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Intimacy can present itself in many different forms. From sensual love-making‚ passionate love for another‚ or simple closeness to another human being‚ intimacy is something humans (hopefully) experience many times throughout their lives. There is not a second thought to how we assign intimacy to different acts or feelings‚ but in the Arab-Islamic world in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries‚ some intimate acts could lead one to severe punishment or even death. Islamic law was (and still is)
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IAW 2015 Mini Essay THE MIRACLE OF SCIENCE IN ISLAM You were once a non-existing being. You were nothing. Then a miracle happened. You were created. From a drop of miracle swimming to another miracle‚ a miracle was formed. You were once unable to see‚ unable to touch‚ unable to speak the voice of your heart. Slowly you turned into a clot of blood‚ regenerating into bones‚ coated again with blood and flesh‚ growing cells upon cells‚ turning yourself into a tiny creature that dwells in that tiny
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Aladdin and Women in Islam Christiane Staninger may not be as opposed to the idea that Jasmine’s character in Aladdin is similar to the Islamic woman’s real life as other critics are. Critics voiced that Disney produced a film that supported the stereotypical views of the Middle East. Western culture believes that women in Saudi Arabia are mistreated by their husbands and seen as inferior. The focus of this article (Disney’s Magic Carpet Ride: Aladdin and the Women in Islam by Christiane Staninger)
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self-contradictory. Religions contradict each other; therefore‚ they cannot all be true. Mormonism teaches that there are many gods in existence‚ and that you can become a god. Christianity teaches that there is only one God‚ and you cannot become a god. Islam teaches that Jesus is
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Islam EDITED BY John Alden Williams GEORGE BRAZILLER NEW YORK 1962 [c. 1961‚ not renewed] CHAPTER TWO The Ḥadīth: The News of God ’s Messenger Next to the Qur’ān itself‚ the most important Islamic textual material is the Ḥadīth: the body of transmitted actions and sayings of the Prophet and his Companions. Professor Wilfred C. Smith has made a most perceptive analogy: the Qur’ān is in Islam what Christ is in Christianity‚ and Muhammad stands in relation to it as the Twelve Apostles
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Admonition on pornography from Quran and Hadith Islam on Pornography: A Definite No Such pictures‚ rather than curb or fulfill the desire‚ are designed to increase it inducing one to further prohibited acts and finally Zina (adultery or fornication). This is corroborated by the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) appearing in both Al-Bukhari and Muslim explaining the different categories of adultery: ’Lustful glances constitute Zina of the eyes. Listening (to flirtations
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The religion of Islam has risen up and spread throughout the world to become one of the world’s three largest religions. Islam originated in the desert of present day Saudi Arabia amongst the Arabs. The Arabs were a Semitic-speaking people. They were also a polytheistic society that worshipped an enormous number of gods and goddesses. There was almost one for every day of the year. The entire way of life that the Arabs knew was about to change with the birth of the prophet Muhammad. This man
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The Sociopolitical Effects of Islam in Britain‚ France‚ and Germany | Alexandrea C. Standridge | | Columbus State University | Abstract This paper will discuss the history and assimilation of the immigration of Muslims into Britain‚ France‚ and Germany‚ including when and why they arrived and how it has affected the pre-existing cultures in those nations. This paper will also discuss the predicted changes in the world caused by this immigration‚ and push towards a multicultural‚ global
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REVIEW-No16 final 6/15/05 10:40 AM Page 51 A Brief History of Money in Islam and Estimating the Value of Dirham and DÏn¥r M. Zarra Nezhad Abstract: Before the appearance of Islam‚ dÏn¥r and dirham were the currencies in use in the Byzantine and Iran empires‚ respectively. Both currencies were in use in preIslamic Arabia and continued to be so in the Islamic state. In 74 AH the Islamic dÏn¥r and dirham were minted. Estimating their value is a matter of considerable importance to those
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