pilgrimage. All who come on pilgrimage to visit it pay a stipulated tax to the Muslims. * Which statement concerning Jerusalem‚ according to Ibn Battuta‚ is most correct? * Another name for Yathrib is Medina. * A pilgrimage to Mecca is called Hajj. * The second dynasty of the expanding Muslim empire was
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communities. After being a Black Muslim for awhile‚ he became the “Top Dog” and representative for them. On March 8‚ 1964‚ Malcolm X broke with the Nation of Islam and made a religious journey to Mecca‚ Saudi Arabia. In Mecca‚ he took the name El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. When Malcolm broke with the Nation of Islam‚ he became a target for death threats and pressure. On February 21st‚ Malcolm X was shot and his life was taken away from him in Harlem. No one thinks it is a coincidence the February
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Study Guide Chapter 8. Southwestern Asia and Northern Africa. 1.Describe climate and vegetation of this region. Hot‚ dry plains contrast with snow-capped mountain ranges and well watered river valleys. Dry climatic environments in which evaporation rates are greater than precipitation. They dominate virtually the whole region‚ the lack of cloud cover makes nights cool or cold and freezes are possible in the winter. Most places have irregular rains. 2.Describe landforms of this region. High mopuntain
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Hinduism was an important religion in India‚ and impacted those who lived in India greatly. Hinduism had no one founder or sacred text. Instead‚ it developed from overlapping beliefs of the diverse groups in India. One of the beliefs in Hinduism is there are many gods‚ but they are part of a single being‚ brahman. The most important gods in Hinduism are Brahma‚ the Creator; Vishnu‚ the Preserver; and Shiva‚ the Destroyer. Another belief in Hinduism is reincarnation. The goal of life‚ the Hindus believe
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institution created in Malaysia was the Muslim Pilgrims Savings Corporation‚ founded in l963 to help Muslims to save money so that they would be able to make the once-in-a- life-time pilgrimage to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia‚ known as Hajj. The first modern theoretical literature on Islamic banking appeared in Urdu‚
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Sufi mystic (1058-1111) who was credited with incorporating Sufism into mainstream Islamic thought hadiths Traditions passed on about the saying or actions of Muhammad and his immediate followers; rank second only to Quran as a source of Islamic law hajj The pilgrimage to Mecca enjoined on every Muslim who’s able to make the journey; one of the five pillars of Islam hijra The "flight" of Muhammad and his original 70 followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later Medina) in 622 C.E.; journey marks starting
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Running head: ISLAMIC RELIGION Islam Is It like Other Religions? Samantha Reitz DeVry University Out of the 6.974 billion people that live in the work about 2.1 billion practice Christianity‚ 1.5 billion practice Islam and lastly 14 million practice Judaism. Islam is an Abrahamic religion that is articulated by the Qur’an a book consider by its followers to be the word of God. Muslims follow a
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aniPAKISTAN STUDIES TOPIC: MUJADDAD ALIF SANI Submitted to: ASIF AYUB Submitted By: AMIR HUSSAIN (BESE 17-A) Nov 4‚ 2011. ASSIGMENT #1 Outlines: * Introduction. * Education. * Social Conditions Of India. * Cancellation of the system of prayers. * Disgrase of Month of Ramazan. * Bann on Pilgrimage * Services Of Mujaddid Alf Sani. * Purifying Un-Islamic Tendencies from Muslim society. * Mujaddad’s Letters. * Imprisoned
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Organized Week 9 Presentation Notes Lumumba Shabaka Perception of origin Swahili emphasized distinctivesness Swahili means “coasters” in Arabic Claiming Persian & Arab descent Uungwana (civilized) ways Swahili architecture emerged suddenly along with Muslim religion in 11 & 12 cent‚ supposedly no local archetypes Ustaaarabu (Arabness): used Arab script‚ Arab names‚ etc. 1980s: Neville Chittick & Mark Horton challenge this sudden rise; World System Linkage Egyptian‚ Arab‚
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Book Review – The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a written collaboration between Malcolm X and author Alex Haley. It is the story of Malcolm X’s life from his perspective‚ describing life events and realizations from childhood‚ through multiple phases of reinvention and enlightenment‚ and concluding with the chapter 1965‚ which was the same year as his death. This final chapter establishes Malcolm X’s general outlook on his life‚ where he discusses his understanding
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