11-21-2009 Hafiz M. K. Siddiqui Introduction to Islam Islam & Muslims in Western Media In July 12‚ 2008 publication of the New York Times‚ it was reported that the President of Sri Lanka was killed in a suicide attack. The religion of the suicide bomber was never reported. The very same newspaper (on November 5‚ 2009)‚ reported that how a Muslim attacker attacked the US Base and killed US army soldiers. This discrimination against the Muslims and Islam is nothing but the fruit of Western Media’s
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Are women treated better under the religion of Christianity or Islam? Both of them are similar in the sense that they follow a religious scripture‚ believe in a god‚ and have a history of treating women socially and culturally inferior. It can probably be safe to say that they are each as bad as the other. Even before a baby is born the parents already prefer it to be a boy. This can be interpreted from the phrase “….if a women have conceived seed‚ and born a man child: then she shall be unclean
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Islam VS The West Westerners tend to think of Islamic societies as backward- looking‚ oppressed by religion‚ and inhumanely governed‚ comparing them to their own enlightened‚ secular democracies. But measurement of the cultural distance between the West and Islam is a complex undertaking‚ and that distance is narrower than they assume. Islam is not just a religion‚ and certainly not just a fundamentalist political movement. When people think of Islam they think of all the crazy beliefs and a religion
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of Islam. The Jahiliyyah is a core and critical part of the foundations of Islam‚ that certain elements of the jahiliyyah were borrowed‚ adopted and developed; whilst other elements were discarded as Islam evolved. It is important as aspects of the jahiliyyah period continues to have an influence after the advent of Islam. Elements of the jahiliyyah such as the geographical location; the political‚ social and religious life; pre-islamic literature‚ rituals of the Ka ’ba and the role of Women have
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Ever since September 11‚ Islam have become the face of terror and this has brought a lot of attention and victimization towards average Muslims. Many people are just looking for a reason to bash Islam‚ so they pick on controversial topics that Muslims differ from. One controversial topic is the hijab and it what it symbolizes‚ to many non-Muslims conservatives. The hijab and/or burqa is a veil that covers the head and body and is a form of modest attire worn by Muslim women. This form of attire has
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one. Islam was founded between 570-632 AD in what is now Saudi Arabia by the prophet Muhammad. Both faiths are still widely practiced to this day‚ Islam being the 2nd most popular religion practiced and Hinduism placing at fourth. Hinduism and Islam are similar in a few ways‚ two being that they both worship a god and follow a holy book. On the contrary‚ they also differ from one another. While Hindus are polytheistic‚ Muslims are monotheistic and while Hinduism doesn’t have a founder‚ Islam was established
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well-known Indonesian writers on Islam is Nurcholish Madjid‚ rector of the Paramadina University‚ Jakarta. This collection of essays is the first major English translation of Madjid’s writings. The essays cover a diverse range of issues but are shaped by a common concern for an understanding of Islam that takes into account the myriad challenges that Indonesia is today faced with. They reflect Madjid’s quest for developing a contextually relevant interpretation of Islam that‚ departing from traditional
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Gender inequality Gender can be defined as the socially constructed roles and duties society constructs‚ assigns and expects of males and females on the basis of their biological and physical characteristics. Gender is learnt‚ not permanent and differs from one community to another. Gender roles and responsibilities are found in all spheres of society be it economic‚ social‚ political or religious. Gender roles are affected by age‚ social class‚ ability‚ ethnicity and race. The gender roles help
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Islam in the World Today Patrick Mallin DeVry University Islam has a major influence within society and not just within the Middle East but all over the world. Depending on what part of the world is looked at‚ the teachings of Islam are altered slightly just like anything else maybe in different countries. The issue that arises is the thought that Islam has one belief that has been shining in the wrong light‚ and it is
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the Muslim community. "And pilgrimage to the House is a duty unto God for mankind‚ for him who can find the way thither" (3:97) – The Hajj as commanded in the Quran The Hajj is the great‚ annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca‚ the sacred city of Islam‚ located in Saudi Arabia. It is considered to be the holiest place on earth for Muslims‚ since it is where the Prophet Abraham and his son Ismail built Islam’s most revered structure‚ the Ka’aba‚ the house of Allah. On the last month of the year‚ every
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