Muslim Women‚ Gandhi and Secularism Secularism is a difficult word to define. It is often used simply as the opposition of religion; it is a view of life‚ as the Webster’s New World Dictionary puts it‚ “based on the premise that religion and religious considerations‚ as of God and a future life‚ should be ignored or excluded” (Agnes 580). Harvey Cox a Research Professor of Divinity at Harvard uses the word: “Secularism…is the name for an ideology‚ a new closed world-view which functions very much
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A wave of violence‚ murder‚ and persecution followed directed towards Muslims and members of the Nubi community‚ who by now could easily be identified and singled out.Worse still‚ a people from West Nile who were collectively associated with Amin’s regime were branded as ‘foreigners’ and their guilt was implicitly assumed even by international organizations such as the United Nations Many of them were forced to escape to South Sudan as exiles or refugees and would only come back later when conditions
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The difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims is not Islamic beliefs or spiritual differences‚ but politics. The division of Sunni and Shia Muslims started after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Sunni Muslims believed that the new leader of the Muslim nation should be elected out of those most capable of the job. Shia Muslims believed that leadership should be passed to his cousin or son-in-law. The leader was elected out of those most capable of the job. Abu Bakr was the first Caliph of the Islamic
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How and why did the Second and Third Crusades fail to match the enthusiasm and success of the First? When Pope Urban II received a petition from the Byzantine Emperor Alexius for military aid to repel the threat of Islam‚ particularly the Muslim Turks‚ he saw an opportunity to repair the Great Schism of forty years and unite the church under papal primacy.1 Europe at this time was not only fervently Christian‚ but its knights‚ although they regarded bloodshed as inherently sinful‚ consistently
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Why do many Muslims attach as much importance to memorizing the Quran as to studying its meaning? According to the teachings of Islam the Quran is Allah’s eternal speech‚ in terms of its meaning as well as its letter and sound and is the last of the heavenly books revealed by God to the last of His messengers‚ Muhammad (pbuh). The Holy Quran occupies a pivotal position in Islam since it is also the book that forms basis of the religion of Islam and is its foremost source of knowledge. This
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The life of the Indian Muslim woman is shaped by her dual identity as an Indian and a Muslim. The just and fair tenets of Islam as a religion often do not come to the aid of the Muslim woman‚ posited as she is within the hierarchical Indian tradition and the male dominant Muslim community. The minority status of the Muslim community in India leads to the privileging of community identity over gender identity and basic human dignity is often denied to the woman. The Muslim male orthodoxy rigidly and
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“Define the term Muslim and Islam?” In Arabic‚ the word “Islam” means submission or surrender to God. However‚ it was derived from the root word “salam”. From this root word‚ you can also derive the word peace. Many people feel that Islam implies some sort of enslavement to Allah‚ but others find it more helpful to define the word “Islam” as surrender. Many religions have a concept of surrender to God. In Jewish history‚ when the ancient Hebrews obeyed God’s commands‚ they had a long period of
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of non muslimINTRODUCTION OF NON MUSLIMS RIGHTS IN ISLAM Islam is a religion of mercy to all people‚ both Muslims and non-Muslims. The Prophet was described as being a mercy in the Quran due to the message he brought for humanity: “And We have not sent you but as a mercy to all the worlds.” (Quran 21:107) When a person analyzes the legislations of Islam with an open mind‚ the Mercy mentioned in this verse will definitely become apparent. One of the aspects constituting an epitome of this Mercy
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Muslim women in interfaith relationships By Muneebah Dawson 2nd year UCT Social Science degree Student Introduction We are living in a world where religious peace talks are prominent. The walls of gender inequality are encouraged to be broken down. Tradition and culture is evolving. However; in the Muslim community I still find that women are struggling to find gender equality. Women are frowned upon when they enter into interfaith marriages. Love does not ask what religion you belong to. Following
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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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