about organising peasants to protest excessive land-taxes. A lifelong opponent of "communalism" (i.e. basing politics on religion) he reached out widely to all religious groups. He became a leader of Muslims protesting the declining status of the Caliphate. Assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921‚ Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty‚ expanding women’s rights‚ building religious and ethnic amity‚ endinguntouchability‚ increasing economic self-reliance‚ and above all
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Myths‚ rituals‚ and symbols are very important in the Islamic religion. One of the most important myths is the Isra and Mi’raj‚ which are the two parts of a Night Journey that Muslims believe the prophet Muhammad took in one night around the year 621. It is considered a physical and spiritual journey. It is written in Sura 17 of the Koran and the Hadith‚ which are supplemental writings about the life of Muhammad. In this journey‚ Muhammad travels on the steed Buraq to the farthest mosque where
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In today’s current world there are many different threats that prevail each day and pose a threat to the United States and her allies. The most recent threat that has gained notable media attention is the formation of a large group of terrorists who call themselves ISIS. ISIS stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and is also commonly known as ISIL which stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. During the group’s first years after forming they chose to associate themselves
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The Nigeria Ecological Fund Office Aroboinosen Hillary Department of Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineering‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Minna‚ Niger State‚ Nigeria E-mail:aroby_hillary@yahoo.com Abstract Nigeria has a total land area of 983‚213 km2 occupied by about 140 Million people: The interaction of these millions of people with their environment has left indelible mark on the landscape. Deforestation‚ desertification‚ flooding‚ erosion and all kinds of pollution as well
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NETWORKING FOR JUSTICE: USA TRIP REPORT BY DALHATU YOLA ---------- You think solutions to the conflicts and crises ravaging Northern Nigeria could be not be found from within our shores or sub region but the United States? ---------- Sure. We are merely going to interface with scholars and nationalities of countries with experience in rigmaroles of pluralist existence to appropriately analyse‚ understand and afterwards advocate strategic policy inputs and best practice approach for practical
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MPhIL QUESTIONNAIRE Dear students I am Mphil researcher and conducting a study on the Topic “influence of media on the learning attitude of students at secondary level “your opinion or participation in filling the Performa is very helpful in understanding the influence of media .I shall be grateful if you serve few moments and give your opinion by filling the questionnaire: Thank you Yours sincerely
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tingle down his leg. My best guess is that in the next five years‚ or sooner‚ that we will agree to accept millions of Muslims. Do not forget... they want each family to have seven children to gain Islamic Geographic Dominance and accelerate the Caliphate through "Cultural Jihad". What does "Cultural Jihad" mean --- just one example of thousands of minutia ( A Bishop of a church in Stockholm agreed to remove the cross from the top of the church as it offended the Muslims living in the area) You
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they are the most complicated. The tiles contain three of these main characteristics; calligraphy‚ vegetal patterns‚ and geometric patterns. These ceramic tiles are from the Ilkhanid period and are dated to around the 1260s. In 1258 the Abbasid Caliphate fell to the Mongol hoards from the East and the Ilkhanid dynasty headed by the Mongols began.
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Judeo-Christian)‚ ancestor veneration‚ as well as capturing and scaring spirits through art and masks. While these traditions were being practiced throughout the region‚ Northern Africa was being conquered under the dar-al Islam by the Umayyad Caliphate and therefore had begun to be influenced by Islam. The kingdom of Ghana in western sub-Saharan Africa had been engaging in trans-Saharan trade with the Berbers of North Africa and with trade comes the spread of religion and culture. With the introduction
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The purpose of this essay is to discuss the Islamization of Persia in relation to the Samanid and Buyid Dynasties. The synthesis of Persian culture and Islam was not an immediate result of the Arab expansion into Iran and there is certainly a lack of research on the subject. However‚ in this essay‚ I will attempt to explain the contributions of the Samanid and Buyid dynasties to this synthesis with a focus on the attempts of the Samanid Dynasty at centralization and a unified identity through religion
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