The film “The Crusades: An Arab Perspective” is a TV series that was produced by Al Jazeera English which emphasizes the history of the holy war between crusaders and Islam. In the first place‚ the western European we know today was not the same in the 11th century. Europeans had no title of land and they were serfs who worked in agricultural lands. Most knights would rob people just to accumulate income. The church who had the power to govern wanted to conquer the Islam region. It was their calling
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CYP CORE 3.1 Stephen Merrett Second Submission 1.2 The difference Between the Sequence and Rate of Development Children’s development generally follows a predictable sequence of stages known as milestones. However‚ occasionally a child may skip a stage or go through a stage very quickly e.g. a child may miss out crawling and move straight from sitting to walking. An example of a sequence is the physical development of a baby where movement begins with their head and then downwards and from the
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In order to have a critical point of view‚ it is important to understand the origins of the Muslim conception of female sexuality. According to Fatima Mernissi‚ the Christian concept of the “sexual instincts” is completely different form the Muslim perspective. From the Muslim view‚ raw instincts are pure energy without connotations with the good or bad. Nevertheless‚ sexual instincts have the power to cause fitna‚ which is an Islamic term meaning disorder and chaos‚ and which also refers to the
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Muslims in America go through many obstacles like political challenges‚ social acceptance‚ and economical issues throughout their daily life. Being Muslim or being a minority in general is difficult at times when living in the United States because a majority of the population is white. If you have any form of ethical background it is very hard to gain acceptance and get equal rights and opportunities unless you are a white male. Although the United States of America is the land of the free‚ that
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To be a good Muslim is. indeed‚ a great blessing of Allah. The follower of Islam is called a Muslim. A true Muslim has a firm belief in Allah and His last Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). He believes that Allah is the light of heaven and earth. It is his faith that Allah is the Creator of everything in the universe and is the Lord of the Day of Judgment. He believes that Allah is aware of his doing and actions. He avoids evil actions because he knows that he will be held answerable for his deeds
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field” was said by Albert Einstein. His quote can clearly depict the current political instability that is facing the country of Libya after having their own “Arab Spring” by overthrowing 40 years of Gaddafi regime (8). The question now is how can a country recover the destruction from the unchallenged tyrant? I do believe that the “Arab Spring” has left a new Libya with severe and longstanding challenges. Libyans will begin a new life after Gaddafi in terms of reconstruction of their legal‚
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On August 17‚ 2013‚ I finally decided to visit a Muslim mosque. The building is situated by itself on the corner of a residential neighborhood. As I entered the mosque‚ I experienced a great and almost uncomfortable difference in religion. Two Muslim women greeted me at the door. After explaining my reason for the visit‚ the two women stated that they would show me around the mosque and discuss their religion with me. Before entering the prayer hall‚ I was instructed to take
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Spain is a very well-known country‚ and one of its aspects that makes it different from other countries is that it contains a rich presence of Arab influences on Spanish culture and tradition. The Arab influences in Spain can be dated back to a time before it was one country and under the name of Spain. From 711 to 1492‚ the Moors‚ or the Arab Muslims from northern Africa‚ occupied an area in southern Spain called Al-Andalus‚ now known as Andalucía. The 800-year period that they occupied this land
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The comparison of Cyclops’ from historical contexts to new media In Greek mythology‚ the Cyclops was a member of the giant race‚ every one of them having one eye in the middle of their heads. The Cyclops’ were gigantic monsters who originated from Sicily which consumed human beings. Because of their horrific appearance there were banished to the underworld‚ but later set free from their prison by the Greek gods. In the X-Men series‚ the Cyclops is a character that is portrayed as a superhero
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The difference between the Republicans and Democrats‚ explains Oklahoma Representative J.C. Watts who is a Republican‚ is that the republicans believe people are instinctively bad at heart‚ while Democrats believe people are instinctively good at heart (Leonard 2015). While this isn’t necessarily the greatest explanation between the two‚ there is some truth to it. Democrats are more prone to implementing policies or programs to fix solutions‚ while republicans deal more with the people that are having
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