Depending on the group of Muslims‚ Abu Bakr is regarded very differently. Some groups of Sufis‚ like the Naqshibandis‚ regard him as a central religious personage‚ and a spiritual authority. Sunnis consider him affectionately because he is the first Muslim leader after Muhammad passed away. The Shi’is object generally to any Caliph except Ali‚ but Abu Bakr is one of those they tolerate most. Still‚ they consider him to be a symbol of profound injustice‚ because his rule is a human one and not divinely
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Abu Bakr or Ali ibn Abi Talib? The chasm between Sunnis and Shiites is deeply etched in the earliest histories of Islam. Muhammad‚ during his life time as a prophet spread word of Islam and Allah which united several tribes in the Islam world. Following Muhammad’s death there was heavy controversy on who would be named the prophets successor. The Sunnis‚ believed Abu Bakr‚ a friend of Muhammad should be the successor whereas the Shi’ites wanted Ali‚ Muhammad’s son-in-law and cousin. Doctrine from
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ABU GHRAIB - A Coverage Comparison & Analysis CNN (Western Media) vs. al Jazeera On Wednesday‚ April 28‚ 2004‚ a series of pictures broadcast on CBV “60 Minutes II” prompted an worldwide media frenzy that challenged America’s so-called moral superiority‚ complicated the fight against terror in the Middle East‚ crippled U.S. relations with the international community and elicited public demands for high-level accountability. The physical‚ psychological and sexual abuse‚ including torture‚ rape
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Asmaa bint Abu Bakr belonged to a distinguished Muslim family. Her father‚ Abu Bakr‚ was a close friend of the Prophet and the first Khalifah after his death. Her halfsister‚ Aishah‚ was a wife of the Prophet and one of the Ummahat al-Mumineen. Her husband‚ Zubayr ibn al-Awwam‚ was one of the special personal aides of the Prophet. Her son‚ Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr‚ became well known for his incorruptibility and his unswerving devotion to Truth. Asma a herself was one of the first persons to accept
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How does ‘Lyndiee England at Abu Ghraib’ help us to understand why good people to bad things? Lyndiee‚ before being posted in Iraq‚ was an innocent soldier or a ‘good person’. However‚ when she tortured the prisoners in Abu Ghraib to the extent the actions were deemed to be an example of dehumanisation‚ she was labelled a bad person by society. When I watched the video I became aware that she was still a good person but she had just done bad things because of the situation she was in and
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Aisha Bint Abu Bakr has a noteworthy role in adjusting the Muslim Ummah. Her contrabutions shape the path of islam of both a political and faith level. Through her large contribution to the Haddith Aisha Bint Abu Bakr changes the life of Islamic followers by guiding them to be more like Muhammad and in turn a line their submission to the will of Allah. Aisha substantial contribution to the Haddith creates redirections to Islam. After Muhammad death in 623ce (Mathew S. Gordon‚ 2002
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case was during the era of Saddam Hussein at Abu Ghraib‚ a U.S. military prison located right outside of Baghdad. There have been studies conducted and experiments performed in the attempt of a better understanding of the despicable actions of our fellow citizens. The Stanford Prison Experiment‚ conducted by Phillip G. Zimbardo‚ is one similar to the Abu Ghraib case. While it was merely a mock experiment‚ the results closely parallel to those in the Abu Ghraib prison. Each individual person
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Mumia Abu Jamal In Mumia’s conviction there wasn’t any fair consideration for him as a person. So in a way you can not really consider it an actual trial. For it to have been called a “trial” there would have had to been more justice involved in the process‚ the court was completely unfair towards Mumia. Trumping charges and fabricating lies so that he would land in jail. Mumia Abu Jamal was born in Philadelphia on April 24‚1954. In his youth he was involved in Black Nationalism‚ an organization
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El e c t r on i c Ha llw a y ® Case Teaching Resources FROM THE EVANS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS T he Box 353060 · University of Washington · Seattle WA 98195 -3060 www.hallway.org DONALD RUMSFELD AND PRISONER ABUSE AT ABU GHRAIB Facing the Senate Armed Services Committees on May 7‚ 2004‚ Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld responded to the question of whether he would resign over the recently exposed prisoner abuse allegations in Iraq: “Needless to say‚ if I felt I could not be
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The Abu Ghraib prison scandal shocked the whole nation into disbelief that our United State’s army can do such a thing. In Marianne Szegedy-Maszak’s‚ The Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal: Sources of Sadism‚ explains the rough conditions and new situations these young soldiers were faced. The Abu Graib prison shared many traits needed to make our everyday human beings in to a torturer. But‚ what would it take for me and you to act out such a horrific ordeal? Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram created an
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