For youths and college students, a poll showed that 76% of young Arab Americans of traditional college age, 18 to 29 years, have experienced personal discrimination (cited in Shammas, 2009). Abu El-Haj (2007) reports that several Muslim veiled female students were harassed in their neighborhood school, being told by their teachers that they "look like a disgrace in that thing," while some were threatened with disciplinary sanctions if they did not remove their scarves (cited in Bonet, 2011). ... According to all the holy books of all the main religions of today's world, killing ...

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Because we are looking at an issue that is affected by religion, the Bible is quoted as well as the Koran, as they are the books of laws in each religion. ... Jamal Badawi was researched (some quotes from the Koran have been taken from his essay, but were cited as the Koran, as the book was also looked at for further reading). ... As a result, because of the different positions that the holy books hold, it can never be resolved....

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History books indicate that one night in the year 610, the first of many revelations came to Muhammad from God by way of the angel Gabriel (www.sharif.org.uk/ch8hamid). ... Works Cited Http://muslim-canada.org/islam_christianity.html Http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/christiantheology-philosophy/ Http://www.born-again-christian.info/ex.muslim.convert.htm Http://www.islam101.com/tauheed/index.htm Http://www.sharif.org.uk/ch8hamid.htm Http://www.sharif.org.uk/paulianity.htm ...

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Religion and War What can cause war but also have people seek peace? What can give support to nations leaders but also have them question their ethics? What can provide strength to soldiers and assure them protection? Religion. Religion has played a large roll within soldiers, helping lead...

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This collection is highly appreciated along with four other collections Sunan of Tirmidhi, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and Abu Da'ud which together make up the six books al-kutub al-sitta. ... Millions of Muslims cite the Qur'an five times every day because they believe you should submit yourself to God. ... Muslims base all their knowledge, science, work habits, indulgence, marriage, anything and everything having to do with their everyday lives on these two books. ... These seven core beliefs are the belief in God, belief in angels, belief in the revealed Books of God, belief in God&#...

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Two major themes emerge from the study of these brilliant books and the lives of the women they feature: controversial events in the lives of each woman created a sharp divide among the members of each faith tradition; and their alleged adulterous backgrounds originated from and were crystallized by fearful male-dominated hierarchical societies. ...

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Akbar the Great was born on October 15, 1542, in Umarkot in Sindh. He was proclaimed emperor in 1556 under the tutelage of his father's (Humayun) trusted military commander, Bairam Khan. By 1560, Akbar took the complete reign of the empire into his own hands. Akbar's was an apotheosis of rule in the Indo-Pak subcontinent. The British who came few decades later found Akbar's system of administration as their precursor. ...

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