The term ‘Muslim culture’ is used generally to represent many diverse Muslim cultural groups‚ There are more than a billion Muslims all over the world‚ each with their own variation on customs and traditions but they still share a common Muslim culture. (Anon‚ 2015) This culture is rooted in the mutual belief that there is no other God than Allah and that Muhammad is His messenger. Most customs and traditions might be motivated more by culture than by religion. These diverse expressions of similar
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At the outset‚ let me greet you Assalamu Alaikom‚ a Muslim’s way to wish an everlasting peace be upon us all. Eight years ago‚ I asked my father a question that aroused from my curiosity. I said‚ “Amacolay‚ what makes us different from them who you call Christians?” My mother was out there too listening to our conversation and all I’ve got was a stare from both of them. It took some while before they have come up with an answer to give me. Papa then said‚ “That piece of clothing covering your
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The American Muslim Woman In the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks on the city of New York and its Twin Towers‚ the existence of Muslims in the United States has increasingly increased apprehensions among the American people. Muslims are lumped together and the American perceptions are based more on stereotyping than actual empirical research‚ according to Esposito‚ “All too often the coverage of Islam and the Muslim world conclude there is a monolithic Islam
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of Allah. In Islam‚ Allah has encompassed all His commandments and decrees - decrees that will suffice for humankind til the end of the world. The commandments are there not only to guide His creatures to proper belief‚ but also to show them the proper way to live their lives. Islam says that its practices are for benefit of the followers‚ benefit in this world and in the hereafter. The ethical and moral degeneration of the western society and the predominance of suicide‚ drug abuse‚ and crime
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Muslim Attitudes to Marriage In Islam‚ marriage is a partnership. Muslim women accept only Allah as their master‚ and do not therefore consider themselves to be inferior to a husband. It is basic in Muslim society that the man is responsible for the family’s welfare and business outside the home‚ but the woman has virtually absolute rights within it so long as her behaviour does not shame her provider or husband. No institution works well without a clear leader‚ and therefore there should
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IQBAL’ S CONTRIBUTION TO THE REAWAKENING OF THE MUSLIM WORLD Muhammad Aman Hob ohm Some time before his death the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal‚ in whose memory this meeting is held‚ wrote the following quatrain: "When I depart from this world everyone will say: "He was known to me But in truth‚ none knows this traveller‚ Or what he said‚ and to whom nor whence he came." I have neither the good fortune of knowing Iqbal personally nor am 11 an Iqbal scholar. When I was asked
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The life of the Indian Muslim woman is shaped by her dual identity as an Indian and a Muslim. The just and fair tenets of Islam as a religion often do not come to the aid of the Muslim woman‚ posited as she is within the hierarchical Indian tradition and the male dominant Muslim community. The minority status of the Muslim community in India leads to the privileging of community identity over gender identity and basic human dignity is often denied to the woman. The Muslim male orthodoxy rigidly and
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| The Muslim Religion | Marlia J. Kegler | | Hum 130 Religions of the World | Professor John L. Meeks | | Religion has become one of the biggest diverse topics in today’s society. Throughout the last weeks we have taken the journey to learn about different religions and in this paper I will attempt to take you on that journey with me learning about the Muslim religion. The Muslim religion dates all the way back to 570 BC when the prophet Muhammad was said to be born. Muhammad
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The Misunderstood Muslimah For centuries‚ women in Islam have been the victims of wrongful misconceptions for either personal or mutual gain to usually denigrate and slander Muslims and the religion of Islam. Although some do have underlying intention‚ others purely do it out of sheer ignorance‚ as simply because they do not understand something they hastily deem it as wrong or preposterous. These misconceptions usually focus on the woman’s rights of equality and opportunity‚ as well as their
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Muslim culture has many different cultural groups. Each culture has different traditions and customs. There are Asian‚ African‚ European‚ and American Muslims. There are over 2 billion Muslims all over the world. A Muslim should not be judged by what they believe in‚ if it’s different from other’s beliefs. People are created in the sight of Allah. They should also not be judged by what they choose to be or wear. Muslims are required to pray five times a day. Some even keep prayer mats in their cars
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