Sydney Bennett 12.18.12 World Religions Matt Religion Wrap Up Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam are all very different and very similar to each other. Hinduism‚ there is either one God‚ just one God‚ or no God. It depends on the person and what they believe. Hinduism isn’t a religion; it’s more of a practice‚ trying to find yourself and who you are as a person. They do
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Religion in the Philippines Main Religions in the Philippines Roman Catholic 80.9%‚ Muslim 5%‚ Evangelical 2.8%‚ Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%‚ Aglipayan 2%‚ other Christian 4.5%‚ other 1.8%‚ unspecified 0.6%‚ none 0.1% (2000 census) The Philippines is a predominantly Christian nation on account of 300 years of Spanish rule. It is estimated that 81% of the population is Roman Catholic. In the south on the large island of Mindanao‚ many are adherents of Islam. Filipino Muslims make up about five
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Religion The variety and number of religious organizations and beliefs around the world is so large that sociologists have a difficult time arriving at a single definition of religion. In Western societies‚ people usually identify religion with Christianity: the belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God who promises salvation through faith and life after death. Yet religion as a global phenomenon presents a much more complex picture‚ because most of the world’s religions lack the core concepts of
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Islam in the World Today Patrick Mallin DeVry University Islam has a major influence within society and not just within the Middle East but all over the world. Depending on what part of the world is looked at‚ the teachings of Islam are altered slightly just like anything else maybe in different countries. The issue that arises is the thought that Islam has one belief that has been shining in the wrong light‚ and it is
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the position of women in pre-Islamic societies. It then focuses on some major questions: what does Islam teach regarding the position of women in society? How does this stance differ from‚or resemble‚ the position of women in the era in which Islam was revealed? Finally‚ how does this compare with the rights gained by women in recent decades? II HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES In order to assess if Islam made any notable contribution to the restoration of woman’s rights‚ it may be helpful to briefly review
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The topic of today’s day is - ‘The Women’s Rights in Islam - Modernising or Outdated?’ According to the Oxford dictionary‚ ‘Women’s Rights are the rights‚ that promote a position of social and legal equality‚ of women to men’ According to the Oxford dictionary‚ ‘they are the rights‚ claimed for the women‚ equal to those of men‚ as regards to suffrage that right to vote‚ as regards to property‚ etc’. ‘Modernising’‚ according to the Oxford dictionary means‚ ‘to make modern‚ to adapt to modern
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to women like Islam and although the West claims that it is promoting women’s freedom‚it is indeed a kind of slavery rather than freedom .In this regard the French Encyclopedia says:Women’s physiology is like that of children’s .that’s is why they are so sensitive and easily affected by joy‚distress ‚and fear and as her mind is subconsciously affected by such feelings‚she becomes unstable.Imagine ‚this is the ideology of French government which considers itself as civilised. Islam came and specified
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Examine the regulations concerning marriage and divorce in Islam (30 Marks) Marriage is also known as “Nikah” in the Arabic Language and is overly encouraged in the Islamic faith by the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and Allah Almighty. To prevent indecent acts such as pre-martial intercourse that could possibly result in unwanted consequences like illegitimate birth‚ the idea of marriage is considered a duty upon all Muslims. From an Islamic perspective‚ it is a sin to force any individual
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Square in London. Channel 4 announced last week that it would broadcast one out of five "calls for prayer" during the month-long fasting period. The channel called it a deliberately "provocative" act that would‚ it hoped‚ challenge prejudices that link Islam to extremism. It is not just Ramadan that has received a PR boost in recent times but fasting itself. In the early days of fasting – at school and then at university – I was often warned by well-wishers of the danger I might be putting my body under
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Islam and Drugs O You who believe! Intoxicants and gambling‚ (dedication of) stones and (divination by) arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handiwork. Avoid (such abominations) that you may prosper. (5:90) Today’s youth has been taken on the toll of increased drug-usage‚ and this includes the young Muslims too. More Muslim youth is caught up in drugs than we wish to know. Drug use among Muslims is a creeping enemy that involves the abuse of substances ranging from the inhaling of household
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