Muslim cities in the Post-Classical Age played important roles as centers of Muslim culture because they were highly honored as Muslim Holy Cities and heart of Islam religious power, and produced science and poetry that attracted people of intellect and learning resided there. Spanish Muslim traveler and geographer Ibn Jubayr's (Doc #1) description of Damascus as a highly honored, blessed, and heavenly city of Allah where Jesus and Mary took refuge in reflects the city's importance in Islam culture as a religious sacred site, which shows that Muslim cities during the Post-Classical...

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Political Upheaval during the Early years of Islam From the very beginning, one of the most important factors that led to the political instability of the Islamic empire was the inexperience of the Arab people in organized government on a large scale. ... A coalition of Muslims who saw this as a threat to Muslim unity cut them off by electing a successor to Muhammad. ... Tribal feuds still raged even in areas that had converted to Islam early on. In addition, many areas of the Empire still contained large non-Muslim populations. ... Many of the Muwali joined forces with the Khariji a...

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Marriage in Islam is entirely different from the wedding in the United States. In Islam, marriage is viewed as a religious duty and sacred social contract between bride and groom. ... For my culture event essay, I would share my experience of attending a wedding celebration of my Muslim friend because this event is reflecting the unique Muslim culture regarding wedding's process, ceremony, and reception. ... The women ceremony place was beautified with flowers, gifts for each guest, and he brought an Islamic band to sing. ... In conclusion, Muslim weddings vary enormously according to th...

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Formed from the ashes of Al Qaeda, an Islamic militant group, known as 'ISIS' or the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria", has risen to power in several Middle Eastern nations. ... The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, more commonly known as ISIS is an Islamic jihadist group that have recently gained notoriety. ... The majority of ISIS members are Sunni muslims, who are the largest branch of Muslim and have been involved in sectarian violence against Shi'a Muslims, who have a different ideology and have previously held power in Iraq and Syria. ... This propaganda also ent...

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He was the first Muslim leader to call for equality for non-Arab Muslims. ... While his administration brought some prosperity and stability, the belief among Arab Muslims that Islam was a Arab religion became increasingly fractious. ... Equality for all Muslims was mandated, and a Muslim's options greatly expanded. ... The ulama consists of Muslim scholars, judges and legal advisors who study and implement Islamic law. ... The Ottoman Empire emerged from a group of ghazis, Muslim warriors, who waged war against Byzantine Christians in an effort to expand the domain of Islam. ...

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The main religion of Iraq is Islam. The impact of religion on daily life in Muslim countries is far greater than that found in the West since the Middle Ages. Muslims form the five pillars of Islam, daily prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage. Muslims prayer several times during the day, so religion is part of daily life in Iraq. ...

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Apart from terrorists, a call to action by a dictator like Saddam Hussein did not resonate with Muslims worldwide. In addition, Huntington cites the Arab and Muslim nations as withdrawing from 'the coalition', but the response of the Muslim world was confined to sentiment and posturing, although there were public expressions of solidarity with Muslims reported internationally in the media. ... Huntington does concede that internal strife is a frequent occurrence among Muslims, and because it is, it severely damages the possibility of them forming a viable civilizational front. .....

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The Kurds are an ethnic group spanning across Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Armenia, Georgia and, Azerbaijan. Culture is something that we create, a system of knowledge that we use to survive and satisfy basic needs, we use it to adapt and communicate to other members of our culture and finally...

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This has been made so through radicalization and strong teaching of the Muslim faith to their youths who believe that those people who are not Muslims are pagans and therefore need to be engaged in 'jihad' or holy war. In addition to this, in this century, there are so many learned fellows who have failed to secure jobs and the only alternative solution that they have so far is to join Islamic terrorist groups. ... The reason being that the youths are taught in mosques where non-Muslims are not expected to be and so there is no way someone is going to suspect that radicalization and...

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Muslims conquered the Fertile Crescent, Persia, Egypt, developed the Arabic written language, and took control of the Mediterranean Sea within a century of their rise. Islam was the dominant faith along trade lines, which helped spread the growth of the religion and spread their map systems. The Islamic people adopted Indian mathematic numerals, Egyptian geometry, and founded Algebra on their own. ... This is reflected in the cartography of Muslims in the eighth and ninth centuries. ... Jews, Islams, and Christians fought over control of this Holy Land, since it is sacred to all of them. ...

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On the other side of the spectrum, Muslim media is controlled by the Islamic convention. While others may see Islam as just a religion, to Muslims it represents their way of life and takes precedence in all of their daily exploits, with the media included. When people think of Muslim media, the generally look to Al Jazeera, an Arab news channel. ... Based on the Islamic influence, their holy book, the Quran states clearly in Surat Al-Baqarah verse 42: "And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it]. " Al Jazeera attempted to present news from all sides that...

