Michelle Irizarry An angel is a supernatural being or spirit found in various religions and mythologies. Angels depicted as benevolent celestial beings that act as intermediaries between Heaven and Earth are often found in Zoroastrianism and Abrahamic religions. In Latin and Judaism angels are known as the messenger of God. Also known as‚ the holy ones or the upper ones. Angels have different roles that benefit others. Their roles include protecting and guiding human beings. They are also in charge
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DIIS · Religion and Violence Edited by Manni Crone and Mona Kanwal Sheikh ShEhRyaR FazlI Sectarianism and Conflict: The View from Pakistan June 2012 Pakistan’s tribal belt that borders Afghanistan is widely believed to be the epicentre of militancy in Pakistan‚ its immediate neighbourhood‚ and even beyond. The largely Pashtun Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is frequently identified as the source of any major terrorist plot in Pakistan‚ Afghanistan‚ and indeed even Western cities
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Management Development Institute of Singapore in Tashkent Subject: Research methodology for business Research topic: Islamic banking system in Islamic and non-Islamic countries. Course: MSc in banking and finance Content ____________________________________________________________ ___________________________ Executive summary---------------------------------------------------------- 3 Chapter 1: Introduction i. Background -------------------------------------------------------------
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Islam and Peace Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents................................................................2 Faith and Reason ................................................................9 Answer to a Question...................................................21 What is Islam?...................................................................24 1. Iman (Faith) ...............................................................24 2. Islam (Surrender to God) ..........
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“Islam is the greatest unifying force in the world. It is a religion to all humans regardless of color‚ race and language. It is a religion that tolerates other religions and orders its followers to respect and protect all humans.” According to a Hadith of the Holy Prophet all persons belong to Adam and Adam was from soil. The racial discrimination has been strictly prohibited in Islam. In the last sermon from the Mount of Arafat the Holy Prophet had clearly announced that no Arab has any superiority
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Peace and its execution and conservation is a concept embedded within the teachings of both Christianity and Islam. Thus the sacred texts of each tradition‚ namely; the Christian Bible and the Qur’an and Hadith instruct the adherent as to the best way of contributing to peace at a global level. Upon the analysis of the principal teachings of Christianity and Islam pertaining to peace‚ it is the contention of this paper that; the inspiration and desire for peace derives directly from the sacred texts
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Albert Hourani’s‚ A History of the Arab Peoples‚ is an aggressive and effective endeavor to condense fourteen centuries of political‚ social‚ and religious history of individuals who occupied a territory that enveloped Spain‚ North Africa‚ and the Middle East. The book‚ which additionally contains a thirty-page catalog‚ a few maps‚ and tables and arrangements of the Prophet’s relatives‚ caliphs‚ administrations‚ and noticeable families‚ speaks to a critical researcher’s lifetime of research and is
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be presented through its ancient traditions and sacred texts‚ history and historical events and current practices and contemporary events of the religion. The sacred texts of Islam are the Quran‚ which contains the revelations from Allah and the Hadith‚ which outlines the way of the prophet Muhammad. These sacred texts are fundamental to Islam and it is through these texts that Muslims formulate an understanding of peace. This is reflected through the Quranic statement: “O ye who believe! Come
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Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahmeem Dua Before Studying Allahumma infa’nii bimaa ‘allamtanii wa’allimnii maa yanfa’ unii. O Allah! Make useful for me what You taught me and teach me knowledge that will be useful to me. Allahumma inii as’aluka fahmal-nabiyyen wa hifthal mursaleen al-muqarrabeen. O Allah! I ask You for the understanding of the prophets and the memory of the messengers‚ and those nearest to You. Allahumma ijal leesanee ‘amiran bi thikrika wa qalbi bi khashyatika. O Allah! Make my tongue full
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Sectarianism in Pakistan INTRODUCTION The decade of the 1990s witnessed a frightening upsurge in the Shia-Sunni sectarian violence in Pakistan‚ both in terms of scope and intensity. Recently‚ sectarian strife has engulfed even those areas‚ which were previously unaffected‚ largely because of the emergence of organized terrorist groups along sectarian lines. Besides target killings‚ these groups hit even ordinary members of each other’s sects. The problem‚ therefore‚ is no more of an occasional nature
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