Islam, one of the major religions of the world which have, as followers, one fifth of world population, can play an important role in this regard. ... In this context, here the solutions and preventing measures of Islam for removing environmental degradation are described elaborately. ... According to Shariah, the Islamic law, it is the sacred duty of a true Muslim to protect the degradation of environment anywhere that is harmful for mankind. ... From the Islamic point of view we can see such ideas, and where nature or environment is regarded as the gift of the Almighty. ... For the Mus...

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Muslim stereotypes are perpetuated in every form of the media accompanied by gross misinformation about Islam and Muslims. ... Historical foundation of Islam At almost 1,400 years old, Islam's Muslim religion is one of the world's younger religious traditions. ... Muhammad is looked at by the Muslims as a prophet and a messenger of God who is also believed as the founder of the Islam's religion. ... Muslim Beliefs Islam has seven fundamental beliefs that every Muslim must accept as part of his or her religion. ... The foundation of Islamic teachings begins with God, whom the M...

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In the first chapter, titled "Muslims in a Strange Land: American Muslim Slaves in America", Turner describes for the reader the early evolution of Islam among blacks in West Africa. ... North African Muslims helped plant the seeds for West African Islam through their encounters with sub-Saharan Africans by way of a slave trade. ... These separatist feelings would only be fueled later when Arabs began enslaving their fellow Muslims. ... Webb introduced the idea of the "jihad of words" to African-American Muslims. ... African-American Muslims would reference the jihad of words throughout the tw...

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The author notes that the two schools of Islamic thought are characterized by a fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic scriptures besides having widespread influence throughout the Muslim world. ... Wahhabism further emphasizes the value of avoiding non-Islamic cultural practices and demonizes interactions with non-Muslims on the grounds that the Sunna forbids Muslims from imitating non-Muslims. Azumah (2015) observes that Wahhabi scholars warn against having non-Muslims as friends, and further warns against smiling to non-Muslims or even wishing them well including on their holidays. ... Ac...

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Islam, one of the major religions of the world which have, as followers, one fifth of world population, can play an important role in this regard. ... In this context, here the solutions and preventing measures of Islam for removing environmental degradation are described elaborately. ... According to Shariah, the Islamic law, it is the sacred duty of a true Muslim to protect the degradation of environment anywhere that is harmful for mankind. ... From the Islamic point of view we can see such ideas, and where nature or environment is regarded as the gift of the Almighty. ... For the Mus...

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Islam and Christianity. ... Muslims are those who have submitted themselves. ... Within the community, Muslims are expected to establish social and economic justice. ... Identical to the Muslim prophets.) Many Muslims (the name for people who practice Islam) believed that everything Muhammad said and did was inspired by Allah, many reports of his sayings and deeds were collected. ...

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He toured India preaching Islamic renewal and jihad, and built a highly developed network of personal friends and partisans spread across northern India organized to recruit and dispatch men and financial aid. ... He toured India preaching Islamic renewal and jihad, and built a highly developed network of personal friends and partisans spread across northern India organized to recruit and dispatch men and financial aid. In 1826 he provided an Islamic challenge to an expanding Sikh empire when he and numerous disciples, supported by his network, arrived in Peshawar, (now in Pakistan), to estab...

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The answer is no, The Quran does not advocate any kind of "one" gender superiority; it is the muslims who are to blame due to misreading and misguiding of Islam (Barlas:2002:2). Kandiyoti (1991:23) states that Muslim scholars argue for that Islam is equal; using the Hadith and Quran as the major sources to back the argument up. ... The main point being said is that Islam itself does not promote gender inequality; though it has been seen as a tool of "promotion" of gender inequality, but one can add that even if muslims have wrongfully promoted gender inequality in the name ...

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In the last two decades terrorism caused by Muslim extremist has been on the up rise as well as consistent. ... A few major terrorist groups who make international headlines consistently are Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda, Islamic State, Taliban and the Muslim Brotherhood.16 If Wahhabism does in fact encourage these Islamic based organizations to commit heinous acts in the name of Islam, then there should be a link between these terrorist organization's ideology and Wahhabi theology. ... According to Olawale Rasheed, "records show that Wahhabism came to West Africa in the 1930s, through loc...

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Hafsa's fiery personality, linage, marriage to the Prophet, and prominent role in the rise of Islam is an interesting case as it relates to the image and practices of modern day Islam. Hafsa, as a wife of the prophet and a prominent figure in the construction and rise of Islam, embodies some of the most controversial aspects of the Islamic tradition that modern day Muslim's resist exploring. The marriage between Hafsa and the Prophet exposes much in regards to the purpose and function of marriage in Islam, revealing certain personality traits of the Prophet, and lastly, helping to...

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Let's look more deeply into the Islamic religion for example. ... It is believed that Islam began in China during the Caliphate of Uthmanibn Affan, the third caliph of Islam. ... (Islam 3) Other people, who couldn't as easily use one of these examples would use the first few letters from their last names to give more of a contemporary Muslim name. ... (Islam 3) It was only a matter of time before these Muslims began to speak many different parts of Chinese as part of their regular daily activities. ... (Islam 3) The government attempted to smother the Muslims, thus pushing them away ...

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A predominantly Muslim country like Pakistan owes a lot of its political identity to the religion of Islam. ... Secondly he established and advisory council on Islamic ideology and an Islamic research institute. He also brought reforms to the Muslim family law ordinance. ... Firstly the constitution erased the word "Islamic" form the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. ... The primary duty and function of the Advisory Council was to make recommendations to the government regarding ways in which Muslims residing within the country to lead their lives in accordance to the Islamic way of life. ...

