The Four Khalifas Noor Hassawi‚ Yousef Bseiso‚ Noureldin Mohammed‚ Samer Farah‚ Tarick Ali‚ Jenan Abdullah Ms Shala Abu Bakr Description & Biography As a young man‚ Abu Bakr became a merchant and he traveled extensively in Arabia and neighboring lands in the Middle East‚ through which he gained both wealth and experience. He eventually came to be recognized as the chief of his clan. On his return from a business trip to Yemen‚ he was informed that in his absence Muhammad had openly declared
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THE SHADE OF SWORDS Jihad and the conflict between Islam and Christianity M.J. Akbar Book Review By Mehr Islam (BSMS5) Introduction Jihad is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic‚ the word Jihad means "struggle". Within the context of the classical Islam it refers to struggle against those who do not believe in the Islamic God. However‚ the word has even wider implications. Jihad means "to struggle in the way of Allah". The "greater jihad" is the inner struggle by a believer
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1. What does the word Islam mean? In Arabic‚ the word “Islam” means submission or surrender‚ it is derived from the root word “salam” in which you can also derive the root words peace and safety. 2. What is Zamzam? The name of the holy well located in Mecca believed to be revealed when Abraham’s infant son Ishmael kicked the ground desperate for water. Millions of Muslims today drink from the well while performing their pilgrimage to Mecca 3.
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“You will not be punished for your anger‚ you will be punished by your anger.”(Siddhartha Gautama/Buddha).For years a religion has been split in two‚ cradling much contempt and malice in-between. A conflict that has existed for fifteen centuries‚ exists still today. From it‚ war and each continue to plague the countries of Iran‚ Iraq‚ and all others in the Middle East. Now‚ however‚ more and more people ask why the conflict persists‚ where it came from‚ and how anyone could benefit from such a religious
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Introduction 1. Abu Solaiman Khalid Ibne Walid Al Makzumi shortly Khalid Bin Walid is one of the famous generals of all times. In the glorious history of Islam in particular‚ he holds a predominant position. Born in the year 583 AD in the Banu Makhzum branch of the Quraish‚ Khalid grew amidst marked affluence. His gifted character‚ notable family background‚ early military training and the contemporary scenario made him look a leader in the making even in his early age. 2. He eventually became
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LTWR 410 ---August 29‚ 2012 Economically -People relied on trade/barter/the importance of Mecca in bringing people together and disseminating news -Nomadic culture -Slavery -Unbalanced distribution of wealth The Guided Caliphs -The early caliphs survive in Islamic history as guided advocating social justice‚ and treating everybody equally -Early expansion -This brought Arab Muslims in contact with different ethnic groups and peoples including the Berbers of North Africa -Islamic Spain/The
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Ruslan Khamurzov World Civilizations 1 November 30‚ 2005 Post-Classical Europe‚ Muslim World and China. The period following the decline of great classical empires of Asia and Mediterranean is known as the post-classical period (500-1000 CE). This period is famous for the expansion of civilizations to new areas‚ spread of major world religions such as Islam and the decline of the Western world. While Europe was in a period of a decline‚ the Muslim world was on the rise and the Eastern world
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papermaking secrets. Once papermaking was spread throughout the Muslim world‚ books were more available. Books took a great role in contributing to the beginnings of literature and other records. During 813 to 833‚ Caliph al Ma’mun founded a school in Baghdad called the House of Wisdom. Caliph al-Mansur sent an embassy to the Byzantine emperor to request translations of books on mathematics. The Byzantine emperor sent him Euclid’s Elements and other works on physics. Muslim scholars then studied these
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beyond the empire. These crusaders conquered Nicea‚ Edessa‚ Antioch‚ Jerusalem‚ and the Levant. They slaughtered all the people that was in Jerusalem that it took them ten days to finish. This worried many leaders such as the king of Caliph‚ Toghtekin‚ and Mawdoud. The Caliphs were helpless because the real power was possessed by the Seljuks. Mowdoud helped Toghtekin to fight off the Crusaders which they defeated them‚ but Mowdoud was assassinated by a secret organization which Toghtekin betrayed him.
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Jihad- struggle Struggle. The word itself does not sound pleasant and then reading the definition it makes it sound worse than it looks. When you are struggling it is usually at a time in your life when you are having a hard time and obstacles are in your way with other things that are giving you trouble. A lot of times I use the word struggle to explain how I got something done. I would probably say something like‚ “ I struggled through my history paper.” When I looked up the definition of
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