The Arabic word Jihad literally means "holy struggle". It is not holy war. War is war. No war can be holy. The blood of humans is holy and sacred. The Quran says unjust killing of one man means the killing of the whole mankind. What is just killing and what is unjust killing. When some body kills a man without any reason or justification it is unjust killing. When the judge gives the capital punishment to this murderer and issues the order of his death‚ it is a just killing. Similarly‚ when
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CHALLENGES OF CHRISTIANITY IN WEST AFRICA (GHANA) Christianity as a religion ‚ a faith or a way of life in recent years has been pretty much tough if I would say . It is indeed difficult to be a good Christian in this age than it ever was . The standards are dropping ‚ deviation from the central core of believe‚ persecutions of Christians here and there ‚ civil wars and a host of others tend to battle
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can also be applied to the concept of abortion. As one can tell by the name of this ethical system‚ Christianity is the main proponent of this system through its direct application of the Great Commandment. The Great Commandment states that one should love God and that one should love his/her neighbor as one loves his/herself. Following the Great Commandment without the applications of Christianity as a whole‚ abortion could be seen as a viable and moral choice. The reasoning for this is that if one
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Throughout the twentieth century and continuing into the twenty-first‚ a leading question arose regarding Islam and its traditions. This question asked whether Islam can be compatible with democracy. Seemed as a simple question‚ such an inquiry requires an in-depth look at the matter at hand. When one asks whether Islam is compatible with democracy‚ one needs to analyze the definition of democracy. According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ democracy is “a form of government in which supreme power is vested
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1. According to the class text the five pillars of Islam are part of the Muslim law called Shari’ah. The five pillars are the fundamentals of the law that consist of "pronouncing the confession of faith‚ performing salaat prayers‚ fasting during the month of Ramadan‚ Zakat (charity) and Hajj (spiritual pilgrimage to Mecca)". One of the five pillars‚ pronouncing the confession of faith‚ states that there is only one true God and that only God deserves to be worshipped. This ideology of one true God
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the two thousand years‚ Christianity has been extended to the African continent in three stages. The first stage which is early Christianity‚ makes Christianity in Africa qualify to be as old as Christianity itself. The second stage involves the Portuguese patronized Christianity in Africa. The third stage of the Christian extension in Africa is marked by circumstances of contemporary modern times. Though the concept of Christianity in Africa is as old as Christianity itself‚ there are very
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characteristic2. Jewish believers‚ however‚ often criticize this notion and although they acknowledge that the human race came under the dominion of sin‚ which would affect their subsequent environment‚ Judaism‚ unlike Christianity denies that man is born into this world in a state of sin3. Judaism affirms that the act of sinning is not part of the human condition but rather represents a conflict between two opposing inclinations (a good and an evil tendency) and that man has the ability to resist
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2 World Religions Report Judaism is the religion that is practiced by the Jewish people and it is one of the oldest religions in the world. Judaism was founded around 1300 BC in Mesopotamia by Abraham and is still followed today by 14 million people and nearly 3.5 billion others follow belief systems directly influenced by Judaism including Christianity‚ Islam and the Bah’ai Faith (religionfacts.com). Judaism is a monotheistic religion meaning that the central religious
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progressive and inspired modern Orthodox Jews ventured to take advantage of the opportunities this country offered. She discusses the way Orthodox Judaism came to be in the U.S.‚ and the way it changed the image of those most often associated with Orthodoxy. However‚ this was by no means solely a physical and external change. The transformation of Orthodox Judaism effectively altered the customary Jewish lifestyle. Joselit describes in depth the approach Rabbis Lookstein and Jung had toward Modern Orthodoxy
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Chapter 11 Study Guide- Islamic Civilization Name: ______________ ___ Period: ______ Test Date: ___________ 11.1- The Rise of Islam- The founding of the Islamic religion in Arabia. Term Definition/Explanation Bedouin Sheikhs Peninsula Caravan The Geography of Arabia Landforms Climate Major Cities Cultures Neighboring Empires The Prophet Muhammad- Use the following organizer to take notes on the life of Muhammad. Birth Career The Revelation Meccan Resistance
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