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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ignored. Slavery existed within sub-Saharan African societies before the arrival of Europeans. The internal trade was conducted within the African continent itself. It involved trade between North Africa and West Africa. Africans were exposed to several forms of slavery over the centuries‚ including slavery under both the Muslims with the sub-Saharan slave trade slave trade‚ and Europeans through the trans-Atlantic slave trade. For my research topic I will explore the sub-Saharan slave trade though western
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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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Concept of Marriage in Muslim Law Islam‚ unlike other religions is a strong advocate of marriage. There is no place of celibacy in Islam like the Roman Catholic priests & nuns. The Prophet has said “There is no Celibacy in Islam”. Marriage acts as an outlet for sexual needs & regulates it so one doesn’t become slave to his/her desires. It is a social need because through marriage‚ families are established and the families are the fundamental entity of our society. Furthermore marriage
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Negative and anti-Muslim views are often based on appearance and other observations‚ assumption‚ and stereotypes. Negative & anti-Muslim views are often based on appearance and other observations.According to the article titled "Ethnic and Religious Profiling Violates Civil Liberties‚" “Azhar Usman‚ a burly American-born Muslim with a heavy black beard‚ says that he elicits an almost universal reaction when he boards an airplane at any United States airport: conversations stop in mid-sentence and
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The Muslim faith is comprised of many layers of belief systems; one of which‚ and arguably the most significant‚ is Sufism. This religion was not the earliest practiced Muslim faith‚ but arose as a backlash to the recently altered and unnecessary complications of others‚ especially Islam. The Sufis neither agreed with nor promoted the evident worldliness that had seeped into the mind and actions of their fellow Muslims‚ and even their rulers. In fact‚ they detested this manner of living so much
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Muslims are violent‚ terrorists and/or extremists This is the biggest misconception about Islam‚ no doubt resulting from the constant stereotyping and bashing the media gives Islam. When a gunman attacks a mosque in the name of Judaism‚ a Catholic IRA guerrilla sets off a bomb in an urban area‚ or Serbian Orthodox militiamen rape and kill innocent Muslim civilians‚ these acts are not used to stereotype an entire faith. Never are these acts attributed to the religion of the perpetrators. Yet how
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How important is it for the angels in the Muslim story to submit to God because "God knows" what he is doing? Submission is an important part of the Muslim story‚ all must at one point submit to God‚ Angels are guardians of humans but they also have choice to follow God if wanted as shown with Iblis. With not submitting to God you basically choose a Life without him and are force to go your own path‚ which without God is a place of Hell or all things that are not God. Does it make sense that Iblis
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What does Craiglockhart represent in Regeneration? Regeneration is deliberately set in a psychiatric hospital‚ Craiglockhart‚ and this location highlights some of the major issues of war. Pat Barkers intention in terms of location is obviously because this emphasises some of the key elements of WW1 she wishes to explore‚ such as the mental trauma that the trenches caused‚ the often suicidal battle plans of those in charge of the conflict‚ plus other issues of hierarchical command. From the very
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The Only Two Holidays for Muslims “You had two days for celebrating joy before Islam‚ and glorious Allah has replaced them for you by which is better‚ Eid Al-Adha and Eid Al-Fitr‚” prophet Mohammed said‚ after he asked the people of Madeenah why were they celebrating two special days before Islam. From his words‚ we know that they are the only holidays for Muslims‚ and how much important are they. Eid means a festival and a holiday in Arabic language. Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha are two religious
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