Women in Muslim States and Politics • Women have gained basic political right‚ the right to vote and to stand for office in almost all Muslim-majority states‚ with the last major holdouts‚ Kuwait and Saudi Arabia‚ on the verge of joining the others. Despite having such rights‚ Muslim women‚ like women worldwide‚ are underrepresented in high office and legislatures. However‚ a number of Muslim countries outside of MENA have seen women in high office in numbers that exceed world averages. Such
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Nowadays Muslim world has become a hub of problems. Multifarious aspects like war‚ terrorism‚ violence‚ corruption‚ injustice‚ lack of progress‚ poverty‚ illiteracy‚ human rights violation‚ dictatorship‚ lack of political transparency‚ ethnic conflicts and regional divisions have increased the vulnerabilities to the human life. Interests of few monsters have endangered the fragile common life of Muslims living in this part of the globe. The teachings of Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) have sunk into oblivion
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Iqbal Quran And Muslim Unity I m Urmia Azhar and today the topic of my speech is Iqbal Quran and unity…. Muslims are supposed to work together towards a common goal set by Quran and shown by prophet PBUH through Sunnah. Muslims are required to be merciful towards each other and according to Quran be like the body where if the any part hurts the whole body should feel the pain. But are Muslims practicing this injunction of the Quran and the Sunnah
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many countries have their own greetings based on local language and traditions. Typically‚ Muslims wake up relatively late in the morning—always after sunrise—and have a small breakfast (as a sign of not being on a fast on that day) of preferably the date fruit‚ before attending a special Eid prayer (salah) that is performed in congregation at mosques or open areas like fields‚ squares etc. Muslims are encouraged to dress in their best clothes (new if possible) for the occasion. No adhan or iqama
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investigations‚ it appears as though Muslim women who wear hijabs live much different compared to women who do not wear hijabs. Based on the CNN and NPR articles Muslim women who wear hijabs receive stares from the public‚ both being pitiful stares and angry glares. According to the two girls interviewed by CNN‚ Americans mostly see the hijab as a symbol of oppression and submissiveness. In addition‚ Adamu from the NPR article stated that it was harder to make friends who are non-Muslim once she started to wear
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be if Muslims hadn’t created algebra to begin with? Many Islamic innovations were created hundreds of years ago‚ but still have a major impact on many people’s everyday lives. Astronomy‚ Mathematics‚ and Geography are three of the most important Muslim innovations of all time. Others argue that architecture is the most important Islamic innovation‚ or at least one of the top three. But while architecture is important to culture and history‚ according to the My World History textbook “ Muslim architects
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Reading the "The Qur’an” in The Muslim Next Door written by Ali-Karamali discusses the principles for reading the Qur’an and my impression to would all Muslims agree with her discussion of this is yes. To begin‚ Ali-Karamali says the Qur’an should be read as a poem or song not as a textbook or novel as it is not structured that way to be read. Second‚ the Qur’an is better recited of being read ahead so the rhymes can be heard as it was written in the first person. Third‚ the Qur’an should be read
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To What Extent were Muslims Affected by 9/11? On September 11‚ 2001‚ nineteen hijackers took control of four passenger jets departing from U.S. airports. Two of those planes collided with the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York‚ the third plane hit the Pentagon‚ and the remaining plane was redirected and crashed in an empty field. Altogether‚ nearly 3‚000 people died‚ and the blame was immediately placed upon the Islamist terrorist group Al-Qaeda. (http://timeline.national911memorial
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The first contacts between the British and the Muslims were sporadic and rare. The first known encounter of the Muslims and the citizens of the British Isles dates back to the seventh century. For example‚ the gold imitation of the dinar was coined in 775 by Offa‚ the King of Mercia‚ a kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England. The coin had Offa’s name on one side and the inscription of the Islamic declaration of faith ‘there is no God but Allah alone’ on the other (The Gold Imitation Dinar of Offa). During
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How important was Muslim disunity to the success of the First Crusade? Muslim disunity was an important factor which lead to the success of the First Crusades. This is because it meant that due to the Muslims not being united they lost many battles which helped the Christians recapture Jerusalem. However it can’t be said that Muslim disunity was not the only reason for the success of the first crusade‚ this is because there are other factors such as religious beliefs and the supernatural‚ such as
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