Formation of Hamas Hamas‚ the acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (the Islamic Resistance Movement)‚ was created in response to the intifada‚ which signified the beginning of true political resurgence among the Islamic forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip combating Israeli invasion and national secular forces led by the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). Up until that time‚ the most influential Islamic movement in the region‚ the Muslim Brotherhood‚ avoided forceful resistance against
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Professor: George Naufal The Main concept of Islamic banking vs. conventional banking systems Introduction Islamic finance is one of the fastest growing sectors of the global financial industry. It has become essential in some countries and very relevant in others. Many factors have influenced to the rapid growth of Islamic finance‚ including: (i) high demand in many Islamic countries; (ii) growing demand of foreign investors to invest in Islamic banks‚ along with introducing it to their own
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diplomacy should be used instead (Pape 2010). The military intervention in Afghanistan‚ and later Iraq‚ as part of the Western worlds war on terror‚ has raised a number of contentious issues regarding the best way to combat terrorism in a foreign‚ Islamic country. The military campaign has been deemed a success by the USA and its allies‚ having removed both the Taliban and Saddam Hussein from power‚ and in Afghanistan having removed the political and geographical space needed for al Qaeda to operate
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FOUNDATION OF ISLAMIC FINANCE ISF 1101 SEMESTER 2 2013/2014 DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC BANKING AND FINANCE IN SINGAPORE INTRODUCTION Singapore or officially known as the Republic of Singapore is an island city-state which situated in the Southeast Asia specifically lies off the southern tip of Malaysia peninsular. The total area of Singapore is 716.1 square kilometres or 270 square miles and it accommodates approximately 5‚599‚200 citizens and 823‚082 of them are consists of Muslims
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Money and Banking: Islamic Banking & Conventional Banking Submitted By: Rehman Sohail Hamza Arshad Submitted To: Ms. Shehla Akhtar [pic] Management Sciences Department National University of Modern Languages H-9‚ Islamabad Islamic Banking Vs Conventional Banking One must refrain from making a direct comparison between Islamic banking and conventional banking (apple to apple comparison). This is because
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THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL AND ISLAMIC ACCOUNTING ABSTRACT The concern of this project paper is to explore the differences between Islamic accounting and its conventional counterpart. The distinctions need to be addressed as both accounting is presently thought of many people as synonymous. There is danger for such kind of perception because the basic building blocks for respective accounting are worlds apart. As for professional accountants who have been taught on the idea for accounting
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Cited: Emerick‚ Yahiya. "Understanding Islam". Penguin Group . Book. 2 May 2012. Religious Facts. Islamic Beliefs about the Afterlife. http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/beliefs/afterlife.htm. Web. 2 May 2012.
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Cultural Syncretism Cultural Syncretism Christina Doty Alexis Garrett American InterContinental University Online HUMA215-1205B-07 Topics in Cultural Studies Erin Pappas January 27‚ 2013 Abstract The legacies of cultural syncretism in Africa‚ and the Americas have been compared and contrasted with the resistance to cultural change Westerners encounter in China and India. The cultural factors that caused these different outcomes are discussed. This discussion is followed by the legacies
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“Studying Islamic Architecture: Challenges and Perspectives” deals with a basic question that ‘why is western architecture always given more importance in practical and theory as compare d to that of Islamic architecture’? The article very well talks about the issue of western architecture being more important than the Islamic architecture. The article talks about both the pros and cons of the argument discussed above. The article also analyses why the two that is western architecture and Islamic architecture
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left their mark on the world. Although both empires had very similar strategies in keeping peace and maintaining their power‚ there were many key differences that clearly highlighted the two apart. Both the Mughals and Ottomans were Islamic empires that imposed Islamic laws on their population. However‚ there was also a great non-Muslim population living in their boundaries. In order to keep the non-Muslim population satisfied and peaceful‚ they developed new strategies. These strategies proved to
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