Political Violence Question 1: What are the main causes of radicalization of Islamic youths in today’s world? Explain how inspiration and opportunity help create actual terror attacks. In his book‚ Sageman breaks down radicalization of the youth into 4 categories: Moral outrage‚ war with Islam‚ resonance with personal experiences and mobilized by networks. In the moral outrage section‚ Sageman explains that youth is motivated by three areas: suffering‚ humiliation and media. When referring
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Within the article‚ the discussion of the development of the views of marriage‚ women’s rights‚ equality‚ and also the influence of women in the development of Islamic tradition was discussed. The story of Muhammad and his various wives as well as Allah having three daughters show the influence of women and also the development of polygamy in Islamic beliefs. Muhammad had many wives due to him taking in women whom were unable to return to their homes and were in need of help due to their conversion to
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A DISSERTATION ON “ISLAMIC BANKING IN INDIA-WHAT IS THE FUTURE POTENTIAL?” Introduction: The basic principles on which the Islamic banks function are prohibition of Riba i.e. collection and payment of interest and prohibition of investment in organization involved in unethical and socially harmful activity. the profits earned by a bank from its activities and returns made by a bank to the depositors shall be (a) from sharing of risk in the project and (b) profit-share agreements
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Alternative to Insurance By (Muhammad Ayub)∗ Islamic finance has developed mainly in two directions namely Islamic banking and Islamic insurance (Takaful). While information about Islamic banking is being increasingly disseminated‚ features‚ models and structures of Takaful are little known particularly in Pakistan. Purpose of this brief article is to describe main features and models of Takaful system operating in various parts of the world. All human beings are invariably exposed to the possibility
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The Islamic beliefs are based on the Five Pillars. These pillars symbolize the responsibilities the Muslims have. They provide a spiritual infrastructure and function. The text states the Five Pillars “the first pillar is Shahada: the declaration of faith‚ the second is Salat: the daily prayer‚ the third is Zakat: almsgiving‚ the fourth is Sawm: fasting during the month of Ramadan and the fifth is Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca” (472). The first pillar Shahada is a brief prayer that affirms the individuality
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Islamic Da’wah and the Role of a Muslim Introduction Ever since man existed on this earth‚ he has been trying to know himself and in all cases in which he does not follow the divine revelations‚ he gets misguided and confused between two extremes; sometimes he thinks that he is the greatest in this universe and so he gets filled with selfishness‚ oppressiveness and arrogance that would drive him to disbelieve in Allah and to be oppressive and corruptive. Because of this confusion that man has
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pains of childbirth‚ she is taken by the angel Gabriel to an isolated stream with a date palm tree. There‚ she bears Jesus as a child untouched by sin and Mary is able to rest‚ shaking the palm to allow as many dates to fall as she pleases. The Arab-Islamic influences make themselves plain here in the form of the date-bearing palm‚ a traditional fruit in the Arab Gulf region that fails to appear in the Christian Gospels’ accounts of the birth of Jesus. It provides an example of the Arab influences on
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL AND ISLAMIC ACCOUNTING ABSTRACT The concern of this project paper is to explore the differences between Islamic accounting and its conventional counterpart. The distinctions need to be addressed as both accounting is presently thought of many people as synonymous. There is danger for such kind of perception because the basic building blocks for respective accounting are worlds apart. As for professional accountants who have been taught on the idea for accounting
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SUMMARY DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC FINANCIAL PRODUCTS - THE ABRAR EXPERIENCE – Introduction The reason that the Islamic Financial Institutions has yet to design a flexible instrument such as overdraft facilities of the conventional banks because products that are in nature short term‚ revolving and competitively priced are difficult to structure and design among the Islamic financial products. This has become a challenge to Islamic bankers where they want to develop financing structures that are
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The Islamic Golden Age in Spain was a multi-cultural mix of the people of three religions that believed in one God; Muslims‚ Christians‚ and Jews. During the Golden Age; libraries‚ colleges‚ public baths were established and literature‚ poetry‚ and architecture flourished. Muslims and non-Muslims made general influences to this flowering of culture. The Golden Age is described as religious and ethnic tolerance and mixed agreement between Muslims‚ Christians‚ and Jews. Although Christians and Jews
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