Is Islam Compatible with Democracy? Keeping in mind the political condition of the Sunni and Shia countries in the world today it would be very simple to suggest that Islam doesn't encourage democratic principles. We would assume that if Islam did encourage democratic values then Muslim states wo...
Religion is sense of human relationship with forces beyond nature. During the history human had a need to have relations with something they believed and could support protect them. Some religions believe the life after death, some have one or more gods and some religions as Atheism do not believe i...
As we embrace technology in today's mainstream world, ethical issues in medicine concerning religious and historical tradition struggle for existence. Science-based medicine takes on the deeper issues of the medical profession rather then the religious and historical context that was once so eviden...
The purpose of this paper is to relate anything that we have learned in class so far this current semester to any particular items in the book that we (each student) chose to read. Personally, I chose to read "Friend By Day, Enemy By Night" by Lincoln Keiser. This book was very interesting to me b...
After the Military conquest of Spain by the Berbers from North Africa, Islam flourished in the Iberic Peninsula for more than 700 years. This was due first to lack of military backup on Spain's behalf, and secondly due to the pacifist teachings of the Islamic civilization. Islam started i...
Misleading Religion When the term crusade is used in the media, people tend to think that it is in reference to a "holy war." However this is far from the truth. Throughout time wars have been waged with the claims of a religious purpose, but if looked at more closely, the actual wars were fought b...
The relationship between culture and tradition in a society defines the very characteristics of said society, as well as further explains and aids our understanding of experiences like race, class, gender among many other distinguishing factors. Due to there not being a concrete definition of cultur...
Moron Air Base, where I am currently stationed in southern Spain was once a bloody battle field. From 718 AD until 1492 AD Catholics from Europe and the Moores (Muslims) from Africa battled over this beautiful country. This series of battles was called The Recon quest. When the Christians won a battle they would burn the existing mosques and build cathedrals. Similarly when the Muslims won they would burn the cathedrals and build mosques. ...
After the Post-Arab Spring, fundamental changes came to the entire Middle Eastern region. The fall of Saddam Hussein laid a foundation for democracy to be started but also set the groundwork for the rise of ISIS within the nation of Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, also known as ISIS, is...
The Color of Paradise: The Examination of an Iranian Cinematic Masterpiece It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words and if that is true than a film must be worth at least a million words. Adding to this intrinsic value, filmmakers will often mask subtle messages behind the brightly c...
Al-Qaeda is the brainchild of Osama bin Laden. There was a strong connection between Osama bin Laden as a person and the influences in Osama's life that contributed to the ideologies of the global terror network Al-Qaeda. Osama bin Laden has been able to manipulate Islam to fuel his jihad. By analyz...
