of virtue; cherished by seekers from all corners of the religious spectrum‚ is minded by who‚ those cherishing‚ seek their guidance and virtue from. Two very broad and noted religious houses‚ Islam and Christianity‚ both aspire to seek virtue‚ and vowel to persistently live by their faith. Although both Islam and Christianity have different ideas as to what is considered righteous‚ they do have some similarities. With both religions‚ certain behaviors‚ faiths‚ and principles are thought to be crucial
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The Rise Of Islam: Reasons For it’s Success * The twenty first century recognizes Islam as the second largest religion in the world. The initial rise of Islam in the 7th century in the city of Mecca‚ modern day Saudi Arabia‚ was extensive and rapid. In its first few centuries Islam spread as far as the west near the Atlantic Ocean and Far East in Asia. To deduce why Islam’s initial expansion was so successful and rapid calls for an understanding of three major factors‚ the life the pioneer of
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Islam‚ Terrorism‚ Jihad and Media A bomb goes off in a marketplace in Tel Aviv. A suicide bomber launches himself in a bus full of people in the street of Baghdad. Foreign tourists get massacred at a holiday resort in Nairobi‚ Kenya. This can go on and on. We all have heard this kind of pathetic news in the media. These kinds of incidents are widely known as Islamic terrorism according to the western media. All such incidents have come to be identified with the religion of Islam. Such incidents
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Does Islam Encourage Terrorism? Islam is derived from the word ‘salam’ which means peace and shows its followers how to preserve and encourage peace all over the world. Unfortunately more and more often‚ Islam has been associated with terrorism and violence due to the actions of a few extreme individuals who have done the most monstrous crimes in the name of Islam. There is a fallacy that has developed which links Islam and terrorism. The words "Islam" and "terror" cannot stand side by side
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Christianity‚ Judaism‚ and Islam "Christianity started out in Palestine as a fellowship; it moved to Greece and became a philosophy; it moved to Italy and became an institution; it moved to Europe and became a culture; it came to America and became an enterprise" as stated by theological scholar Sam Pascoe. Throughout Christianity’s journey they have come across ties with the religions Judaism and Islam. There are few similarities between the three major religions. One similarity is that Abraham
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In the early centuries‚ two major religions emerged that would dominate their respective regions. Islam was founded by Muhammad‚ an Arab merchant‚ in the 7th century CE. Jesus‚ a Jewish carpenter‚ founded Christianity in the Roman Empire during the 1st century CE. Initially‚ Muslims promoted trade while Christians had a negative view of merchants and trade. By 1500 CE‚ however‚ it became evident that these attitudes had become increasingly similar‚ with Muslims more skeptical of trade and Christians
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of pluralism‚ liberalism and other democratic values `have concluded that it must have something to do with culture‚ and more particularly with Islam.` (Kramer‚ 1993: 2) The results of the Freedom House report in 2005 identified three Muslim countries as free‚ 20 states as partly free and 23 as not free at all. (Freedom in the world 2006) The table on Islam and democracy shows that democracy has not found a home in the region and the authoritarianism continues to be a strong force in Muslim domains
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Islam and its Challenges in the Modern World Islam today is facing challenges from within and from the wider world. The critical problems are the fundamental tensions within Islam. The attitudes and criticisms common in the outside world can be ignored as misguided or hostile‚ but the tensions within Islam throughout the world must be confronted. In a simple geographical sense‚ Islam has to come to grips with its changing centres. The religious centres define the heartland: Saudi Arabia maintains
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Three of the most common religions around the world are Christianity‚ Judaism‚ and Islam. These religions are referred to as Abrahamic religions because their history travels back to Abraham in the Hebrew Bible. Christianity‚ Judaism‚ and Islam have many differences but yet are so similar in ways. We are going to venture on our journey to explore more about these three cultures. People often ask what is Judaism‚ Islam‚ and Or Christianity. To begin Judaism is the ancient tradition of a relatively small
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Understanding the Five Pillars of Islam can be confusing if you do not have an open mind. As any religion they all have similar foundation. How we should live and the values of live‚ that are different from others. The Five Pillars are just that‚ how they believe their values should be in the religion and culture. The first of the five is Shahadah means to witness or to testify. Muslims bear witness to the oneness of God by reciting the creed "There is no God but God and Muhammad is the Messenger
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