All these lack of support and Muhammad's own emergent qualities as a leader, are the most probably cause of the modest role that Muhammad has achieved as the leader of the Muslim community during the Meccan Period. ... As affirmed by Denny in his book An Introduction to Islam: "Muhammad transformed the little Muslim movement into an incipient world religion" (pg.81). ... These are all apparent evidences of Muhammad's flourishing role as a leader of the Muslim community. ... Muhammad also developed into a great military leader particularly in Battle of Badr and Trench (Denny, 83...

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The author seems to suggest that since slavery was accepted by Muslim leaders specifically in the thirteenth century during the reign of the Abbasid Empire, that the mindset of most Muslim leaders and scholars today are still oriented to women as second class citizens, servants or slaves. ... Here Leila Ahmed's believed that through the first expansion or first wave of Arabs into India, Muslims had adopted the patriarchal status of men through contact with different cultures and religions in their movement and not the Qur'an. ... This may be true, for it is highly unlikely for one in...

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Therefore these masses can be easily influenced by propaganda based on religion, and have proved to be successfully employed to stand up in opposition to and curtail any movement which has hoped to change the present Islamic teachings. ... Pakistan since it came into being on August 14th 1947, has witnessed a number of leaders. Civilian and military leaders in the past have attempted to reduce the influence of religion in politics. Ayub Khan and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto were two such leaders. An army general who led a coup d"etat against the leader of the nation Iskander Mirza, Ayub Khan was the ...

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In the 1950s the movement for independence began in Libya. ... When governments could not relive the pressure on housing and food shortages, many people turned to a strict practice of Islam or some other type of radical political movement in an effort to seek relief. ... Then military leaders took control of Algeria and banned the Islamic movement and arrested many of its members. ... Leaders of Africa decided that the first step in moving Africa's economy into the world of manufacturing was to teach the millions of workers how to read and write. ... Leaders tried to push the export o...

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As a result, people began to question the authority of the magistrate and what had made them special as religious leaders. ... In the turn of the 19th century, another revival movement spread through the nation. ... Around this time the evangelicals Jerry Falwell and Ed Dobson preached to convince Christians they had a higher calling than to protest in the Civil Rights Movement. In addition to that, the 1960s brought the Vietnam War, student rebellion, the hippie movement, flower children, recreational drugs, and the complete detachment of religion from politics. ... This is just how Martin Lu...

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Shiite Islam originated as a political movement supporting Ali (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam) as the rightful leader of the Islamic State. ... Walid Jumblatt and other Druze leaders took active roles during the Lebanese civil war. ... The first success of the Ismaili movement was the establishment of the Qarmat State in East Arabia. ...

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Gamal Abdel-Nasser's unity movement was having a widespread effect across the Arab world, which caused a wave of threat to Arab governments around the Middle East. ... Different Lebanese leaders from different factions gathered in order to determine the fate of a post-war Lebanon and discuss amendments to the constitution. ... Leaders that ruled in Lebanon: The previous system of government somewhat differs. ... The Ta"if Agreement offered an amnesty to all different leaders to unite a Lebanese position. ...

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At his death in 632, Muhammad was the leader of an Arab state growing rapidly in power. ... The most powerful force remaining in Rome was its bishop, who became the leader of the Western church as waves of invading tribes swept into Europe and as the political power of Constantinople in the west declined. ... The Shiites are the only surviving major sectarian movement in Islam. ...

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In early Islamic history women have been individuals that molded the perspective of being strong models, leaders, and forces in history. ... However, even though women are portrayed as strong individuals and leaders throughout Islamic history it is certainly more contested if they are given the same amount of privileges as men are in the Qur'an itself. ... A scholar interpretation to demonstrate inequality between genders can certainly utilize this verse as an argument in which there is limited women's autonomy, freedom of movement and access to economic opportunities and independenc...

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Wahhabism originated long before the existence of the modern day state "Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia".5 Originating from the Saudi Arabian heartland, Wahhabism is named after an eighteenth century preacher by the name of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703–1792).6 Wahab initiated a movement in the remote desert region of Najd, advocating the cleansing of the faith specifically new innovations that stray away from the teachings of Prophet Muhammad(pbuh).7 Wahab formed a pact with local tribal leader Muhammad bin Saud who's decedents would later come to be the royal family of m...

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For instance, Confucian teaches that good government is important and leaders should not be chosen because of relationships but on the basis of characteristics of ability and virtue and that the purpose of government should be for the happiness and total welfare of the people. ... My interest has been peaked to the point where I plan to study more about Islam, specifically the Islam movement in the United States. ... Lastly, I believe that in today's society there is so much negatively surrounding religion, religious organizations, and religious leaders that it is understanda...

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In an interview between Graehm and former leader of Al Muhajiroun, Anjem Chaudary, who has been known to vehemently defend the Islamic State, Chaudary stated that, before the caliphate, "maybe 85 percent of the Sharia was absent from our lives. ...

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In political terms, secularism is a movement towards the separation of religion and government (often termed the separation of church and state). ... However instead of strikes being are associated with intimidation, coercion and infringement on other people's freedom of movement, and as long as hartals inflict severe costs on the nation as a whole, attempts to justify hartals by invoking principles of "freedom" do not come across as convincing or credible. ...

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He was a fan of Turkey and followed in the steps of Turkish leader Ataturk; with softening rules on women in the society. ... Although Bourguiba forbade women's rights movement which should be noted. ...

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Thesis: The prior terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon, have many Americans searching to understand the source of such intense hatred. Extremist-suicide bombers committed a heinous act "unparallel, in recent history. Immediately, America must gain insight as to how terrorist groups can be minimized and at best nullified. In fact, if this is accomplished; national security will be restored and the free "democratic society will succeed, living each day in absence of fearing terrorism. As Defense establishments are concerned; the U.S. has proved to be the gr...

• Word Count: 4300
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