Violence Against Women in Muslim Families: an Agenda for Muslim Women’s Empowerment Nasim Basiri Kofi Annan‚ Secretary-General of the United Nations‚ declared in a 2006 report posted on the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) website that: Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten‚ coerced into sex‚ or otherwise abused in
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Oral Report: Muslim Culture Meaning The term Muslim means ’submission to God ’. A Muslim is any male or female person who believes in Allah‚ (means God in Arabic) is not a special god for Muslims‚ but Allah is The Creator of all creatures‚ and the Prophet Muhammad as His Messenger‚ who received The Word of Allah. A Muslim is a person who follows the religion of Islam. Islam Religion (Basic Believes) Islam is the religion that preaches the Oneness of God‚ the Oneness of mankind and the Oneness
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In the reading Muslims in the Media and at the Movies‚ by Todd Green‚ he touches base on the world issue surrounding the Islamic religion. More specifically‚ the fact of the inaccurate representation it is receiving due to the shortfall of we are exposed to through the news and television is processed through the minds of the media‚ which then includes their own opinions and outlooks. While we all have our own perspective of the Islamic religion‚ the media endorses one of many stereotypes that it
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Cultural Assessment of the Muslim Population in the United States Jordan Wooten The University of Northwestern State in Shreveport Abstract The Muslim American culture varies slightly from the rest of the Muslim population around the world. Muslim Americans view religion as less important than other Muslim groups‚ along with becoming more independent of the family as a whole. The majority of the Muslim American culture can be defined in several categories such as Bio-cultural variations and
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Muslim religion Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: Religion is one of the most diverse topics in the society today and no one is normally right or wrong whenever it comes to religion issues. The Muslim religion is a religion that began in Arabia and it is believed to have been revealed to humanity by Prophet Muhammad. A Muslim is a person who has submitted to God’s will or is a follower of the religion. The religion has spread rapidly in the world throughout the centuries and it is now
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Running head: MY REACTIONS TO THE MUSLIM CULTURE My Reactions to the Muslim Culture Savannah State University MSWK June 25‚ 2008 In the United States‚ Americans die every day; however‚ the dying process and funeral rituals are different from culture to culture. As professional workers we must be aware and have knowledge of a variety of culture behaviors when it comes to death. Before doing this assignment I had little knowledge about other cultures rituals and arrangements
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feats‚ and made no such claims. In fact‚ Muhammad’s only claim was that he was the last prophet sent from God. While the events of September 11‚ 2001‚ cast the Islam religion in an unfavorable light‚ this has not dampened the enthusiasm of the Muslim members‚ nor has it stopped the Islam religion from growing. Obviously‚ with over one billion members worldwide‚ Islam is one of the largest religions in the world today. What is Islam‚ who is Muhammad‚ and how does Islam compare to Christianity
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understand the origins of the Muslim conception of female sexuality. According to Fatima Mernissi‚ the Christian concept of the “sexual instincts” is completely different form the Muslim perspective. From the Muslim view‚ raw instincts are pure energy without connotations with the good or bad. Nevertheless‚ sexual instincts have the power to cause fitna‚ which is an Islamic term meaning disorder and chaos‚ and which also refers to the beautiful femme fatale (beautiful women) who makes men loose their
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Those who practice medicine work in cities of Islamic Culture. Muslims were the educators of science and medicine‚ people look to them with advice during training. In order for physicians to keep medicine as a profession they must first pass a series of strict examinations. Muslim holy men were called Sheikhs‚ they practices both spiritual and physical healing. Muslim physicians would turn to sheikhs or wise women when they were unable to fund a cure to the problem or the matters weren’t as serious
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have some similarities to our own culture. The guidelines of the care of the body are stricter in the Muslim life than in our culture. The care of the body is an important standard in the social behavior of their divine law. Muslims believe that their body belongs to God and not to the person. That body needs to be very clean and washing the body is part of their religious rituals. Muslim has standards and guidelines for the type of clothes they wear; it has to be simple and not overly seductive
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