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Islamic Scholars agree that destined hardships and difficulties (and also good fortune) “descend” (approaches its destined time) and are met by raising invocations (prayers); they struggle untill the Day of resurrection. If your prayers are weaker than this destined misfortune, then it will find its way to you but its impact may be reduced to various degrees; or good fortune may multiply as it too interacts with your prayers. You will better understand this after reading the section on Destiny,…

the day before the funeral where the family gathers around the body and prays in reflection of the dead life. Muslims also do this practice as they all gather around the sick before they pass and pray that they will be placed in the right hand of Allah. As catholic pray during funeral mass, Muslims also pray outside the mosque or in the mosque's courtyard. Similarly, at funerals Catholics have prayers they like to recite such as the Our Father and Muslims have their phrases and verses from the…

beautiful and life-changing experience I had witnessed. At the time I lived in San Antonio, Texas. The weather was tropical, but contained a breeze that swept across your skin like a tide rushing amongst the ocean’s shore. That day Allah transformed into an Indian tailor. Allah sewed and stitched perfection in the sky. He threaded the sky with…

even deadly. Sadly, tragedy struck when "...a stampede in 2006 left 363 people dead... [in addition to when] on September 11th a crane at the Grand Mosque collapsed, killing 107..." innocent people whose reason for being there was purely to worship Allah and be guaranteed paradise in heaven (World History in Context 40). The growing epidemic doesn't help a huge crowd of people traveling in caravans. So many people are crowded together in a hot, dirty environment so the common infections spread…

Throughout the past seven weeks, we have read and studied several religions, their basic structure, and their beliefs about the afterlife. The one religion that caught most of my attention was Islam. The reason it did, is due to its simplistic idea of right and wrong. It presents a guide on how to life live and care for others too, without the common hierarchy and complications of other religions in its Five Pillars of Islam. After reading the BBC's documentary article on Islam, I would like…

Many misconceptions arose in the topic of Islam. The word “Jihad,” beheading Muslims who convert, beating wives, rejection of all other prophets, stoning those that commit adultery and superiority is for males with disregard of females are some of the many misconceptions taken upon Islam. Although one might not believe in a religion, one should educate himself or herself to better understand a religion instead of just believing whatever seems wrong about it, just because one does not believe in…

indigenous beliefs which have been around for centuries. The Islamic beliefs are portrayed through Sundiata and his belief in the importance of family and his predetermined life set by “Allah”. The Islamic religion has a very strong belief in the predetermination of an individual’s life by the one and only “Allah”. Niane states that “Man, under the influence of certain…

that they do not believe some of the beliefs that the Sunni’s believe (the Ottoman Empire). So he try to talk a big talk about how since they are not in the true Islamic belief they will all be rejected and forgotten about during the last days for Allah to judge everyone, and that they will be condemned to hell. This all being behind the fact that The Ottoman was the strongest out of the Mughals and Safavids, who are the Shi’ites, the people trying to encroach of the Ottomans Empire. So it is…

How sharing information could be a sin Firstly, sharing information could be a sin if we shared wrong information to others. There are a lot of ways that information could be share such as through media social or our conversation daily. Furthermore, we cannot denied that social media have gained an outstanding popularity and become an essential tools among people nowadays. A lot of people tend to have their own account of media social networking such as Facebook, Whatsapp or Twitter. Most youths…

The Brookings Interfaith Dialogue was a great experience that has furthered my comprehension of multiple religions, as well as introduced me to a brand-new religion (An NRM, to be exact). The evening was filled with short stories, tales and general bits of wisdom from religions like Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Baha’i since the theme of the night was “Favorite Fables” At first glance, the room appeared very diverse which is something that I was expecting. There seemed to be people of a…