As well, peasants were being oppressed by the Visigoths, and the Jews being persecuted by the Christians of Spain. The most spectacular Islamic dynasty in Spain was started in Cordoba by Abn al-Rahim, who was fleeing from the Abbasid dynasty that was slowly taking over West Africa. .
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Under the new Islamic powers there were ranks of society set in Spain. The first class was the Muslim rulers, who were Berbers at that time. The second class was the converted people of Spain. Third, in rank were the Spaniards who were Christians who had only adopted the customs of Islam but not converted. Fourthly, there were the Jews who had been protected. And lastly, were all the christians who dreamt and eventually carried out an uprising that was only completely successful 700 years later. .
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The Muslim army fought its way to the heart of Spain, where it was adopted by the people of Spain. If Islam was not adopted by all the Spanish, it was accepted by a large majority of them. Especially by the jewish community. The Jews of this time were being oppressed by the Catholics of Spain, and the Muslims saved, or rather liberated the Jews from the Christian superiority in Spain. Though not all Jews converted to Islam, they pretty much all accepted the Muslims who had saved them. .
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But, with their conquering, the Muslims brought with them a tax for the conquered people, that included the Christians as well as the jews and peasants. So, to not pay tax (Jizya), many people converted to Islam, as well as to benefit from the alms that Muslims had to pay for poorer people and those who needed money. .
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The Muslims helped the Jewish community of Spain because even if the Qur"an calls Muslims to fight for Allah, it's the same god the Jews as well as the Christians believe in. Now, Islam did not only appeal to the Jews, but it also appealed to the Christians as well. 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.
After the rise of Islam in the Arabian world, many social changes came about. ... Muhammad's structures of Islamic pillars became foundations of the Islamic faith and Arabian society. ... As a child, he lost his family early on in his life. ... After his death, the Islamic community split into two camps. ... The effect of Islam changed Arabian life in many ways. ...
Islamic Family and Communal Life Having spent most of the term concentrating on the history and theology of Islam, reading Chapter 14 and 15 in Denny's Introduction to Islam was a nice change of pace. ... Marriage Islam, unlike other religions is a strong advocate of marriage. ... Muslims are encouraged to marry as early in their lives as possible. ... Another important aspect of Islamic marriages is the bridal gift, know as the mahr. ... The time of a person's burial is very important in the Islamic tradition. ...
Allah the all mighty God of the Islam religion had chosen Muhammad to deliver his final revelation to all mankind who had rejected other messengers of early time. The Islam religion is monotheistic just like the religions of Christianity and Judaism. ... Islam believes in salvation and gives on the hope of having an afterlife. ... The Islamic religion that is based on the Holy Koran, which is the "heart of Islam." ... Islam is not just a set of beliefs, but a way of life. ...
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE. ... Examine two Islamic buildings - one early, one late - in the formulation of your response. The surface decoration, the structural elements and the casting of the internals lend to the idea of the Islamic Mosque, (a common example of Islamic architecture) being a complex and sophisticated form of architecture. ... The Islamic mosque is generally simple in design and architecture. ... "The role of decoration is central to any analysis of Islamic art: it is one of the unifying factors that, for 13 centuries, have linked buildings and objects from all over the Is...
Islam teaches the idea that investments should benefit the community. ... Another main difference in Islamic finance is in an Islamic transaction, the lender is not a creditor, but a partner and a provider of capital that equally share in gains and losses. ... Islamic investors are also discouraged to invest in any undertaking that is forbidden by Islam; they encourage using ethical decision-making and following the set of guidelines called the Islamic Shari"a principles. ... Furthermore, Islamic companies cannot associate with other businesses that do not follow the Islamic Shari"a Regula...
Recognized as having one of the most rapid and efficient expansions in history, the Islamic World quickly rose to create the most powerful empires during the early medieval period. ... For example, Charlemagne was perhaps the most influential political leader of Western Europe in the early medieval period, and he proclaimed to love the Church of St. ... He converted to Catholicism at a very early point in his life to garnish support and further cement his right to rule. ... It was the main source of agricultural and economic growth (Bentley and Ziegler, Life on an Early Medieval Manor", 448). ...
Islam addresses her directly and does not approach her through the agency of Muslim males. ... If the embracing of Islam by a woman is an entirely personal matter in the Islamic tradition and can not be done through proxy, so are all obligations and duties that Islam enjoins on her. ... Islam does not provide different moral codes for men and women. ... Islam does not call for segregation between men and women. ... As Christianity influenced the shaping of Western culture, so too will Islamic religious discourses influence the developing shape of Islamic cultures today. ...
This paper will discuss some of the teachings of Islam that would make positive contribution in dealing with pressing social and environmental issues. ... Islam therefore forbids all kinds of suicide and self destruction. ... The concept of freedom in Islam, applied to social context would create a better world than what we have today. ...
The issue of women in Islam is highly controversial. ... What each means by Islam in daily life can be quite different. ... Liberal opinion within Islam argues that it sustains rather than undermines women's rights, that it liberated women from the oppression of pre-Islamic Arabia. The low status of Muslim women today is seen as a result of misinterpretation of "Koranic injunctions", abuse of Islamic law or extra-Islamic influence. ... This was a custom predating Islam which became identified with it. ...
