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During the time before Islam was established two empires were ruling the region, the Byzantine Empire and the Persian Empire. At this point in time the Arabs of the region were not united into one entity so were not strong enough to fight off the empires controlling them. Muhammad was the founder of the Islamic faith and to the people of Islam, he was their prophet. Muhammad began his life born into a merchant family and grew up to become a caravan manager. At one point in his life point he…

The significance of Muhammad’s cloak is integral to the division of Shia and the Sunni religious sects. The cloak is a symbol of family unity, which signifies the importance of Muhammad’s bloodline in regards to the Islamic faith, and who is and should be the true messengers of God. There is more than one story where Muhammad utilized the cloak in order to establish that he was the Paraclete or Comforter and a messenger of the Prophet Allah. The Event of the Cloak was the gathering of the…

THE RISE OF AN ISLAMIC EMPIRE FROM THE 6TH TO THE 13TH CENTURIES. James Q. Shelton History 101 11/15/2016 During the rise of the Islamic Empire from the 6th to the 13th centuries, Islam changed political, social, and cultural conditions. The intentions of this essay are to inform readers of the rise of the Islamic Empire. The begin of Islam is set apart in the year 610, after the principal disclosure to the prophet Muhammad at 40 years old. Muhammad and his devotees spread the lessons…

time of his death, in 632, he had a big following. After his death, there was a big fight within the Islamic community, over who would become the next leader (caliph). There was a splitting in Islam, as the sect that would become the Sunnis endorsed Abu Bakr as the next caliph, while the sect that would become the Shi’ites endorsed 'Ali. While some modern scholars, such as Phillip Hitti, believe that Husayn’s death in battle signified the split between Sunnis and Shi’ites, most scholars and…

However, Abbasid prejudice is the primary reason for his unfavorable image. The Abbasid discontentment is a result of Umayyad nepotism particularly when Muawiya, the first Umayyad caliphate, allowed his incompetent son Yazid to ascend to power and effectively concentrated the Islamic rule amongst the Umayyad clan. The majority believed there were other more pious and appropriate individuals . Muawiya was also instrumental in the first fitna against Ali which killed multiple prominent Muslim…

in the battle of the camel and she was a supporter for women's education , and she became one of the best scholars in Islamic religion , with over 2000 Hadiths. Muhammad was close to the daughter of Abu Bakr ( first rightly guided caliph ) because they were married and Aisha was the most loved out of all of Muhammad's wives, Aisha was very close with the Prophet Muhammad in ways that the other wives didn’t experience , also because Muhammad was…

ISIS is the biggest threat to the world and to the Christian people because over the past Three months ISIS has killed about 5,300 Christians and Yazidi. ISIS also forced about 1.2 million Iraqis and Syrian citizens out of their homes. ISIS militants are not Muslims; in fact they’re not even humans because no human would commit the crime that ISIS had committed in the past months. On one occasion ISIS militants killed About 500 Yezidis and buried some alive, while killing others in a mass…

Previous decades have been plagued with slavery and civil rights, but injustices still exist in today’s society such as prejudice based on social class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, occupation, education and religion. Although civil rights movement was seen as a heroic and victorious episode in the U.S.’s history about equal citizenship rights between African-American and whites, the inequality and prejudice about African-American is still a painful blain. It’s not hard to find various…

Manning or Perez, but the world needs more heroes and less cowards. For me, the question remains: How can we as organizers, activists and artists cultivate courage? First, by telling the stories of genuine heroes like Manning, Perez, Kathy Kelly, Mumia Abu Jamal, and others. After all, if we don't tell their stories, who will? PBS and NPR? I don't know about you, but I'd rather not watch or listen to another milquetoast presentation on radical political movements or figures. Save that bullshit…

Horror endorsed through duty and a review of its controversy led many to question the ethics of being truly and fully obedient. Marianne Szegedy-Maszak, journalist and author of “The Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal: Sources of Sadism”, discusses the possible reasons why the Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal occurred (75-77). Causing people to wonder how supposedly sane human beings could accomplish such insane acts, the American soldiers that were a share of this horrific crime against humanity displayed no…