Islamic Fundamentalism: Myth and Reality Confronted? Dr Zaniah Marshallsay School of International Studies University of South Australia Refereed paper presented to the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference University of Adelaide 29 September – 1 October 2004 Zaniah Marshallsay: Islamic Fundamentalism Introduction Language is power‚ and terms consistently used take on a reality that truth belies. Thus with the term Islamic fundamentalism‚ which has been bandied about
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thoughtful ideas and bound us in the boundaries of ethics. Islamic Education is one of the best systems of education‚ which makes an ethical groomed person with all the qualities‚ which he/she should have as a human being. The Western world has created the wrong image of Islam in the world. They don’t know that our teachings are directly given to us from Allah‚ who is the creator of this world‚ through our Prophets. The students of an islamic school are well groomed‚ ethical‚ educated and best citizens
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Judeo-Christian line adhering to the same prophets • Two major branches with several sub-sects each • • • • Islamic Populations • With 1.6 Billion people‚ Islam is the worlds 2nd largest religion • Sizeable minorities in almost every country around the world History of Islam • Islam founded by Prophet Muhammad in 610 C.E. • Rapid growth through the Umayyad Caliphate 750 C.E. Islamic Schism With Muhammad’s death in 632 C.E. a dispute between his followers occurred. Most followed his Father
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these characteristics come together. The Islamic discourse is therefore the most genuine and truthful expression and translations of the characteristics of the Islamic society‚ and the civilizational identity of the Islamic world. A discourse cannot be Islamic unless it reflected the Islamic Ummah’s identity‚ defended its interests upheld its causes and mirrored its thought. The discourse must be genuine‚ truthful‚ honest‚ serving first and foremost the Islamic interests‚ moderate‚ fair‚ equitable
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Women in Islam Islamic Project ISL-100 Presented to: Presented by: Introduction Islam‚ as a religion‚ attaches great value and respect to women. The study of women in Islam reveals that there has been more than one occasion in the history of Islam where women have been given respect and the Muslim believers have been advised to respect women. It must be realized that Islam emerged from the time when there was widespread illiteracy and negligence in the case of women throughout. The birth
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Neo-Babylonians‚ and Persians are considered to be amongst the first successful civilizations of first millennium B.C. It can be argued that each civilization was better than the others in terms of treatment of common people‚ but that’s a issue for another essay. What we want to know right now is‚ why? What made their model of civilization more effective than that of previous empires? According to Western Civilization Beyond Borders the answer can be attributed to the fact that these three empires
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Farooq Associate Professor of Economics and Finance Upper Iowa University June 2006 [Draft; Feedback welcome] [pic]The Readers are highly encouraged to read another of my essays "Islamic Law and the Use and Abuse of Hadith" before this one to better follow and appreciate this essay. NOTE for fellow Muslims: Because this topic involves what is haram (prohibited) and halal (permissible) in Islam‚ every Muslim MUST do
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Islamic Economics Institution Of Bait-ul-Maal By Muhammad Adeel Mian Sajjad Naqwi Sec-H Presented to: Miss Tahseen Lahore School of Economics BAIT-UL-MAAL Introduction The bait-ul-maal is a unique institute which was established for the economic prosperity of the people. As we all know in the Islamic system of life sovereignty belongs to Allah and man is His vicegerent on earth. Similarly the same concept applies to Bait-ul-maal‚ where Allah is sole master of this treasury while the
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The navigational innovations during the Islamic Golden Age were not only the effect of the many scientific innovations of that time‚ but the increased connectivity among different societies allowed technology to advance even further. Whether it was improved maps or the widespread use of the compass‚ this time fostered many crucial inventions in navigational history. Additionally‚ many important historical navigators came from this time. One of these men was Piri Reis‚ the author of the Kitab-i-Bahriye
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‘Muslims and Science’ by Pervaiz Hoodhbhoy. Then I will provide the characteristics that allowed Western civilization to outpace Muslim civilization in the development of science. In the introduction of his book ‘Muslims and Science’‚ Hoodhbhoy (1991: 1) raises an important and most pertinent question which he also reverts back to in later chapters and which is central to his book that‚ is the Islamic faith in harmony with the science of the natural world or is there a necessary conflict between science
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