What is the ideal Muslim Ummah? ... Authority: The method of acquiring knowledge that agrees best with the esoteric doctrine of the Ikhwan al Safa is the method of initiation and authority, i.e. receiving knowledge in person from an authorized elder, a teacher- within the broadest and deepest sense. "This teacher receives his knowledge from the imam (religious leader) who, in turn, receives it through the Prophet whose ultimate source of knowledge is God"....

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All these religions has a prophet or teacher, whom is followed and revered as the ideal superior human being. ... Islam is believed to be the perfected ideal of the two religions first revealed by Abraham, and prophet revealed in the Islamic Quran, Christian Bible, and Jewish Torah. ... In these spiritual traditions, the ideal is eternal bliss. ... It is the hope for an ideal utopia, which is good to want. ...

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Islam is a religion that was ruled by scholars and teachers, rather than by priests and judges, so it appealed to smarter people and intellectuals of christianity as well. ... For example, the ideals of the perfect gentleman of Spain, is almost identical to the Islamic one. ...

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In the poem, "Lamb", Blake assumes the role of the teacher or prophet who will lead his people by means of simple catechisms to profound truths. ... The dream-like ideals are crushed by a harsher reality and the survivors are left with the scars. ...

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Global terrorism is a subject all of humanity should be concerned about. In the last two decades terrorism caused by Muslim extremist has been on the up rise as well as consistent. The center of Islam is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the nation is in territorial control of the faiths two holiest cities, Mecca and Medina. Therefore to understand the force influencing global Islamic terrorism, it is imperative to study and analyze Saudi Arabia and its impact on the religion of Islam and its followers. Since its founding in 1932, Saudi Arabia has emerged as an economic power house in today'...

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