I chose to research the Muslim religion for my site visit. If you do not know what to expect when visiting a mosque‚ it can be a pretty nerve-wracking experience for any non-Muslim. I attended Catholic private schools my whole life and was raised as a Catholic and still am. Most religions have a house of prayer; Jews have synagogues‚ Buddhists/Hindus have temples and Catholic and Christians have churches and cathedrals. Muslims have mosques; each religious center has their own different rules‚ rituals
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The Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood The Muslim Brotherhood is the largest Islamist organization in Egypt. It was founded in the 1920s by Hassan Al-Banna. The movement was a model of political activism combined with Islamic charity work. At first‚ it only aimed to spread Islamic morals‚ but soon became involved in politics. While the Muslim Brotherhood claims that it supports democratic principles‚ it aims to create a state ruled by Al Shariaa. Al Shariaa is the Islamic law stated in the Quran.
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Ali Jinnah: Leader of Muslim League Jinnah was a Muslim‚ lawyer‚ statesman and more importantly the founder of Pakistan. He was born in 1876 and is known as Quaid-e-Azam. Jinnah ac- quired his education from Sindh Madrasa and went to Karachi’s Mission School. He went to England to pur- sue law studies and was included in the bar in 1896. He initiated his political career in 1906 by becoming a member of the All India National Congress and devel- oped relations with Muslim Leaders. In 1913 he joined
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Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural Relativism and Its Others Author(s): Lila Abu-Lughod Reviewed work(s): Source: American Anthropologist‚ New Series‚ Vol. 104‚ No. 3 (Sep.‚ 2002)‚ pp. 783-790 Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the American Anthropological Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3567256 . Accessed: 18/01/2012 15:55 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at
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The position of Muslims in the Netherlands FACTS AND FIGURES 2010 COLOPHON Publication by FORUM – Institute for Multicultural Affairs Postbus 201‚ 3500 AE Utrecht‚ Netherlands www.forum.nl www.foruminternational.org © 2010 FORUM‚ Institute for Multicultural Affairs 2010 3 PREFACE For some years‚ the position of Muslims in the Netherlands has been subject of fierce debate in the Netherlands. The nature and size of this debate also finds a response across the border‚ something
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We The Muslims BY [pic] Synopsis “Status of the Muslim community today‚ i.e in the post Independent India” is the main concern of this book. For the last many decades‚ it has been the burning issue in India as to whether the Muslim Community has gone down much below the poverty line ? and whether on Social‚ political‚ educational and economic fronts‚ they are lagging behind form the rest of the communities living in India. The Govt. of India too‚ being concerned
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Muslim culture has many different cultural groups. Each culture has different traditions and customs. There are Asian‚ African‚ European‚ and American Muslims. There are over 2 billion Muslims all over the world. A Muslim should not be judged by what they believe in‚ if it’s different from other’s beliefs. People are created in the sight of Allah. They should also not be judged by what they choose to be or wear. Muslims are required to pray five times a day. Some even keep prayer mats in their cars
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The Muslim war on Christianity… From the universal perspective of the history of civilizations‚ Europe displays a remarkable disparity in regard to the mutual cultural influences of the Muslim and the Christian world. The influence of European thinking on the Muslim world dates back to the beginning of the 19th century while Muslim civilization had made its profound impact on European-Christian culture -- on its long way to the development of science and technology -- already a millennium ago
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attack since 9/11 according to CNN news. Omar Mateen carried an assault rifle and a pistol into the packed Pulse club about 2 a.m. Sunday and started shooting‚ killing 49 people and wounding at least 53‚ officials said in CNN news. U.S. President Barack Obama called the tragedy “an act of terror and an act of hate.” Many people would consider that the tragedy was done by a Muslim and many others believe that it was a hate crime. Mateen had something opposed to gay people. I personally do not blame
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Terrorism is not a Muslim Monopoly Kamlesh Kumar Singh Research Scholar Deptt. of Sociology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 Email-kamleshsingh206@gmail.com M.N. - 09369240262‚ 09026399178 Abstract “All Muslims may not be terrorists‚ but all terrorists are Muslims”. This comment‚ frequently heard after the Mumbai bomb blasts implies that terrorism is a Muslim specialty‚ if not a monopoly. The facts are very different. First there is nothing new about terrorism. The term
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