The Only Two Holidays for Muslims “You had two days for celebrating joy before Islam‚ and glorious Allah has replaced them for you by which is better‚ Eid Al-Adha and Eid Al-Fitr‚” prophet Mohammed said‚ after he asked the people of Madeenah why were they celebrating two special days before Islam. From his words‚ we know that they are the only holidays for Muslims‚ and how much important are they. Eid means a festival and a holiday in Arabic language. Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha are two religious
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East is East We’ve been looking at East is East; it’s a film about a Muslim family (although the mother is English) living in Manchester. The Khan family are an untypical of a Muslim family because Ella‚ the mother‚ I white and an atheist. George the father tries to arrange marriages for his three sons but they rebel against his strict Muslim upbringing preferring Ella’s non-religious way of life. George is the boss in their relationship; he makes all their decisions. He controls the family
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FWIS 104 Christian and Muslim Religious Tolerance It is ironic that while they are based on similar scriptures‚ and therefore similar ideologies‚ Christianity and Islam have had divergent attitudes towards the acceptance of religious minorities. By its nature‚ the Christian faith antagonizes other religions‚ including Judaism and Islam‚ because‚ according to Christian scripture‚ a lack of belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ results in damnation. The Muslim faith‚ however‚ has a much more tolerant
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A speech about Muslim Beliefs Good morning‚ I’m here to talk to you today about Muslim beliefs. I will explain to you what Muslims believe in and describe how different and similar it is to Christianity. Firstly‚ our beliefs. We Muslims believe that there is one God (Allah). Islam teaches that there is only one God. He has no family or partners. He is the only one who people should worship. Several times a day I say “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger) this is known as the
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The decline of the British Empire. “The sun never sets on the British Empire” this statement was true for many decades‚ the Empire was ¼ of the world. But why and how did it fall and what were the reasons for decolonization? This I will try to answer in this short essay. The main reasons of the decline was economics and nationalism (including resentment from the rest of the world towards the empire). I have decided to concentrate on post world war events even though you may say the decline already
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Muslim Women‚ Gandhi and Secularism Secularism is a difficult word to define. It is often used simply as the opposition of religion; it is a view of life‚ as the Webster’s New World Dictionary puts it‚ “based on the premise that religion and religious considerations‚ as of God and a future life‚ should be ignored or excluded” (Agnes 580). Harvey Cox a Research Professor of Divinity at Harvard uses the word: “Secularism…is the name for an ideology‚ a new closed world-view which functions very much
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The Roman empire and the Han empire collapsed for similar reasons as well as some different reasons. Firstly‚ both Rome and China’s governments became an ineffective way to control an empire. Secondly‚ nomadic tribes invaded both Rome and China. These tribes broke into their respective empires and laid waste to the land. Yet differences exist between the collapse of the two empires. A large part of the collapse of Rome was due to inflation. The Han empire was not as affected by inflation as the Roman
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world’s history there were numerous empires which each grew differently. Even though no two were exactly alike some shared incredible similarities. Two of these empires -- The Roman Empire in Europe‚ and the Gupta Empire in India -- were very similar in the way that they developed even though they were separate from one another. They had a similar basis for their economies which allowed them to thrive‚ and shared many aspects to their social structures. But the two empires differed slightly in their political
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Document-based Question: American and Muslim Slaveries Slavery is as old as the world ’s first civilizations. Two important slave movements were the one across the Sahara Desert and another along the East African coasts of the Indian Ocean‚ both of which terminated in slave markets in the Muslim world. The subject of slavery is viewed in contrast by different parts of the world. Narrowing to the topic of slavery in the Americas and the Muslim states‚ it is apparent that the two regions contain
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“Being a Muslim woman in America isn ’t only about wrestling with stereotypes. American diversity and civil liberties have led to a new version of Islam. Young Muslims born in America have brought together the best of what American and Islamic cultures have to offer. This fresh and vibrant American Islam offers new perspectives that have been colored by the American experience -- something immigrant Muslims may not have necessarily indulged in.” “The Muslim-American experience is more
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