Sharia

From What Went Wrong: the clash between Islam and Modernity in the middle east by Bernard Lewis, the foundation myth of different religion is one of the most important factor that result the clash. The Foundation myth of Islam and Christianity have difference on progress of preaching in founder’s life time. This difference cause separation of state and church are hard in Muslim. It also prevents the change of rules and social aspect. It has also change the coverage of the religious law. The…

Translated from Hausa language to “Western Education is forbidden”, the group refers to itself as “Jama‘atu Ahl as-Sunnah li-Da‘awati wal-Jihad” (JASDJ; Group of the Sunni People for the Calling and Jihad). Controversial origins and grievances, scholars argue that Boko Haram either emerges in the mid- 1990s either in the early 2000s by a small Sunni Islamic Sect. International concerns over Islamic groups operating in northern Nigeria are nothing new, in the mid-1920s under British rules the…

4.1 Islamic Views on Abortion Preservation of life is one of the primary objectives of the Islamic Divine Law (maqasid al-shari’ah). Besides preservation of life, Islamic shari’ah also aims to preserve religion, intellect, honour (family lineage) and property. Conducts and behaviours that are deemed to violate these aims are prohibited, while conducts that are set to achieve these aims are considered morally right. In this case, since abortion involves the termination of life, it is considered…

Robel Haile Professor Jay Shearer English 070 08/02/2017 Muslim The word I chose to write my argumentative essay is “Muslim.” It means a person who follows the religion of Islam. Islam began in Mecca and Media at the start of seventh century. According to history of Islam-Wikipedia, The Prophet Muhammad introduced Islam in 610 A.D. after receiving what he maintained to be “divine revelations.” Muhammad imposed the Quran, which is the holy book of Islam. However, Muslim is used differently in…

word ‘fatwa’ derives from the root word afta, which means ‘clarification’ and ‘explanation’. It is the explanation and interpretation of Islamic law for any question or problem. Fatwa can be called as the Islamic ruling or verdict. It has a significant place in Islamic law. It is treated as an instrument, which helps in the growth of Islamic laws and their reasoning. It is a practice by the followers of Islam which is based on some principals, procedures, certain schemes and discipline and all…

Waqf in Arabic, is hold confinement or prohibition. In North and West Africa Waqf is called awqaf. The word Waqf is used in the Islamic law in the meaning of holding certain property and preserving it for the cantoned benefit of certain philanth and prohibiting any use or disposition of it outside it is specific objective. Whose benefit and usufruct can be extracted without consuming the property itself, Therefore, Waqf itself relates to land and building, there are awqaf of…

Islamophobia is running rampant in the western world today. Many people see Islam as a radical religion and sees it as a threat to people in the western world. To many women in particular, they see Islam as a degrading religion, but for some such as Yvonne Ridley, they see it as a wonderful. In the article “How I came to love the Veil” by Yvonne Ridley she talks about her experiences on being captured and seeing a different side of Islam or “The Veil” and how she is viewed and seen in the…

SHIA & SUNNI MUSLIMS. Sunni Islam and Shia Islam are the two major denominations of Islam. Their division traces back to a Sunni–Shiaschism following the death of the Islamic prophetMuhammad in the year 632AD. A dispute over succession to Prophet Muhammed, as a caliph of the Islamic community spread across various parts of the world, which led to the Battle of Jamal and Battle of Siffin. The dispute intensified greatly after the Battle of Karbala, in which Hussein ibn Ali and his household…

Hajj Pilgrimage Description: The religion of Islam is Global, discursive and rich and monolithic in its origin. The religion of Islam is diverse and the cultural practices varieties from place to place. The Islam culture is mainly based on “Quran” and “Sunnah” and is also derived from human experiences and learning. The most remarkable notion of the Islamic culture is that they staunchly believe in the existence of truth and the dematerialization of falsehood. They perform scads of festivals,…

The peoples who live in Rakhine state in called Rohingya. Most of them Are muslims. They say they are descendants of Muslims. They speak inRohingya or Ruaingga. Almost 1.1 million Rohingya live in the Southeast Asian country. There language are very similar to the Bengali dialect of Chittagong in Bangladesh. In Myanmar they are treated like illegal immigrants,stateless people, denying them citizenship.Stringent restrictions have been placed on Rohingya people’s freedom of movement, access to…