Abu Bakr

Buddhism: (1 - 1750) Buddhism originated in N. India, and is traced back to Siddhartha Guatama’s search for an antidote to end suffering in the 5th century BCE. Early Buddhism was spread slowly along the trade routes by Buddhist merchants and monks. In the 3rd century CE, Ashoka, a ruler of the Mauryan Empire, converted to Buddhism. He did not forcefully convert his people, but he sent missionaries to East Asia and left edicts throughout the empire. Buddhism eventually made it’s way into places…

Introduction As we know, terrorism is a conflict that incites violence and terror in order to obtain political recognition. This act of terror has been known all over the globe since the 20th Century. The terrorists are a social group that feels oppressed by their own or other government. They believe that the only way they will pay attention to them is by enforcing fear to civilians to make their voices be heard. And, in some cases terrorism is used to mobilize the population or create an…

Before this Surah was revealed to the Muslims, Makkah was the focal point of polytheism; it was the city of idolaters and homed to many a different religion, where the inhabitants would worship various false gods in hope of fortune and an overall better life. The main reason of revelation for this Surah was to remove all signs of polytheism within the holy city of Makkah and to restore the religious virtue of the city. This particular Surah was revealed within three different periods; 1. The…

What would you do if a terrorist tried to recruit you on Twitter? This could be a reality with the new threat stirring in the Middle East. ISIS is a Muslim terrorist faction that aims to establish a caliphate and rule over Islam, using extreme methods and social media. ISIS is a terrorist organization that goes by the names ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), IS (Islamic State), or most commonly, ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). The group resides in the Middle East, more…

wife, was renowned among the Quraysh for her business acumen (Anwar). His daughter, Fatima, helped found Shia Islam. The Quran states that the two sexes are equal before God (Wheeler). Muhammad used to bring his wives to the battlefields. ˓A˒isha b. Abu Bakr (d. 678) accompanied the Prophet to the wars and learned many military skills, such as initiating prewar negotiations between combatants, conducting, and ending wars (Anwar). This shows that women were allowed to play extensive and public…

Loyalty is the best gizmo every group needs. When you are loyal people respect you more, people trust you more and usually, you will be more popular amongst your peers, family and friends. The groups that are going to be compared and contrasted are Stand by Me and ISIS. Stand by Me is a move that has a situation of four boys trying to find a dead body. The boy’s names are; Gordie, Vern, Chris, and Teddy. They wanted to find the body so they could get credit. They did not take the credit because…

Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik were believed to have planned the shooting in San Bernardino, California. They had gone to the shooting range days before they performed the planned shooting. During the shooting they gunned down fourteen people in the building. The survivors said that they only saw one gunman that was Syed Rizwan Farook his wife Tashfeen Malik was probably in the car waiting for him to get back. A FBI officer said that they had been radicalized for some time. They were from…

Although all Muslim groups consider the Quran to be divine, Sunni and Shia have different opinions on hadith. Sunnis believe that Abu Bakr, the father of Muhammad's wife Aisha, was Muhammad's rightful successor and that the method of choosing or electing leaders (Shura) guided by the Quran is the consensus of the Ummah (the Muslim community). Shias believe that Muhammad divinely ordained…

The organization is a part of many troubles in the the Middle East: conflict between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims, refugees stranded by the Syrian civil war, no leaders in Yemen and Libya, Sinai breaking away from Egyptian control, etc. The caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and his troops were able to enter to enter Iraq because no one was willing to stop them. The Sunnis support them because they helped to defend the Sunni communities, and the new ISIS administration hopes to win them over with…

Documentary Review Documentaries have been around since the 1890’s, with Workers Leaving the Station by Gus and Liere being the first recorded documentary ever made. Now there are documentaries that have been created in the world with a whole range of topics from human life to technology and video games. This review will feature two documentaries that cover about the corruption in the West Indies based on Gangs, drugs and politics. The first one is called Cocaine, Corruption and Murder in…