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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Samuel Huntington‚ The Clash of Civilizations?: Islam and the West When taking another glance at Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations?”‚ the provocative nature of his arguments and the fervent scholarly debate that followed are hardly surprising. Although‚ for myself‚ I remain troubled by one important question. Is Huntington completely wrong‚ as many propose‚ about a rising conflict between the nations of Islam and those of the West in the post cold war era? Huntington contends that the future
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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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group of gods. Christianity and Islam being the most widely practiced religions in the world. Islam is a submissive religion‚ and people who practice this religion feel that they must submit to God and Muhammad. Christians believe that they should follow the preaching that Jesus taught. They are very different when it comes to beliefs in Jesus‚ prayer methods‚ and Holy Scriptures. Christians and Islam both believe that Jesus played an important role‚ however Islam believes that Jesus was just a prophet
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Terrorism - Islam‚ the Most Widely Misunderstood Religion and the Role of Media Increasing terrorism across the globe can be contributed to many factors such as extremism‚ poverty and literacy rate just to name a few; however‚ widely misunderstood religions have been the focus of the blame‚ disregarding the root causes. It has been over a decade since Islam is being openly criticized for promoting terrorism. Islam is the only religion that has been constantly associated with terrorism; however‚
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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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