REL 134 1. The word “Islam” is derived form the Arabic root “asalama” which literally means peace‚ purity and submission. Thus Islam means “surrender to the Almighty” and Muslim means “one who is in a state of submission”. It is understood that this submission is to the Will of God‚ as is laid down in the Quran. This tenet is unequivocally accepted by all sects of Islam be they Shia‚ Sunni or Sufis. 2. Islam is an unerringly monotheistic religion. It enjoins the existence of one God‚
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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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purpose. In a speech delivered at Aligarh in 1910‚ under the title "Islam as a Social and Political Ideal‚" he indicated the new Pan-Islamic direction of his hopes. The recurrent themes of Iqbal’s poetry are a memory of the vanished glories of Islam‚ a complaint about its present decadence‚ and a call to unity and reform. Reform can be achieved by strengthening the individual through three successive stages: obedience to the law of Islam‚ self-control‚ and acceptance of the idea that everyone is potentially
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threat to the Chinese way of life. The Tang Emperor‚ Wu stated that Buddhism poisoned the customs of the nation. He does not like the idea of people leaving their homes to follow the monastic decrees (Doc 6). Wu‚ being an emperor‚ is against the vast spread of Buddhism because a lot of people were converting‚ enough to outshine the imperial itself. He was probably trying to go against Buddhism to protect the imperial from a possible “invasion” or conflict between church and state. Han Yu writes about
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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 exclusively on God. Question 4) extracts from Qur’an demonstrating the importance of prayer “Woe to
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First Aqabah Pledge . During the eleventh Islamic year‚ the six individuals who had come from Madina and converted to Islam in a place called Aqaba‚ promised our Holy Prophet (PBUH) that they would return the following year and meet at the same place. When it was time for the next hajj‚ which came a year after their first encounter with our Holy Prophet (PBUH)‚ the six individuals set off in a caravan of twelve people towards Mecca. One night they met with our Holy Prophet (PBUH) in secret in the
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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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Islam and Drugs O You who believe! Intoxicants and gambling‚ (dedication of) stones and (divination by) arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handiwork. Avoid (such abominations) that you may prosper. (5:90) Today’s youth has been taken on the toll of increased drug-usage‚ and this includes the young Muslims too. More Muslim youth is caught up in drugs than we wish to know. Drug use among Muslims is a creeping enemy that involves the abuse of substances ranging from the inhaling of household
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(Kurlantzick‚ 2011). This paper will argue that the United States is damaging the process of democracy by trying to impose the very system that they preach. It will achieve this by analyzing its relations with Iraq‚ Somalia and Cuba to prove that the spread of democracy is both detrimental and counter productive for these countries and the surrounding geographic areas. The first example of the USA trying to impose on another country is in Iraq. Growing concern that Saddam Hussein was in possession
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Why was the Roman Army so successful? Dorothy Kwok The Roman army was the most successful and powerful army in history‚ they built the Roman Empire‚ which spread over continents and lasted for a very long time. The Romans achieved fame for its amazing army. There are many reasons why the Roman army was so successful. The army offered Roman citizens to return with glory and money after serving Rome in battles. Their weapons and equipment was a lot more advanced than their enemies‚ which requires
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