Abd al-Malik

This architecture is an Islamic monument found in the city of Jerusalem. It was originally finished in 691 CE at the command of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik. Construction cost was believed to be at least six times the yearly tax income of Egypt! Its architecture and mosaics were influenced by Byzantine churches and royal palaces. However, its exterior look has been altered a lot in the Ottoman period and again in modern history. Most notable with the addition of the gold-plated roof, which wasn’t originally there. The sixty foot diameter, timber-framed double dome, covered inside by colored and gilded material was originally roofed with lead. This structure rises 114 feet over the holy rock. It is carried on a tall drum, originally topped with glass mosaics, which sits on a circular passageway of twelve marble columns, set between four large rectangular piers. At the top of the drum, sixteen…

conquered territories. A monthly salary was paid to all ethnic Arab Muslims. These decrees caused the rift between classes to grow. (Acrobatiq, 2014) (Tolin Schultz, 2017) The Umayyad dynasty was more interested in government administration and maintaining control rather than religion. Because of this, when they conquered a new territory, they would leave the previous government officials in place. The first Muslim navy was created under Mu’awiya. Under the rule of Mu’awiya, the Umayyad…

groups, and every cultures.” Well, this is what America known as to other countries- at least to my country. I remember it was early in the morning when I landed to the American soil. The sun was just rising and peaking over the horizon. I couldn’t wait to to smell the American “air.” When i finally got out of the JFK, I smelled the air. I didn’t smell anything special except the smell of burning gases from cars. I was thinking about my future. I was thinking I’m going to work hard and going to…

a dorm filled with 895 students and kills 32 innocent people. Now this next shooting we still do not really understand because it happened at a military base. Fort Hood on 2009 13 people are killed and more than 30 others are wounded nearly all of them unarmed soldiers, a U.S. Army officer goes on a shooting rampage in central Texas the assault carried out by Major Nidal Malik Hasan and Army Psychiatrist was the worst shooting at a military base. The 39 year old took with him a semi-automatic…

roles. One of the major roles that muslim cities and urban areas is the cultural role. During the Post-classical Age, Al-Hijari, an Iberian Muslim of Arab origin, boasted that Cordoba became a superior region after the Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. He stated that the under the Umayyads, Cordoba became the center of seekers of science and poetry and other intellectuals. He has regarded this urban area as highly developed in the areas of research and investigations of science and…

by Muslim extremists. The attack happened on December 2, 2015 where Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook where a husband and wife who went to a Inland Regional Center where they used carried 2 .223-caliber semiautomatic versions of the AR-15 which was highly modified making the weapon illegal to own in the state of California moreover the couple also used 9mm semiautomatic pistols. The couple killed 14 people and injured 21 others. After the shooting the police later searched the home of the…

meaning keep stretching us thin and turn each other on one another. They are looking for America to collapse. The citizens of the United States need our government to do anything necessary to keep our population safe. One thing the government is in fact in charge of would be making sure the United States citizens are safe through any mean of punishment. Human rights activists believe this is not the case and there should be no reason for using harsh interrogation techniques. Guantanamo Bay is…

“Should national security override free speech?” Freedom of speech was first established in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution in 1791, and almost two centuries later, in the International Declaration of Human Rights, the UN recognised freedom of speech as a human right (reference). The question of whether or not national security should override the freedom of speech has been, and continues to be a controversial subject, particularly among governments and law-abiding…

If I were to name the twenty-first century, I would call it the Age of Disaster. Many events have happened throughout the course of the twenty-first century that forever changed lives all around the world. To kick off the twenty-first century, a group named Al-Qaeda, planned a terrorist attack. The plan went in full force on September 11, 2001. Two planes crashed into the Twin Towers, destroying the towers within hours. A second plane also crashed into the Pentagon. A final plane was thought to…

Al Capone Al Capone was a crime boss and his success flourished in the 1920s. He owned towns, and almost owned the nation. Throughout the years, he has been a subject of many art forms such as movies and books. Even though he was responsible for many violent murders, Capone was still a celebrity during the 1920s. Capone caused the people that knew him to shrink in fear, while still making America awe at him. When Prohibition was put into place, people like Capone stepped in and took…