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Vollmann interviews several more people and asks them if they are poor. He first speaks with a fishermen in Shabwa. When asked why his god, Allah, made some rich and some poor he responded “Allah does the right thing for us...Everybody can work. Everybody can get work if we have Allah-luck”(Vollmann, 29). While most, by Vollmann’s and United Nations standards (“According to the United Nations..[there are] 120 million people below the poverty line of $4 a day”)(56)…

innovations to revolutionize the world and the people living there. Rome, with the invention of the road, created a new way of communicating throughout the empire. After the Islamic empire introduced mosques to the world, all the Muslims go there to pray to Allah. Paper money became very common after the Chinese created it. These three civilizations that used to trade together made more incredible things possible during their time period. Created during the Roman Empire, roads were used to…

that this form of humanism, emphasizes the struggle between humans and the divine. Sharia argues that the story of Zeus is built on conflict and jealousy, while the story of Adam and Allah is humanistic because it has a positive conection to the divine. In speeking about the difference between Zeus and Allah, Shaiati states “we see that in this case, in contrast to Zeus, God wishes humanity to be free of the great yoke of slavery to nature (10) However, this is not quite clear cut.…

Trauma appears in 1980, only thirty-six years ago. Trauma exists in the ancient time and memorial since we suffered. Trauma is always associated with veteran combat where the soldiers suffering from shell shock in World War I(WWI). The concept of shell shock was describing of changing behavioural, where at that time the most soldier had symptoms of head injuries or loss of consciousness. In February 1915, the term shell shock was used by Charles Myers in an article in The Lancet to describe…

The series of artwork by Shirin Neshat called Women of Allah brought a lot of controversial thoughts and spoken words. People view art in their own personal way and these pictures represented a cultural that a lot of people have stereotyped. The images that were produced represented something that most people would not understand, but stood for something to Shirin Neshat. My reaction to the series is that of it representing a culture that some really do not understand. The picture shown in…

between Jewish and Islamic beliefs, both religions share a reciprocal relationship that is rooted in the universal endeavour to achieve unparalleled, intrinsic and extrinsic peace. Islam is an amalgam of the dual concepts of submission to the will of Allah; a God-centred lifestyle, or sirat al mustaqeem which is achieved by the continuity of spiritual obedience, and possessing spiritual peace; as is encapsulated in the Arabic greeting Salaam (peace). Thus the potential for peace on earth in…

honoured and dignified above other creatures of Allah - "Nor take life, which Allah has made sacred-except for justice cause. And if anyone is slain wrongfully, we have given his heir authority (to demand qisas or to forgive) but let him not exceed bounds in the matter of taking life, for he is helped (by the law". (Qur'an, 17:33) This means that it is okay for a pig to be killed for human as human is viewed as the 'most important' creature to Allah. It is no surprise that scientists will be…

In conquering Northern Africa, the missionaries concentrated on “blending indigenous practices with Islamic ones” (Falola 79-81). The main idea differing from many African religions was that of only one God: Allah. Further, an increased sense of unity in communities promoting Islam beliefs and encouragement to help community members in need “went against the practice of relations based on families and clans” (Falola 81). Overall, the advent of Islam incorporated…

B. Grammatical structure or syntax of the text: This requires the analysis of each verse, within its contextual constraints, in light of similar language, syntactical and grammatical structures used elsewhere in the Qur'an. Amina Wadud, in her book Qur’an and Woman, writes: Systematic attention to the relationship between universals and particulars would also bear on our understanding the Qur'an's usage of particular terms, since it establishes its own paradigmatic field of meaning for key…

the situation regarding Maryam Adedayo and Idris Eze, you should go through the state legal system. The Nigerian federal legal system is far too secular, and will not truly be able to bring about true justice in the eyes of Allah. If we really want to interpret what it is Allah would view as justice, then this matter should be dealt with by the Islamic community, rather than the Nigerian government. Afterall, it was the prophet himself who said, “Let there be a community among you, calling to…