Debating Muslim political representation HILAL AHMED THE political representation of Indian Muslims‚ one of the most contested political questions in postcolonial India‚ has become very relevant in recent years primarily because of two important‚ yet distinct‚ reasons. The publication of the Sachar Committee report (The report of the Prime Minister’s High Level Committee on Social‚ Economic and Educational Status of Muslims in India – PMHLC 2006) is the first reason behind the apparent revival
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The Muslim Veil The veil worn by many Muslim women tends to be a stereotyped piece of clothing. Many of us in the United States see it and automatically assume that the person is a terrorist‚ but what do we really know about the Muslim veil? Caryle Murphy‚ a writer for The Christian Science Monitor‚ thinks that we do not fully understand the complexity of the Muslim veil. In “Behind the Veil: Why Islam’s Most Visible Symbol Is Spreading‚” Murphy writes that “Rarely in human history has a piece
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MuhamadAzreilSyaffiq Bin Mat Noor (1213237) 19 May 2014 -Global Challenges for Muslim Community- Globalization has a big influence to Muslim populations and it brings huge impacts to the world in every single aspect. Plus‚ global economy is one of the greatest things happened directly proportional to the rise of globalization. The concept of globalization brings the culture of being competitive among people and surely Muslims are included. Countries around the world compete with each other in order to
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Are Muslim Women under Oppression or Not? Among the many topics of interest to non-Muslims‚ the status of Muslim women and the theme of their rights‚ or rather‚ the perceived lack of them seems to be foremost. The differences in how the Islamic countries interpret and follow the Islamic laws‚ seems to contribute to this perception. An acceptable number of Muslims and non-Muslims do agree that women should have more equal rights‚ whilst others believe that traditional gender differences under Muslim
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and helper who can give him peace and comfort. They both will help each other through life’s problems and struggles. All Muslims are expected to marry because the Prophet Muhammad was married and Muslims regard Muhammad as the perfect example of how to live. “Whoever gets married has completed half of his faith”. (Hadith) The Islamic banning of social contact between Muslims after puberty means that most couples meet through introductions from their parents (arranged marriages). It is felt that
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challenges faced by the Muslim Leaders(dai) Challenges between Muslims There are a lot of problems and challenges even among the Muslim. Nowadays‚ the unity of Ummah is lacking in many places. Muslim society is supposed to be one whole community but there have been many internal conflict among us. The following are some of the challenges faced by the Muslim leaders as a Dai. (1) Racialism or nationalism even among Muslim themselves. A muslim treats other muslim depends on where he or
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Cultural Diversity Muslims and Arabs Arab Americans and Muslim Americans are often confused as the same subordinate group but are in fact quite different. Many people do not realize that Muslims are considered a religious group and Arabs are an ethnic group. Muslim American and Arab American communities are among the most rapidly growing subordinate groups in the United States (Schaefer‚ 2006). Muslims and Arabs practice their own traditions and have their own beliefs. More than half of Arab
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Muslim Contributions in Medicine‚ Science & Technology: The contributions in the advancement of knowledge by the traditional Islamic institutions of learning (Madrasahs‚ Maktab‚ Halqa & Dar-ul-Aloom) are enormous‚ which have been summed up in Encyclopedia Britannica: “The madrasahs generally offered instruction in both the religious sciences and other branches of knowledge. The contribution of these institutions to the advancement of knowledge was vast. Muslim scholars calculated the angle
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Zac Grening HRT 3M Mr. DelleDonne November 29‚ 2012 The Muslim-Hindu Conflict India is in the centre of a very serious conflict in the world today. It is a very diverse place composed of people from many different religious backgrounds that come from many different regions. Two of the country’s main religions‚ Muslim and Hindu‚ have been fighting for hundreds of years for many different reasons. Their feelings of hatred and mistrust for each other are embedded in their memories and will not
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Muslim American Cultural Workshop Cultural Diversity Amanda Blackstock Baker College Muslim Americans were first known in American more than 400 years ago. Some evidence even shows that Muslims were aboard Christopher Columbus ship‚ but this information is scanty. (American Muslims in the United States‚ n.d.) Muslim Americans practice the Islam religion. The majority of Muslim Americans immigrated here from North Asia‚ Middle East‚ and South Asia. The estimate of Muslim Americans comes
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