The Spread of Islam The religion of Islam has spread all throughout the world. Over twenty-two percent of the people on earth follow the teachings of Islam and are Islamic‚ or Muslim. This fast spreading religion has been‚ and is still being shared with others around the world. There were many factors that influenced the rapid spread of Islam‚ including trade‚ its appeal‚ and Islamic conquest. There are five main rules‚ or fundamentals that help to make up the religion of Islam. These rules are
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firmament of sky soothes our eyes. The seven colors emerge in the shape of a bewitching rainbow. The unity of people makes an invincible strong nation. This is the reason Islam lays great stress on the importance of unity. The Islamic concept of Towhid is the other name of the unity of humankind. The corner stone in Islam is the unity of God. Allah’s unity teaches us the message that we should not divide humans into sections and sects. Almighty Allah in the Quran says that the division of people
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been dominating the media headlines. Islam in the media is generally associated with the desert‚ with a Bedouin life style‚ with backwardness‚ with violence and terrorism‚ and with the maltreatment of and discrimination against women. It is generally portrayed as a threat to free thought and civil liberties‚ a threat to progress and development‚ and a threat to world peace and stability. Most of the ideas and information that the Western societies have about Islam are due to the mass media. Reporters
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and serve him without killing innocent people. I. Defining Islam & Muslims A. What is Islam 1. Islam means submission to Allah (which is Arabic for God) 2. Followers (muslims) live by Qur’an a. believed to be verbatim word of God B. Who is Muslim 1. 1.57 billion Muslims in world‚ 23% of world population a. 2nd largest religion & fastest growing 2. Majority of muslims live in Asia & Africa II. Beliefs A. Purpose of existence is to worship God 1. God is beyond
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the position of women in pre-Islamic societies. It then focuses on some major questions: what does Islam teach regarding the position of women in society? How does this stance differ from‚or resemble‚ the position of women in the era in which Islam was revealed? Finally‚ how does this compare with the rights gained by women in recent decades? II HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES In order to assess if Islam made any notable contribution to the restoration of woman’s rights‚ it may be helpful to briefly review
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one. Islam was founded between 570-632 AD in what is now Saudi Arabia by the prophet Muhammad. Both faiths are still widely practiced to this day‚ Islam being the 2nd most popular religion practiced and Hinduism placing at fourth. Hinduism and Islam are similar in a few ways‚ two being that they both worship a god and follow a holy book. On the contrary‚ they also differ from one another. While Hindus are polytheistic‚ Muslims are monotheistic and while Hinduism doesn’t have a founder‚ Islam was established
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2.2.1: Central bank transparency Transparency has emerged as another key feature of the central banking. The traditional view has been that it is better to achieve at least some of central banks’ objectives outside the center of attention. In more recent times central banks have discovered transparency as a precondition for accountability and more openness. Together with central bank independence‚ transparency forms the second pillar of central bank governance. With the fact that central banks have
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to women like Islam and although the West claims that it is promoting women’s freedom‚it is indeed a kind of slavery rather than freedom .In this regard the French Encyclopedia says:Women’s physiology is like that of children’s .that’s is why they are so sensitive and easily affected by joy‚distress ‚and fear and as her mind is subconsciously affected by such feelings‚she becomes unstable.Imagine ‚this is the ideology of French government which considers itself as civilised. Islam came and specified
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Examine the regulations concerning marriage and divorce in Islam (30 Marks) Marriage is also known as “Nikah” in the Arabic Language and is overly encouraged in the Islamic faith by the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and Allah Almighty. To prevent indecent acts such as pre-martial intercourse that could possibly result in unwanted consequences like illegitimate birth‚ the idea of marriage is considered a duty upon all Muslims. From an Islamic perspective‚ it is a sin to force any individual
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festival for Christians. [6] 2 ISLAM (a) What is the Muslim place of worship called? [1] (b) Name three features of this place of worship. [3] (c) Explain the importance of this place of worship for Muslims. [6] Section C In this section‚ answer either Question 7 or Question 8. 7 (a) Describe the sacred books of Christianity and Islam. [12] (b) Explain the importance of these two sacred books to believers in the religion. [12] 8 (a) For Christianity and Islam ‚ name a place of pilgrimage
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