Being a Muslim in America By Jeffrey Sheler and Michael Betzold In the article Muslim in America authors Jeffrey Sheler and Michael Betzold describe the hardships of being a Muslim in modern American society‚ they also give us in depth look at the normality of these American citizens and how they do not differ from any other ethnic group‚ how they yearn for acceptance‚ and how they’re adapting to American life. "Muslims feel very much at home in Middle America"(655). As a Muslim who has
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Muslim women in interfaith relationships By Muneebah Dawson 2nd year UCT Social Science degree Student Introduction We are living in a world where religious peace talks are prominent. The walls of gender inequality are encouraged to be broken down. Tradition and culture is evolving. However; in the Muslim community I still find that women are struggling to find gender equality. Women are frowned upon when they enter into interfaith marriages. Love does not ask what religion you belong to. Following
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A Muslim Critique of Fukuyama and Huntington By Ibn Yasin Introduction Both Fukuyama’s hypothesis of the ‘End of History’ and Huntington’s hypothesis of the ‘Clash of Civilisations’ is discussed below in relation to their lack of usefulness in understanding the aspirations of Muslims in the modern world. The End of History In his hypothesis to prove that the only system that will survive into the future is Western liberalism‚ Fukuyama dismisses Islam and Muslims by looking at the global Islamic
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necessary to cover one self to be a good Muslim. There is no one image of an Arabic woman but whether or not there is a scarf on her head‚ Islamic woman feel the same pressure as women of every culture. Unfortunately in many places‚ these women don’t have a say or have a chance to rebel against these pressures and laws as they could be punished. These pressures come from their religion and their society; from their peers and their culture. Growing up in a Muslim home‚ I understand what Islamic women
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“After Killings in France‚ Muslims Fear a Culture of Diversity Is at Risk” This article “After Killings in France‚ Muslims Fear a Culture of Diversity Is at Risk” by Scott Sayare published on March 28th 2012 discusses the risk of the vanishing of a culture of diversity between Muslims and others in a city in southern France called Toulouse. This risk occurs‚ because a young Muslim man murdered four children in a Jewish school in that city. This relates to our discipline from last week‚ which
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Muslim Press during the War of Independence of 1857 and Aftermath This disintegration of Mughal Empire started after the demise of the emperor aourangzeb‚ to which several causes are ascribed which are at present out of out study. Form journalistic point of viuew ‚ we should have a glance to the independence war of 1857and its effects. The struggle for the feerdom of the county began long before 1875. Including the infidelity of the Hindus and infidelity of other sections of the native inhabitants
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The American Muslim Woman In the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks on the city of New York and its Twin Towers‚ the existence of Muslims in the United States has increasingly increased apprehensions among the American people. Muslims are lumped together and the American perceptions are based more on stereotyping than actual empirical research‚ according to Esposito‚ “All too often the coverage of Islam and the Muslim world conclude there is a monolithic Islam
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demand separate electorates. Same was the case with the Indian Muslims. They were very large in number‚ but in case of combined elections they would not get due representation. When the British implemented the system of democracy in India in order to strength their rule‚ and to involve local people in government‚ the Muslims demanded separate electorates .These were not imposed by British‚ however were granted on the request of the Muslims. As all nations in Europe were Christians and there was no
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Couple of the Muslim Faith Lillian Reaves I had a pleasure of experiencing a unique interview with a couple. The interview was extremely rewarding‚ challenging and educational. In my interview‚ I encountered a couple in their mid-30s that had been dating for approximately four years. Dina and Rahim are the couple that I interviewed. Through this interview‚ I expanded my understanding on the cultural factors that have helped them shape their identity. The couple is of the Muslim faith and traced
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Challenges Facing Islam and the Muslim Ummah Columnist Col (Retd) GHULAM SARWAR discusses the difficulties facing Muslims in today’s world It is a fact‚ universally acknowledged that current world crises have assumed alarming proportions‚ leaving everybody in a state of utter awe and fear. The US and its trusted ally‚ Britain‚ are seen hell-bent on ensuring world domination through means fair or foul. Yesterday‚ Sudan and Afghanistan were brutally targeted. Today it is Iraq‚ which is the victim of
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