DESCRIBE THE SIGNIFICANT PRACTICE OF THE HAJJ The Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam and involves a physical‚ spiritual and mental journey to the Ka’ba which is known as ‘the house of God’ that is worship in Mecca. All Muslims are expected to take part in the hajj at least once in their lifetime‚ if they are physically and financially capable of it. The Hajj consists of preparing for the life changing experience through the renewal and rebirth of the individual. The preparation is when the
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The Islamic Caliphates and the Mauryan/Gupta empires were two main empires before the 1200s. There were a lot of differences and similarities between these two. The Islamic Caliphates were located in the modern day Middle East. The word Islam means submitted to god‚ the religion was started by the prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca. During the empire there were two different groups that ruled. First‚ there was the Umayyad Caliphate which ruled from 661 to 750. Their capital was Damascus
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ISLAM and COMMUNISM by Stephen Suleyman Schwartz 2009 Muhammad Ibn ’Abd El-Krim El-Khattabi‚ leader of the Rif Berbers www.islamicpluralism.eu 2009 C IP Centre for Islamic Pluralism ISLAM AND COMMUNISM IN THE 20th CENTURY An Historical Survey by Stephen Suleyman Schwartz Center for Islamic Pluralism Washington * London * Köln * Sarajevo www.islamicpluralism.org www.islamicpluralism.eu www.islamicpluralism.de 1718 M Street NW #260 Washington‚ DC 20036 USA and BM
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illegally opened or displayed. Awrah is interpreted differently depending upon the sex. In other words‚ it is obligatory as Muslim to cover and hide themselves from being seen in front of unrelated men or women. Exposing their bodies are unlawful in Islam and is regarded as sin. These obligations to cover themselves based on evidences from Hadith which are :- "If you marry one slave boy to his daughter or his employer‚ so the slave girl never looked things at his body (awrah her master). Truly
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deliberately sin and do wrong to others. It is said‚ “to err is human and to forgive is divine.” Both parts of this statement are very true. As human beings we are responsible‚ but we do also make mistakes and we are constantly in need of forgiveness. Islam speaks about two aspects of forgiveness: a) Allah’s forgiveness; b) Human forgiveness. We need both‚ because we do wrong in our relations to Allah as well as in our relations to each other. A. Allah’s Forgiveness: Allah Almighty is the Oft-Forgiving
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The group controls hundreds of square miles. It ignores the international borders and has a presence from Syria’s Mediterranean coast to south of Baghdad. ISIS rules by Sharia Law‚ the custom-based body of law based on the Koran and the religion of Islam. The leader of ISIS is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. There is not much known about him pertaining to where he is from‚ but he earned a doctorate in Islamic studies from a university in Baghdad. Al-Baghdadi was detained for four years in Camp Bucca‚ a U.S
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TRUTHFULLENESS OF ISLAM AHMADIYYAT TRUTHFULLENESS OF ISLAM AHMADIYYAT The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat is a divine community established by God Almighty in 1889 and it is the only community‚ with a Khalifa (spiritual leader) appointed by God Almighty. It is the revival of the True Islam that was brought by the Holy Prophet s.a.w‚ the Seal of the Prophets. It is that community which has accepted the call of the Holy Prophet s.a.w‚ when he had instructed
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essay will argue that Islamophobia is prevalent in contemporary Western media; however‚ combating this Islamophobia is also evidently visible. Furthermore‚ due to certain media structures such as corporate ownership dominance and cultural consensus‚ Islam is viewed as the antagonist of Western culture. Overall‚ this essay will focus on the two evident spectrums of media coverage of Muslims and their religion as a topic of discourse. Through this essay I will aim to conclude that though extreme Islamophobia
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* Salat al-maghrib: just after sunset * Salat al-’isha: between sunset and midnight Question 2) role of Salat in daily lives Salat is the obligatory Muslim prayers‚ performed five times each day by Muslims. It is the second Pillar of Islam Question 3) importance of prayer prayer is a way in which the mind body and soul unite‚ in worship. Muslims make sure that they are in the right frame of mind before they pray; they put aside all everyday cares and thoughts so that they can concentrate
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There will come a time when holding on to your Iman will be like holding on to hot coals. - Prophet Muhammad A marketing executive at Google and a self-diagnosed “Internet Addict‚” Whael Ghonim scored a Klout of 80. Klout uses a complex algorithm to measure Internet influence. Score a Klout of 100 and you’re a virtual autocrat. Ghonim ’s Facebook reaches 720‚000 followers. Casual‚ technical‚ or political‚ Ghonim’s Facebook activity generates thousands of impressions. Raw and mangled‚ Khaled
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