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The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as ISIS, is a group of extremist Sunni jihadists militants who are now known as the most powerful terrorist organization in the world. ... "The roots of ISIS go back to Oct. 15, 2006, when what is known as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) was established. ... On June 29th, 2014, ISIS proclaimed themselves as such while appointing Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as the caliph, a person considered a political and religious successor to the prophet Muhammad and the leader of the entire Muslim community (Lawrence). ... By creating an Islamic Caliphate all...

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The role of Muslim governments. The plight of the Muslim World. ... It is quite evident that there is no unity among the Muslim countries. ... Israel is all the time egging America against all those Muslim countries where the people are sincerely trying for the implementation of the real teachings of Islam. America and the other anti-Muslim powers will never desist from carrying out their evil plans if the Muslim countries do not mend in time. ...

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In fact, since 9/11 American Muslims are less drawn to jihadism. ... These alienated individuals are more likely to listen to Muslim extremists and their propaganda that debase the true religion of Islam. In the U.S., Muslims are not as alienated, which makes them less susceptible to Muslim extremism. ... Finally, the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, as well as the plight of Muslims in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, have led to anger from Muslims around the world. ... Muslim extremists justify terrorist attacks by using these statistics. ...

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Transnational groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have also played a key role in the Syrian Civil War primarily for their own interests. ... They also sought to strengthen the non-religious supporters in the opposition, to ensure their allegiance was fortified and that they would not be tempted by Islamic extremism. ... The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which is affiliated with Al-Qaeda, describes Syria's future as being highly resistant to democratization and repressive to a greater extent than ever before. ISIS is a group of Islamic extremists who strive to r...

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Today, Americans and its allies face a new radical foe who call themselves ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria). ... Unlike al Qaeda, whose goal was to draw the United States into war with the Muslim World and create chaos, ISIS on the other hand wants to take territory, hold it and build an Islamic State. ...

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Late last month, a Shiite Muslim leader " Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim " was assassinated in a bomb blast in the holy city of Najaf south of Baghdad. ... Al-Hakim's Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the biggest anti-Saddam opposition group, was represented in the 25-member Governing Council. ... She is a Shiite Muslim and a career diplomat, who led the Iraqi delegation to the New York donor's conference for Iraq this summer. ...

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It is also unlikely that Saddam's regime, which has savagely suppressed Islamics within Iraq, would be able to maintain close links with Osama bin Laden. In fact, Osama's former intelligence chief, Saudi Prince Turki bin Faisal, noted that Bin Laden views Saddam Hussein "as an apostate, an infidel, or someone who is not worthy of being a fellow Muslim"( Rai). ...

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Islamic scholars disprove the claim that the practice is written in the Koran and they quote the Prophet Mohammed advising against people from the practice (Gilbert 2). Many Muslim countries like Iraq, Syria, and Tunisia do not practice FGM (Dugger 2). ...

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Most evidence points the other way, Sadaam has good selfish reasons to fear radical Islamic and terrorist activities even more so than other governments including our own (Shane Seegers). ... Within many European states there are large Muslim communities and a U.S. attack would affect their domestic politics. Europe's relations with the Arab and Muslim world geographically, historically, and culturally, and mostly economically are much closer than ours. ...

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The Kurds as religion goes are three fifths Sunni Muslims of Shafiite rite. There are also some followers of mainstream Shiitem Islam. The overwhelming majority of the Muslim Kurds are followers of one of several mystic Sufi orders. ...

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Both nations were Muslim, with the leaders from Iran mainly from the Shiite branch and the leaders of Iraq from the Sunni. ... Khomeini decided on this because he thought Hussein government was anti-Islamic. ... The United States decided to supply the Iraqis with intelligence, and committed the US Navy to safeguarding the flow of oil out of (and the flow of money and arms into) Iraq, but secretly sold arms to Iran in order to fund anti-Communist rebels in Nicaragua, and gain influence with hostage-holding Muslim militias in Lebanon. ...

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In 1980, since it seemed that the Shiites could be a threat to Saddams presidency, Iraq invaded Iran and conducted an eight-year war against one of its closest neighbors and the home of the Shiite fundamentalist Muslims. ... The Iraqis also perceived revolutionary Iran's Islamic agenda as threatening to their pan-Arabism. ...

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OUTLINE TOPIC: War with Iraq THESIS: Many people believe that the war with Iraq was justified. SUPPORTING DETAIL 1: The Iraqi regime used war as a way to threaten its neighboring countries. SUPPORTING DETAIL 2: Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons on the citizens of Iraq th...

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