Islam More Than A Religion Despite its huge following around the world and the growing Muslim communities in the United States‚ Islam is foreign to most Americans who are familiar with Christianity or Judaism. Because most Americans know little or nothing about Islam‚ they have many misconceptions about Muslim beliefs and rituals. The negative image many people in the United States and Europe have of Islam and the Muslim world has a long history. Many have judged Islam without making an effort
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Theodicy and Ethics within Islam Critically analyzing and reflecting upon the concept of Theodicy and Ethics‚ one may interpret these two concepts to have great influence upon the significance of Islam. The functions of these two concepts are to further broaden one ’s understanding of Islam. Both concepts are essential to learning about the Islamic way of life. Moreover‚ in Islam theodicy and ethics serve as the basis of the problem of evil‚ right and wrong‚ the principle of taklif‚ practicing
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Scenario 4 Topic: Exploring the religious and cultural dynamics and understanding of the Islamic Religion in a global geopolitical environment. Islam is a religion with well over 1.5 billion followers and believers worldwide. It is intensely practiced in East and North Africa‚ and largely in the Middle East‚ in central Asia and in Indonesia. Islam means submission under the will of “Allah” or God. It is also deeply means living in peace‚ safety and security. It is more than a religion. It is also
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Hijab and Islam There are so many topics in Islam that fascinate me but the one that always inquires my desire to learn more is the topic of women and Hijab. There are many views with regard to Hijab in Islam from the Muslims themselves. The issue of Hijab can be analyzed from several perspectives. Firstly‚ the Islamic view on Hijab‚ the importance and benefits to society at large and the world view of Hijab and the women wearing Hijab living in the Western hemisphere. However‚ some Muslim women
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Written by Syed Hossein Nasr in January 1965‚ this book of ‘Ideals and Realities of Islam’ comprises of six main chapters. In general‚ the gist of this book is to clear things up regarding Islam. During the particular time the book is wrote‚ many of the Westerners came out with critiques and their own point of view regarding Islam without deeply understanding the religion which then somehow affected the young Muslims to lose their spiritual balance and feel estranged from their own tradition. The
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Muslims are violent‚ terrorists and/or extremists This is the biggest misconception about Islam‚ no doubt resulting from the constant stereotyping and bashing the media gives Islam. When a gunman attacks a mosque in the name of Judaism‚ a Catholic IRA guerrilla sets off a bomb in an urban area‚ or Serbian Orthodox militiamen rape and kill innocent Muslim civilians‚ these acts are not used to stereotype an entire faith. Never are these acts attributed to the religion of the perpetrators. Yet how
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orientation of Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966)‚ an Egyptian civil servant turned political and religious activist‚ inspired by fundamentalist Islam. To gain an understanding of what influenced and formulated Qutb’s ideas it has been necessary to provide some background information relating the history of modern day Egypt and the emergence of reformist and fundamentalist Islam‚ from the 19th century until Qutb’s time. The essay also seeks to give some biographical information in order to provide a fuller picture
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“He that taketh not his cross and followeth after me‚ is not worthy of me” (Pope Urban II‚ 1095). Are these the words the spark that fueled a wave of destruction and unjustly persecuted Islam? Most historians consider the sermon preached by Pope Urban II at Clermont- Ferrand in November 1905 to have begun the wave of military campaigns to wrest the Holy Land from Muslim control. Known as the Crusades‚ these campaigns‚ considered to be divinely sanctioned in the Christian view‚ were led by the desire
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Misconception of gender roles occur in everyday aspect of life and religion is no exception to this case. Especially in the religion of Islam‚ current debates occur over gender roles. Although this monotheistic religion has been around for centuries‚ it wasn’t long ago that it became so prevalent in main stream media; especially since the occurrence of 9/11. As much as this religion is celebrated‚ it is also highly scrutinized for the preconception of the role of man and woman. This is all based
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Islam and democracy are two completely different subjects. As a religion‚ Islam has laws and rules that bind its believers as the Shari’a. Meanwhile‚ democracy is a political system that also has very different rules of the game to Islamic law. But‚ that does not mean the two have no intersection. As a religion rahmatan lil alamin‚ Islam has the goal to provide salvation to all mankind. Accentuate a sense of humanity and put forward a harmonious life. As cited in the surat al-Hujurat:13‚ that man
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