Christianity has it's Bible and 10 commandments, as Islam has it's Quran and five pillars. ... Even Islam is a stem from Christianity and Judaism. ... 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. A profession of faith is central to Islam as is a factor of Christian and Jewish is belief. In fact, Muslims accept the teachings of the Bible and the Quran. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"It existed before the beginning of Christianity and Islam. ... Female circumcision occurs among Muslims, Christians, and Islam's, although no religion requires it. ... The sources of the Islamic faith are found in the Qur"an (Muslim scripture), the Hadith (teachings of the Prophet Mohammed), the consensus of the entire Islamic community, and the ijihad (Islamic interpretations of Islamic law). ... In addition to the Islamic religion, other African religious groups practice female circumcision. ... Rejecting the argument that the practice is promoted by Islam, the court reasoned, "C...

• Word Count: 2909
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jewish zealots conducted campaigns against the Romans in the first century AD, and the Hashshashin, a Shi'ah Muslim group who gave us the word assassin, systematically murdered those in positions and leadership during the 19th century. ... The Islamic radical movements main success has been their ability to gain legitimacy from the general public. During the past two decades, they have had enormous success with their ability to present themselves to the Arab and Muslim world as the true bearers of Islam. ... Radical Islamic organizations have declared a holy war, Jihad, in order to bring...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mustafa, Muslim resident of Djibouti The passage above describes a typical procedure known as female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision (FC). ... Today, many people identify the practice of FGM/FC with the Islamic religion, and this is construed as a motive for these acts. However, neither the Qu'ran nor the hadith, two of the most important writing collections in the Islamic religion, make an order for the practice of FGM/FC. ... So, it is safe to say that FGM/FC is widely practiced among the Muslims in Sudan, as well as Muslims throughout Africa, but these types of ...

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Mustafa, Muslim resident of Djibouti The passage above describes a typical procedure known as female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision (FC). ... Today, many people identify the practice of FGM/FC with the Islamic religion, and this is construed as a motive for these acts. However, neither the Qu'ran nor the hadith, two of the most important writing collections in the Islamic religion, make an order for the practice of FGM/FC. ... So, it is safe to say that FGM/FC is widely practiced among the Muslims in Sudan, as well as Muslims throughout Africa, but these types of ...

• Word Count: 2538
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After the destruction of New York's Twin Towers, most people who live in westernized countries have taken a viewpoint that Muslims, in general, are anti-American, vengeful, devious and dangerous. They believe that all young men from Islamic countries are trained to be terrorists or, at the very least, cultivated to despise the American government and what it stand for. Although non-Islamic people groups have legitimate reasons for suspecting Muslims of a unified hatred for the United States, the facts point to a different conclusion: the average Muslim is not a terrorist or resentful o...

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Before the final signing of the declaration, the Islamic nations in attendance agreed to re-ratify treaties that stated that the death penalty is a violation on the ban on cruel and inhuman treatment (Drinan, 2001: 133). This signifies that the Islamic nations present were willing to compromise with the United States who refused to sign such treaties without having the death penalty removed from the cruel and inhuman treatment category. ...

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It is global in the sense that it binds many different countries into conflict, especially the USA and parts of the Muslim world. ... The World Trade Center in New York City was bombed by Islamic Fundamentalists. ...

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• Grade Level: High School