EXAMPLE???? In the modern era we can point to several women who were elected to serve in the highest political offices. In 1988 Benazir Bhutto was the first female elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan. She was the first woman elected as leader of a Muslim country. She was accused of misconduct and removed from office. She was elected to a second term and served from 1993-1996. I remember watching in horror the news report of her assassination by Islamic fundamentalist in 2007. Indonesian President
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Debating Muslim political representation HILAL AHMED THE political representation of Indian Muslims‚ one of the most contested political questions in postcolonial India‚ has become very relevant in recent years primarily because of two important‚ yet distinct‚ reasons. The publication of the Sachar Committee report (The report of the Prime Minister’s High Level Committee on Social‚ Economic and Educational Status of Muslims in India – PMHLC 2006) is the first reason behind the apparent revival
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Racism‚ Terrorism and the Muslims “What’s really hurting me‚ the name Islam is involved‚ and Muslim is involved and causing trouble and starting hate and violence. Islam is not a killer religion. Islam means peace‚ I couldn’t just sit home and watch people label Muslims as the reason for this problem.” -Muhammad Ali Islam means the religion of peace. Ever since the September 11 attacks‚ thousands of Muslims have been accused of terrorist attacks they have not committed. Terrorism is the use of
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plentiful‚ Islam was spreading‚ and the people were wealthy. The Muslim cities spread innovations throughout the world. The document groupings for the discussion of this topic are as follows: Documents 2‚ 1‚ and 5 are for city significance. Documents 3‚ 5‚ and 8 are for importance of trade. Finally‚ documents 4‚ 6‚ and 9 are for government and its role. Document 7 has been omitted due to the fact that it does not support my thesis. Muslim cities were abundant with knowledge‚ which they spread throughout
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coming of Muslim in Manipur. The advent of Muslims in Manipur was caused by rivalry and war between Khagemba‚ the king of Manipur and his brother Sanongba. The impact of Kachari – Muslim invasion of 1606 A.D. during the reign of king Khagemba‚ an outcome unhappy trifling incident at the Royal place of Manipur was in the end a failure but the impact of the invasion was quite profound. The impact of Muslim civilization under the Imperial Mughals was felt in Manipur. But the Muslim‚ who came to
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The Muslim faith is one of the five major religions in the world. It boasts a following of well over a million. Religion is one of the most controversial topics in the world‚ and can spur different emotions when discussed. One can even go as far as killing or dying for ones religions to show devout faith. Many people can get offended when one other might be trying to express their opinion‚ and show why they believe what they believe. Here you will read on how the Muslim faith is told to act towards
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The position of Muslims in the Netherlands FACTS AND FIGURES 2010 COLOPHON Publication by FORUM – Institute for Multicultural Affairs Postbus 201‚ 3500 AE Utrecht‚ Netherlands www.forum.nl www.foruminternational.org © 2010 FORUM‚ Institute for Multicultural Affairs 2010 3 PREFACE For some years‚ the position of Muslims in the Netherlands has been subject of fierce debate in the Netherlands. The nature and size of this debate also finds a response across the border‚ something
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Good Muslim In the Quran and the Hadith of Bukhari there are many descriptions of what it takes to be a good Muslim. God gives very specific details to Muhammad about what Muslims need to do and what they can’t do if they want to get to paradise. The five pillars of Islam created a base for Muslims to follow in order to be a good Muslim. The five pillars are that there is no god but God‚ to offer prayer‚ to give charity‚ perform the hajj and to fast during Ramadan (HB 1: 7). The Muslims that
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western culture in Bengali girls-----------------------------------------------12 iii) Women on the threshold of the 21st century-----------------------------------------------13 iv) The diversity of Muslim communities------------------------------------------------------14 v) Muslim women in the socio-political turmoil of the twentieth century----------------15 vi) Womens responses at the international level----------------------------------------------18 vii) Survey----------
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Ryan Rojas 4/6/8 AP World History 3rd Period Muslim Nationalism DBQ Muslim leaders in North Africa and India saw the needs for nationalism in the Muslim areas and took on the issue of westernization as they saw right. A portion of Muslims wanted to welcome western ideas. And others didn’t want western ideas around‚ they thought they needed to be one in their own nations‚ not in the Nations of the west. Some saw westernization as a flawed idea or solution‚ and used parts of westernization
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