The religion of Islam has risen up and spread throughout the world to become one of the world’s three largest religions. Islam originated in the desert of present day Saudi Arabia amongst the Arabs. The Arabs were a Semitic-speaking people. They were also a polytheistic society that worshipped an enormous number of gods and goddesses. There was almost one for every day of the year. The entire way of life that the Arabs knew was about to change with the birth of the prophet Muhammad. This man
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The Sociopolitical Effects of Islam in Britain‚ France‚ and Germany | Alexandrea C. Standridge | | Columbus State University | Abstract This paper will discuss the history and assimilation of the immigration of Muslims into Britain‚ France‚ and Germany‚ including when and why they arrived and how it has affected the pre-existing cultures in those nations. This paper will also discuss the predicted changes in the world caused by this immigration‚ and push towards a multicultural‚ global
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REVIEW-No16 final 6/15/05 10:40 AM Page 51 A Brief History of Money in Islam and Estimating the Value of Dirham and DÏn¥r M. Zarra Nezhad Abstract: Before the appearance of Islam‚ dÏn¥r and dirham were the currencies in use in the Byzantine and Iran empires‚ respectively. Both currencies were in use in preIslamic Arabia and continued to be so in the Islamic state. In 74 AH the Islamic dÏn¥r and dirham were minted. Estimating their value is a matter of considerable importance to those
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and are looked upon as a viable alternative system which has many things to offer. While it was initially developed to fulfill the needs of Muslims‚ Islamic banking has now gained universal acceptance. In Malaysia‚ the first Islamic bank is Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (BIMB). Operated as the only Islamic bank for 10 years since July 1983 before the government allowed other conventional banks to offer Islamic banking services using their existing infrastructure and branches in 1993 (Bank Negara Malaysia
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IMPORTANCE OF WASIYYA (WILL) IN ISLAM When a Muslim dies there are four duties which need to be performed. These are: 1. payment of funeral expenses 2. payment of his/her debts 3. execution his/her will 4. distribution of the remaining estate amongst the heirs according to Shariah. The Islamic will is called al-wasiyya. A will is a transaction which comes into operation after the testator’s death. The will is executed after payment of funeral expenses and any outstanding debts. The provisions
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Running head: MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION ELEMENTS Monotheistic Religion Elements MatrixIslam September 5‚ 2007 Countries Top 16 countries that have the highest Islamic population‚ including Israel‚ Canada‚ and the United States. 1. Indonesia: 213‚469‚356 2. Pakistan: 156‚491‚617 3. India: 138‚188‚726 4. Bangladesh: 127‚001‚272 5. Egypt: 70‚530‚237 6. Turkey: 68‚963‚953 7. Iran: 67‚337‚681 8. Nigeria: 64‚385‚994 9. China: 39‚189‚414 10. Ethiopia: 34
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A question that frequently crosses people’s minds‚ how did Europe become this advanced in several aspects of life? It all started when the Muslim civilization took place in Europe. Islam stepped in Europe through what’s called as Al-Andalus. Europe was vastly affected by the Andalusian era‚ culture‚ civilization‚ social life‚ and relations. It affected Europeans in several life aspects such as political aspects‚ social aspects‚ scientific aspects‚ economic aspects‚ etc. Al-Andalus civilization changed
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Document-Based Question Response – PREP The Islamic World Prompt: To what extent was Islam a unifying cultural force in Afro-Eurasia? Overall thesis: The Islamic world was essential for most of the Afro-Eurasia cultures because it provided stable civilizations. Many of the civilizations in these areas were separated and struggling. However‚ when the Muslims began to take over vast areas of land‚ Islam provided a stable religion across an area that had previously contained different cultures
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[pic] Importance of Education & Knowledge in Islam The Importance of Education To seek knowledge is a sacred duty; it is obligatory on every Muslim‚ male and female. The first word revealed of the Qur’an was "Iqra" READ! Seek knowledge! Educate yourselves! Be educated. Religious and Secular (not religious) Knowledge There are two kinds of knowledge which are very important for a human being. Secular knowledge (non-religious knowledge) is for day to day problem-solving
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Christianity and Islam: Spreading of World Religions Christianity and Islam are one of the main world religions that were created from one god and developed into two separate religions overtime. Christianity now is the world’s largest religion with over 2 billion followers and was founded after the death of Jesus. Islam comes in as the second largest religion in the world with over 1.8 billion muslims which is roughly about one fifth of the world’s population. These two religion were spreaded across
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