a massive cylinder that is twenty meters in diameter and a height of twenty-five meters (Grabar‚ 2006). The cylinder is currently topped by a golden dome made of the aluminum alloy that is set on a naturally
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constitution‚ was introduced known as the Showa Constitution. As a result‚ the Japan government utilizes a bill of rights‚ Supreme Court and a parliamentary government. The early territory known today as Saudi Arabia‚ was under the control of Islamic caliphs until the Ottoman Empire took over. Under the Ottomans‚ the legal system of Saudi Arabia was influenced by a European system of law. After World War 1‚ the Middle East became a battleground for a struggle to claim control of the area. Through these
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Before taking Religion class I know nothing about Western and Eastern religion. I was very surprised of how much I learned about religions that not in imagination had ever existed. Western and Eastern Religions shared many similarities and also differences. There are so much to mention if I write all of them but I will to choose to write about these two religions history‚ rules‚ and rituals. Christianity‚ Judaism‚ and Islam were the three main religions that you can find the in the West. Judaism
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actually welcomed and did not have much trouble taking over due to the worsening environment the Visigoths reign had established. Abd ar-Rahman the 1st was the founder of the Umayyad dynasty of Cordoba. He was the grandson of the tenth Umayyad Caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. At the age of 16‚ He fled his home city of Damascus due to the Abbasid revolt‚ which over threw the existing Umayyad caliphate. He fled from Damascus and made his way west to what was once land of the far reaching Umayyad
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A terrorist organization’s capabilities and reach can be determined by its resources‚ membership and structure. Although Al Qaeda does not directly manage their daily operations anymore‚ ISIS‚ however‚ claims to have direct control over all of its fighters and residents within its territories. Current patterns display an increased use of loosely affiliated networks that plan and act on generalized guidance to wage war‚ commit acts of terrorism and even incite fear over its residents. Many organizations
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