surrender to God. Islam and Muslim are of the same religion‚ practicing the same and worshipping the same. At times many think that they are different religions. The word Muslim means “ one who submits to God”. There is 1.1 to 1.8 Billion Muslims‚ making this religion the second largest religion in the world after Christianity. (Wikipedia‚ 2007) The Islam religion has originated from the teachings of Muhammad who is a 7th century Arab religions and political figure. Muslims believe that God came to
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Violence Against Women in Muslim Families: an Agenda for Muslim Women’s Empowerment Nasim Basiri Kofi Annan‚ Secretary-General of the United Nations‚ declared in a 2006 report posted on the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) website that: Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten‚ coerced into sex‚ or otherwise abused in
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The Muslims of Medieval Italy by Alex Metcalfe Less than two hundred years after the death of the prophet Muhammad the rule of Islam had spread from the Arab Peninsula to Italy after the Roman Empire had crumbled away; eventually it spread all the way to Iberia. The book The Muslims of Medieval Italy by Alex Metcalfe focuses on the Muslim-Christian dynamic and the respective ruling entities by examining the chronological timeline of events and more cultural history of the dynamic in the region.
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4/4/14 Is Honor Killing a Muslim Phenomenon? In communities where there is a high occurrence of honor killings‚ there is a powerful shared belief that honor is the primary value in life. Honor killing is defined as the murder of a family or community member by other members due to the belief that the victim brought shame upon the family or community. In these communities‚ people use the concepts of honor and shame as a way to assess and maintain a certain level of conduct. Although honor
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Christian and Muslim responses to the plague were different. The Muslims thought it was a blessing from God while Christians thought it was a bad sign from God. The plague was caused by fleas on rats. So many believed that the plague was the end of the world. Civilizations in the East and West were affected by the plague. To explain that the plague was caused fleas on rats is that the fleas carried the disease that infected rats‚ and then the rats infected the humans. The plague spread through
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encounter the differences and similarities which make these religions what they are to the people who practice them. Although‚ no one religion is greater than the other they are only as great as the people who vow to live them daily. Christian and Muslim faith have both help to develop the country‚ America as two of the most widely practiced religions‚ and although they are different they both have made positive impact in the development of the country. With a place like America‚ considering the
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to the differences between Muslims and Arabs. A Muslim is a person who lives their life according to the laws and traditions of the Islamic faith. Arabs are people whose roots come from the Arabian Peninsula or either a person that speaks the Arabic language; the people in this ethnicity live in the Middle East. There is one important change within the last two years that has been notable by the United States that has made to policies relating to the treatment of Muslim and the Arabic members of the
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Alcohol Addiction: A Case in the Muslim Community Nabawia Abou-Basha Introduction This paper is a brief overview of addiction among Muslims in North America. There is an increasing number of Muslims in North America coming with experiences of trauma as a result of the violence and war occurring in parts of the Middle East. These individuals often experience depression‚ difficulty integrating into Canadian culture‚ and intergenerational conflict as the new generation adapts to Canadian culture
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them being able to seek treatment‚ because it is a sign from God. This paper will talk about the Middle Eastern Community and their views on health care. Arabs & Muslim Beliefs toward healthcare The Arab and Islamic religions emphasizes to its members that they need to maintain good health or consequences will result. Muslims in particular
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Racism against Muslim People in America Last October‚ my older brother and I were at Madison Square Garden watching the Knicks season opener against the Miami Heat. We both were ecstatic because we have never seen a live sports game before. At the end of the night‚ after the Knicks first win of the season‚ we were leaving Madison Square Garden. Soon after we left‚ a group of Middle-Aged men started to follow us. Slowly they caught up and were only a few feet behind us. At first we thought that we
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