gathered to wipe out the Muslim community once and for all. The Muslims survived these challenges and eventually went on to establish a vast civilization. (Para 6) In beginning of many religions there is always persecution. For instants the persecution of the Christians in the Roman Empire they wanted to pursue their faith and religious beliefs as a structured whole with laws and new ways of worship that weren’t first accepted but later became the way of the Roman society. Muslims only fought imperial
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the spark that fueled a wave of destruction and unjustly persecuted Islam? Most historians consider the sermon preached by Pope Urban II at Clermont- Ferrand in November 1905 to have begun the wave of military campaigns to wrest the Holy Land from Muslim control. Known as the Crusades‚ these campaigns‚ considered to be divinely sanctioned in the Christian view‚ were led by the desire for Christian access to the shrines associated with Jesus Christ‚ Lord and Savior of the Christian Faith. Out of the
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Iran’s house church movement is on the rise in the face of government’s persecution of Christians‚ according to various media reports. Last week‚ Mohabat News reported that over 200 natives and Afghans were baptised near Iran‚ and that the mass baptizing service was organized by eight local churches. "According to our contacts in Iran‚ the house church movement is seeing astounding growth. This is despite the intense persecution the house church movement faces from the government‚" Stark‚ International
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as of 2010‚ 54.9 percent of the world’s population identifies as Jewish‚ Muslim or Christian (Pew Research‚ p.9). The relationship between these three religions has influenced the world dramatically. Despite a history of conflict and prejudice‚ Islam‚ Christianity and Judaism are more similar than they are different due to commonalities in their historical roots‚ religious texts and central beliefs. Conflict and Persecution Both a unifier
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The Crusades were a series of nine military campaigns by European Christians to regain Holy Land from the Muslims‚ in which about 1.5 million lives were lost all together. The first Crusade was organized by Pope Urban II in 1095‚ and the last being in 1289. Pope Urban II originally intended to recruit followers by saying that your sins would be relieved if you helped regain Holy Land from Muslims‚ however‚ these intentions quickly turned into bad intentions when people joined for adventure‚ estates
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unabated. We argue that both structural and direct violence against Christians in northern Nigeria are linked. The article also highlights the responses of the Nigerian Christian community to persecution. In the final analysis‚ it is important to acknowledge that there are many among Christians and Muslims who share the vision of living in peace with one another. This can be encouraged if the two religions work to discard stereotypes against each other. By doing so‚ the clamour for greater religious
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peasant society by wiping out the other ethnic‚ educated‚ and religious groups in the country. Hutu supremacy by the acts of extermination and persecution within the pretext of ancient myths of Tutsi tyranny was the story of Rwanda while Bosnia replaced the Aryan superiority with the dominance of Greater Serbia and the target of Jews and Gypsies with Muslims and Croats. As a result‚ the Holocaust could not be identified as exclusively unique in the sphere of ideology due to so many parallels between
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Hazrat Khadija (SA) daughter of Khuylaid and Fatima was born in Mecca in 555 CE and was a pious and worthy lady‚ who at the time of the pagan regime of the Arabs before Islam‚ was well-known as "Tahireh" (Pure and Chaste Woman). She was also known as the ’Princess of Makkah’ because of her wealth. A lot of Arab nobles and Princes wanted to marry her but she refused all of them.She was well-known as a great and distinguished wealthy lady in the Arabian Peninsula. Her mother and father both died within
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Alaihi Wasallam) also known as the Year of the Elephant. He was the first KHALIF (leader of the Muslims) after the passing away of the Messenger of Allah Almighty (Sallalaho Alaihi Wasallam). During his leadership he fought the apostates (defeating them)‚ established the pillars of Islam and added Syria‚ Palestine and parts of Iraq to the Islamic lands. He died in 13 A.H at the age of 63 after leading the Muslim for 2 years and 7 months and was buried beside the Messenger of Allah Almighty (Sallalaho Alaihi
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followers called themselves Muslims. As he taught his circle grew and he became a threat to other wealthy Meccans‚ the worshiping of the gods of their fathers‚ and the sacred Ka’ba. In 622 After severe persecution‚ Muhammad and his followers fled to Medina. The flight to Medina marks year one of the Islamic Calendar. In Medina he was thought of as a hero. In the mid 620s the Quraysh began launching attacks against Muhammad and his followers in Medina. The small Muslim army held off the imposing
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