“Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt” By: Mohamed Ahmed ID: 900094048 Draft: 02 Course and Section Number: REHT 101_ 05 Date: 11th of May‚ 2012 Outline I. Introduction A. Origins B. Traditions of Female Circumcision C. Thesis: Beliefs and practices of female circumcision in Upper Egypt II. Different types of circumcision A. Cutting tip of clitoris B. Most severe Cutting C. Procedure III. Physical Cleanliness
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Abstract United States has had a greater impact on global democratization‚ for better or for worse‚ than any other country during the past century. No country has used its vast political‚ cultural‚ economic‚ and military resources toward recreating other states in its own image. Not surprisingly‚ U.S involvement in democracy promotion has attracted such great attention‚ together with a good deal of skepticism and suspicion. In fact‚ the building blocks of U.S. democracy promotion have come into
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SOR2U Nature of Religion: Religious and non-religious views of reality: • A religious view of reality acknowledges a divine or transcendent dimension; in other words‚ it has a belief in a divine being or power whose existence ‘goes beyond’ the known or visible universe. Characteristics: o The meaning of existence o The origins of the universe o Cycles of birth and death o Methods of decision-making o Ways of acting in the world • Those
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of clothing. Annelies Moors and Emma Tarlo (2007) Islamic Fashion in African Islamic Fashion in Europe Islamic Fashion in Asia Islamic Fashion in Asia CORE GUIDANCE The IFF is guided by the following hadith i.e. that the use of a gentle‚ nurturing approach begets a stronger conviction: One of Prophet Mohammed’s friends‚ a gambler‚ wanted to convert to Islam because he loved the Prophet. So he asked the Prophet‚ “Can I become a Muslim?” To which
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A CALL FOR UNITY The people with the strongest claim to Abraham are those who followed him and this Prophet‚ and those who believe. God is the Protector of the believers. (Qur’an‚ 3:68) Therefore‚ all Jews and Christians‚ who believe wholeheartedly in God‚ like Abraham (pbuh) and the believers who followed him‚ must only turn to God and follow this great Prophet’s example of virtue‚ sincerity‚ and insight. The best way to show one’s love‚ obedience‚ and closeness to the Prophets is by emulating
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The Muslim community all over the world faces many forms of challenges. When studying the Islamic society in context of university’s in the West can be misread. There are several cultural and academic misconceptions that should be avoided in many places all over the global but‚ particularly in the America and Europeans countries. In America‚ the media is a major misconception with media knowledge that it gives to the public. It uses negative images and has perspectives that see the Muslim community
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is filled with verses inviting man to use his intellect (mind‚ intelligence)‚ to ponder (think deeply)‚ to think and to know. To Muslims‚ "the goal of human life is to discover the Truth which is none other than worshiping God in His Oneness." The Hadith literature is also full of references to the importance of knowledge. "Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave"‚ and "Verily (truly) the men of knowledge are the inheritors of the prophets"‚ and "Seek knowledge‚ even as far as China". These ideas
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Question a) i) In the recent few decades‚ there has been a global realisation of the acceleration of the environments deterioration and the understanding that we‚ as humans‚ need to preserve our planet for future generations. In Islam‚ adherents submit themselves to Allah and a personal acceptance of ad-Din‚ otherwise known as the ‘life transaction’. Allah created humans as part of His original creation; this insinuates that humans are equal partners with nature. This is the belief of The Oneness
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Religion is one of the pillars of society. It can be used to rule the common with fair and just practice or it can be used for a rulers own self-improvement and greed. Many times over the course of world history religion is misconstrued and leads individuals to believe self-interrupted version of its holy text. Two of the most prominent religions in world history Islam and Christianity were used to empower those in high authority. This point is made clear with the documents discussed‚ and show
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The Virtue of Forgiveness Under the circumstances‚ the human may rush in making his decisions‚ so the consequences will be more negative than the actions resulting from these decisions‚ so it will be better if he does not make these decisions. It’s important for man to pardon so he can cope up with the milieu he is living; We stop here to mention some features of the Prophets (blessing and peace be upon him) forgiveness in his dealing with people. These are useful and great lessons in every place
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