Scenario 4 Topic: Exploring the religious and cultural dynamics and understanding of the Islamic Religion in a global geopolitical environment. Islam is a religion with well over 1.5 billion followers and believers worldwide. It is intensely practiced in East and North Africa‚ and largely in the Middle East‚ in central Asia and in Indonesia. Islam means submission under the will of “Allah” or God. It is also deeply means living in peace‚ safety and security. It is more than a religion. It is also
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Hijab and Islam There are so many topics in Islam that fascinate me but the one that always inquires my desire to learn more is the topic of women and Hijab. There are many views with regard to Hijab in Islam from the Muslims themselves. The issue of Hijab can be analyzed from several perspectives. Firstly‚ the Islamic view on Hijab‚ the importance and benefits to society at large and the world view of Hijab and the women wearing Hijab living in the Western hemisphere. However‚ some Muslim women
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The Culture and Cultural Differences of Islam Islam is one of the largest religions in the world‚ and is one of the main focuses when people examine the volatile relationships between countries. I chose to evaluate the Islamic culture in Asia‚ Europe‚ the Middle East‚ and America as well as to evaluate the cultural differences between Islam and the other leading religions. These differences and how other cultures perceive these differences effects how Muslims and non-Muslims
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Muslims are violent‚ terrorists and/or extremists This is the biggest misconception about Islam‚ no doubt resulting from the constant stereotyping and bashing the media gives Islam. When a gunman attacks a mosque in the name of Judaism‚ a Catholic IRA guerrilla sets off a bomb in an urban area‚ or Serbian Orthodox militiamen rape and kill innocent Muslim civilians‚ these acts are not used to stereotype an entire faith. Never are these acts attributed to the religion of the perpetrators. Yet how
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Whereas the cleanliness is relate well to the aspects in our life. There is some reason why cleanliness is important to our life. Cleanliness influences our health‚ controlling our mood and then keeps the relationship with our friends. The clothes and the pants which we wear must be clean so that no more germs that can affect allergy like irritation. The food and the drink which we consume must be clean from microbes to prevent risk of illness like stomach ache‚ diarrhoea and many more. Then‚ the
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Judaism is the 5th largest religion‚ Islam is the fastest growing religion. I’ll be telling you about Islam and Judaism beliefs. I’ll also be talking about some of the similarities and differences between them. Judaism and Islam are similar is some ways but are very different in others. Unlike Judaism‚ Islam has a few different beliefs‚ one of the bigger ones being The 5 Pillars. The first pillar is The professional Faith It says that “There is no God but God and Muhammad is his prophet.” The
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Islam More Than A Religion Despite its huge following around the world and the growing Muslim communities in the United States‚ Islam is foreign to most Americans who are familiar with Christianity or Judaism. Because most Americans know little or nothing about Islam‚ they have many misconceptions about Muslim beliefs and rituals. The negative image many people in the United States and Europe have of Islam and the Muslim world has a long history. Many have judged Islam without making an effort
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orientation of Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966)‚ an Egyptian civil servant turned political and religious activist‚ inspired by fundamentalist Islam. To gain an understanding of what influenced and formulated Qutb’s ideas it has been necessary to provide some background information relating the history of modern day Egypt and the emergence of reformist and fundamentalist Islam‚ from the 19th century until Qutb’s time. The essay also seeks to give some biographical information in order to provide a fuller picture
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Written by Syed Hossein Nasr in January 1965‚ this book of ‘Ideals and Realities of Islam’ comprises of six main chapters. In general‚ the gist of this book is to clear things up regarding Islam. During the particular time the book is wrote‚ many of the Westerners came out with critiques and their own point of view regarding Islam without deeply understanding the religion which then somehow affected the young Muslims to lose their spiritual balance and feel estranged from their own tradition. The
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“He that taketh not his cross and followeth after me‚ is not worthy of me” (Pope Urban II‚ 1095). Are these the words the spark that fueled a wave of destruction and unjustly persecuted Islam? Most historians consider the sermon preached by Pope Urban II at Clermont- Ferrand in November 1905 to have begun the wave of military campaigns to wrest the Holy Land from Muslim control. Known as the Crusades‚ these campaigns‚ considered to be divinely sanctioned in the Christian view‚ were led by the desire
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