Islam and Drugs O You who believe! Intoxicants and gambling‚ (dedication of) stones and (divination by) arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handiwork. Avoid (such abominations) that you may prosper. (5:90) Today’s youth has been taken on the toll of increased drug-usage‚ and this includes the young Muslims too. More Muslim youth is caught up in drugs than we wish to know. Drug use among Muslims is a creeping enemy that involves the abuse of substances ranging from the inhaling of household
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‘Gender equality remains a distant dream.’ What is your view? Since the first feminist movement of the nineteenth century through early twentieth century‚ gender inequality as an ineradicable problem has been exposed to the limelight of the public. Women suffered sexual discrimination until the so-called ‘feminism’ came into being. Nowadays‚ feminism has been running for over one century‚ and incontestably‚ it does have resulted in change of social status of women to some extents‚ leading people
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Essay One Question: Discuss the compatibilities or otherwise of religion and feminism with references at least two religious traditional. Feminism and religion are not equal. In religion such as Islam‚ women are left behind as it may be the same in other religions. The role of religion in life of a feminist is always a difficult subject. A lot of religions depend on patriarchal structures that accept the blind or near blind appropriateness of those structures. It does not usually help either
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Or‚ if you choose‚ start an uprising of your own design. In the next few paragraphs‚ I will address Western stereotypes of Middle Eastern‚ namely Egyptian‚ women‚ notions of female autonomy‚ and divergences‚ or contradictions‚ in interpretations of gender roles‚ all as influenced by “modern” thought and technologies. I will consult the works of Lila Abu-Lughud‚ Leila Ahmed‚ and Elizabeth Fernea‚ feminists with similar‚ but idiosyncratic views on the aforementioned topics‚ and juxtapose their reasonings
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essay will argue that Islamophobia is prevalent in contemporary Western media; however‚ combating this Islamophobia is also evidently visible. Furthermore‚ due to certain media structures such as corporate ownership dominance and cultural consensus‚ Islam is viewed as the antagonist of Western culture. Overall‚ this essay will focus on the two evident spectrums of media coverage of Muslims and their religion as a topic of discourse. Through this essay I will aim to conclude that though extreme Islamophobia
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Outline and assess Feminist explanations of gender equality in the contemporary UK Feminist thinkers such as Anne Oakley will point to evidence which shows the women face more inequality in the workplace and home than men for example it can be seen that more women are in part time employment or the secondary sector as it is described by Barron and Norris than men who are more likely to be in full time employment‚ so women are paid less than men and have lower status. Feminists point to the patriarchal
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Islam and Peace Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents................................................................2 Faith and Reason ................................................................9 Answer to a Question...................................................21 What is Islam?...................................................................24 1. Iman (Faith) ...............................................................24 2. Islam (Surrender to God) ..........
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Islam‚ Postmodernism and Other Futures A Ziauddin Sardar Reader Edited by Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell Pluto LONDON • STERLING‚ VIRGINIA P Press First published 2003 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road‚ London N6 5AA and 22883 Quicksilver Drive‚ Sterling‚ VA 20166–2012‚ USA www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Ziauddin Sardar 2003 © Introduction and selection Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell 2003 The right of Ziauddin Sardar‚ Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell to be identified
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Prophet Muhammad Muslims believe that Mohammad is the last and final Messenger of God to be sent to humanity. He was sent to complete the mission of the previous Messengers (including Abraham‚ Moses‚ Jesus and others) of calling people to believing in God and following the guidance and teachings of God. Muslims regard Prophet Mohammad as their highest role model and they aim to follow in his footsteps in all of their actions. This is why Muslims hold Prophet Mohammad in very high regard‚ and are
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idea of gender equality? The idea of gender equality is that both sexes enjoy equal rights‚ entitlements and opportunities within society; however factions within feminism argue this encourages women to almost ‘man-like’ and distracts from the deep differences between men and women. Many feminists argue that women have been segregated into private roles such as child rearing and domestic work‚ this is due to cultural influences and not biological. Thus most feminists support the idea of gender equality
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