How does one dispel the myths which have been created and spread so viciously? ... If such a religion is based on the notion of peace, then how is it that so many acts done by its adherents are contrary to peace? ... However, the meaning of Jihad as a "holy war" is something that is not from Islam. By looking into the sources of Islam, one is able to know that the true meaning of jihad is to strive and make effort in the way of Allah. ... The Prophet Muhammad used to prohibit soldiers from killing women and children, and he would tell them, "Do not betray, do not be excessive, do not kill ...

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The treatment of women by the males has always been questioned here, and often people have judged Muslims from the Middle East because of the wars the United States has been involved with against them. ... They claimed that this was jihad or a "holy war". Therefore the media and other citizens tied this "holy war" with all Muslims. ... Another woman told of her experience of how in New York they were yelling for her to go back home, and that she was a terrorist (Stodolsky). ... Even though many of the people discriminating against these Muslim women, and those Middle-Eastern decent in general ...

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Aside from Marty's references to Joseph Smith's revelations, he tells Smith's story as he challenges the facts. ... Joseph Smith may have told and preached his true experiences, yet we will never know, and the fact that his story is so controversial, yet his practice still lives on today, is a highlighting reason to my choice of this person. 2. ... The people in which Whitefield motivated were those of various religious denominations, which goes to prove that he was speaking from a true and emotional-filled standpoint. 3. ...

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This shows responsibility because if the man did not tell the truth, he was responsible for not entering the afterlife. ... In Egypt, it was important that a man be truthful when brought before Osiris, because if they didn't tell the truth, they would be banished from the afterlife. ... In the Christian religion it was pride that caused the downfall of man, Eve thought that God had no right to tell them what they could and could not eat. ... In the early Islamic community, this meant the use of force in the form of jihad, or holy war. ... The Koran, using sources in the older Scriptur...

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Lastly, religion is a belief system that contains myths and rituals that influence supernatural powers and tell us how to behave. ... For example a war causes acculturation which is when another culture is forced upon a culture with them not wanting it. ... This section will discuss how Kurdish fits into the definition of language and how it displays the 5 properties of language, and how it shares a relationship with the people who use it. ... Syntaxing is how the words are ordered. ... The theory that language affects how you see the outside world because you use language to describe the worl...

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Never has a book of history opened my eyes wider, captivated me more, than the story of Malcom Little. ... The government felt that by her asking for this help they had the right to invade her home, tell her how to raise her children, and when the time came they put her in an insane asylum and separated her children, sending them to different homes. ... After the shoe shine job outgrew Malcom, he went to work for the railroad during World War II, this job landed him in Harlem and into a life of crime that was the bases for his life prior to prison. ... It was a letter from one of his broth...

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• Grade Level: High School