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Judaism and Islam are religions of practices and behaviors. ... Two main branches of Islam: Sunni and Shiite. ... Keep in mind that Islam is a religion of practice, that for a Muslim religion is much more a way of life than for the Christian. ... The Shariah is the body of Islamic sacred laws, derived from the Koran. ... Indeed, in early modern Islam, the need for independent reasoning, which had until that time been part of the Muslim clerical tradition, was deemed to no longer be needed. ...

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Pakistani's are deeply religious people and it is very easy to offend someone if the Islamic religion is talked about in even a slightly derogatory manner. ... It is a serious crime to talk against Islam in Pakistan. ... Most of the national heroes are from the early Muslim and Arab history. ... The majority of Pakistanis are descendants of Muslim conquerors who invaded the Central Asia and Indian Subcontinent. They spread Islam in this part of the world and take pride in their heroes and what they did for the religion. ...

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This analysis will focus on certain distinguished women of the Christian and Islamic faith traditions. ... Similarly, in her biographical exploration, "Politics, Gender, and the Islamic Past: The Legacy of 'A'isha Bint Abi Bakr," D.A. Spellberg presents a holistic approach to understanding and interpreting the legacy of Islamic prophet Muhammad's third wife, 'A'isha Bint Abi Bakr. ... The controversy surrounding Mary Magdalene in the Christian faith tradition is paralleled in the Islamic faith tradition by the life of Muhammad's third wife 'A...

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Every Muslim, regardless of sect, must adhere to these words throughout their life. ... The early history of Islam is agreed upon by all Muslims. ... All Muslims believe that Prophet Muhammad was the last messenger. ... Nonetheless, Abu Bakr was unanimously elected the first Caliph of the Muslim community because he maintained order in the Muslim community after the death of the Prophet (Brown). ... The Sunni and Shia sect of Islam...

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There is every indication that he began his rule as a devout, orthodox Muslim. ... Thus, in his private conduct Akbar behaved like an orthodox muslim. ... In 1562, he abolished the pilgrim tax imposed on Hindus when they undertook pilgrimages to their sacred and holy spots like Mathura, claiming it to be a mark of discrimination against non-muslims as a similar tax was not imposed on the Muslims. ... However, the most important measure adopted by Akbar during this period was the abolishment of the Jizyah or poll tax amidst strong resentment from his muslim dignitaries. ... Jaziya, a tax on no...

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Schooling On 4th July, 1882 when he was six, he was admitted to Sindh Madreesah-ul-Islam, Karachi. ... After one year he again left for Karachi and was admitted to the Sindh Madreesah-tul-Islam in First Standard. ... The Sindh Madreesah-tul-Islam school register records: Muhammad Ali Jinnah left the school for cutch for marriage, on 30th January , 1892when he was in standard 5. ... Member of the Muslim League (1913) He joined the all India Muslim League in 1913 and did not leave the Congress. ... The Muslim's took him to be a pro-Hindu. ...

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Encyclopedias told me he was an American Muslim who helped build the Nation of Islam in this country who was assassinated. ... Upon entering the religion of Islam Malcom perceived all white skinned peoples to be "the devil." It was on his first pilgrimage to Mecca when a white skinned Muslim helped make his trip to Mecca possible that Malcom X began to change his views of white skinned people. ... Malcom began to study the Nation of Islam and write letters to the American leader of the religion, Elijah Muhammad. ... Muhammad expressed his desire to learn about the Muslim religion and his d...

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The first was the religious fervor that Wahhabi Islam continued to inspire. ... They did not understand that for Muslims, the only law was Islamic or religious law and therefore the Caliph was not merely the religious leader but the political leader and the central figure. ... The Ikhwan movement spread Wahhabi Islam among the nomads. ... (CountryReports.org 3) They attacked those who refused to conform to Wahhabi interpretations of correct Islamic practice and tried to convert Muslims by force to their version of Wahhabism. The Ikhwan looked eagerly for the opportunity to fight non-Wahha...

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(Robinson) In Islam, Muslims believe in a resurrection, the rising from the dead were the soul reunites with the body after they die. ... Acceptance of Allah as the one true God is an essential foundation for all Muslims. ... In the Islamic belief system an everlasting life establishes an critical cornerstone of Muslims' religion. In Islam there is the rejection to the notion of initial sin – also referred to as "original sin"--, and Muslims also have faith in the principle that mankind is born without sin. ... (Afterlife) (The Afterlife in Islam - ReligionFacts) These ten...

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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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Homegrown terrorism and radical Islamic terrorism are the two major national security threats in the United States in the 21st century. ... Violent Islamist extremism refers to the idea of creating a global state that would put into effect the most radical version of Islamic law and the use of violence against non-Muslim military personnel and civilians and Muslim opponents. To recruit followers, Islamic extremists use propaganda that the West, led by the United States, is at war with Islam. ... " Therefore the question is; Can Homeland Security protect us from Homegrown and Radical Islam...

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And terrorists "are Islamic extremists aggregating in the Middle Eastern and North African regions; devising plans to wreak terror in the lives of innocent people. ... Especially "in countries that possesses a vast number of "extremist- Islamic Militants, as Egypt does. ... In order to achieve this restoration, the United States should expand inquiries on intelligence in predominantly Arabian-Muslim-oriented various regions. ...

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The laws for Islam are similar yet also very different. ... Islam is the one true path to salvation and anyone who forsakes Islam knowingly is destined for the fires of hell. ... The life of a Muslim is to be in the service of Allah at all times and to be mindful of Allah's view of him and his actions. The lifestyle of a Muslim is governed by the "Five Pillars of Islam". ... The entire principle of Islam is one of express regret for those who choose to ignore it. ...

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