government in Iraq. The Shiites believe in Ali accords him divine status. The name Shiites actually means "party of Ali" since they were his followers when deciding who should succeed Muhammad. The Shiite doctrine of the infallibility of the Imams position them as Prophets along side‚ or even above‚ the Prophet Mohammad. The Shiites have two additional versus in their Quran. They claim that the the versus added were originally passed down to the Prophet and proved his choice of Ali as his
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10. Abbas I‚ the Great: afavid ruler from 1587 to 1629; extended Safavid domain to greatest extent; created slave regiments based on captured Russians‚ who monopolized firearms within Safavid armies; incorporated Western military technology. 11. Imams: According to Shi’ism‚ rulers who could trace descent from Ali. 12. Mullahs: Local mosque officials and prayer leaders within the Safavid Empire; agents of Safavid religious campaign to convert all of population to Shi’ism. 13. Isfahan: Safavid
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Exploring different things in life gives it flavor. If a person was to stay alone and away from society‚ without interacting with anyone who differs from their own ideals and perspective‚ it would be a dull and colorless life. I believe that when a person interacts with and examines the lifestyles and life choices of other people‚ who differ from his or her own beliefs‚ ideals‚ and way of life‚ it is only then that an individual can truly appreciate what he or she believes in as well as respect and
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unwilling to remain silent and passively accept a role as a subject within the patriarchal society. Her criticism of the social and political norms in Morocco forces her to leave the country. The decision is made not by her but by two men: one is her imam‚ and the other is her girl friend’s father‚ Larbi‚ who thinks he is going to lose his daughter because of Faten’s ideology‚ so he uses his position in the Moroccan Ministry of Education to have Faten expelled from school. After emigration‚ Faten enters
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01.02 Travel Journal 1. What do you already know‚ or think you know‚ about Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam? They had a lot of wars and disagreements. 2. In what parts of the world are Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam dominant today? Christians are dominant in north & South America; followers of island dominate north Africa‚ western and central Asia‚ and Indonesia. Followers of Judaism can be found most everywhere but are concentrated in Israel and North America. 3. How are Judaism‚ Christianity
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Nearly all faiths have a liturgical and doctrinal language. For the Roman church it is Latin‚ for Sunni Islam it is Arabic and for Syriac Orthodox church‚ it is Syriac. Any crossing over of linguistic shreds from the liturgy of doctrine of one to the liturgy or doctrine of the other is important in many ways. If the same word appears in one faith as the other‚ or shares a common root or etymology‚ it may be assumed that it is not only the word and sound that are the same‚ but the very essence of
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Different ethical theories were developed to solve the ethical problems and dilemmas that face people since the beginning of civilization and we are going to talk about two of them: Consequentialism (6) (7) (8) Consequentialism is based on the claim that the morality of the act is only determined by the outcome‚ Consequentialism was popular in the 18th century as it attracted the public because it replaced instincts and questionable duties with perceptible outcomes. As a result‚ different consequentialist
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face with Maria B. . Retrieved January 11‚ 2009‚ from Author ’s Den: http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewArticle.asp?id=7292 Ghafoor‚ B Imam‚ Z. (2006‚ December 8). The A to Z of Fashion. Retrieved January 11‚ 2009‚ from Zurain ’s Myriad of Magnificent Fashion Writing: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=117772603&blogID=202859515 Imam‚ Z Index. (n.d.). Retrieved January 10‚ 2009‚ from Maria B.: http://www.mariab.com/index.htm Malik‚ S Mansoor‚ A. (2008‚ April 6). Hot
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where women are not seen as individuals but as bodies men can enjoy. A society in which inexperienced boys like Cousin see as normal the violation of women and make fun of it because it is the example they have been given. A society in which men like Imam Din‚ “the-Catcher-in the-kitchen”‚ have a status of respect. A society where women are accused of being women‚ blamed for being kidnapped and raped‚ and blamed for bringing disgrace to their
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Islam has strictly prohibited all the activities that are did not give any benefits or get the profits from a wrong or illegal ways. It also waste peoples’ time‚ energy‚ money and make others in trouble and difficulties. The activities are like riba‚ fraud‚ gambling‚ gharar‚ sell goods that are no use and others. All of the activities are against by Shariah but in our country‚ there are many cases of these activities. People do not take care about halal and haram of the things
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