Arab Muslims

tricking people to join their violent group in order to shatter their propaganda. Especially in this age when everyone has Twitter and Facebook. 6 4- Christians and Muslims Must Stand Together - Muslims in Egypt lock hands and surround Christian churches in order to keep them safe from terrorist attacks. 6 - Both Christians and Muslims should stand hand in hand rejecting fears and raise their voices in order to wage peace on their behalf. 6 5- Understanding ISIS…

The Muslim Brotherhood is a Religious Non Government Organization that operates in Egypt who have developed their political ideology through competing in a previously secular political space. The Muslim Brotherhood fill the void in Egyptian Governments social programs through supplying aid to underdeveloped parts of Egypt in the form of education, medical aid, and acts of charity & welfare on behalf of the community, however their work is self motivated as it seeks to both spread the word of…

Young and Not In Love The average fifth-teen year old girl is worried about how many likes her Instagram post gets not who she will be marrying. Millions of young girls across the world in undeveloped countries have to go threw the struggle of child marriage. Child marriage occurs when someone under the age of eighteen either into by marriage by their parent’s permission. Child marriage is a human rights violation and although even though some of the countries have made laws or act to protect…

Although researchers have made several forays into the radicalization process that focuses on religious ideology as a central factor, a more complex approach has emerged—one that examines the interaction between theology and psychology. Not entirely convinced by the idea that religious ideology alone can motivate individuals into carrying out violence, this novel perspective looks beyond, focusing on group dynamics (Sageman) and cognitive openings (Wiktorowicz) as explanations. Considering that…

After scrutinizing the following books: The Kiter Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Housseni and The Story of Zahra by Hanan Al-Shaykh and Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea, Middle Eastern literature depicts the Muslim women in a different manner than Western media through characterization/gender roles and figurative language. In order to further understand the depiction of women in these books, the culture, the background, and historical context of the…

The death of Perpetua let student understood the suppression of women during early Christianity (Perpetua 78). Islam, a religion that was based on Christianity and Jewism (Gordon 8), had more gender equality which women could lead power (17) and had the right to own property. (“Law” 133) In comparison, Christian women had no right to teach (Pagels 90) nor did they want to be women. From the different understandings of the same concept, women who believed in Christianity had less power than women…

the increased level of hostility aimed at them, Middle Eastern Americans are increasingly concerned about becoming scapegoats in War on Terror. In a 2010 poll, 48% percent of Muslims claimed to experience discrimination based on their race or religion in the previous year and 53% felt that it was more difficult to be Muslim in United States after 9/11, a much higher percentage than any other religious group in America (Gallup,…

The Arab slave traders relied on the Indian Ocean monsoon winds during the slave trade. Indian Ocean was regarded as an important route since it connected East Africa to the outside world, including India Peninsula. The Arabs, precisely from the Gulf of Persia, used the Indian Ocean route since it linked the East African region to the potential clients of the Arab Merchants. They mostly resided on some parts of North Africa, including Egypt, Morocco, and among others. Again, the Indian Ocean…

Western ideals of democracy. What the U.S still does not seem to understand is that the people of the Arab nations are and will continue to resist this influence due to the Middle East’s deep-rooted history in Islam. Since the founding of Muslim faith, the people of the Middle East have resided continuously under sharia law for over a thousand years. It should come with no surprise that the Arab world would revolt at the threat of a set of alien ideas that contradict their values of a God…

Multi-dialects, Confusion, English? A Bavarian priest tried to create the first universal language in the year 1880 and he called it Volapük. A language that was taken from the existing French, German and English, and was difficult to learn. It consisted of odd sounds and case endings similar to Latin. It did not take long before a new language emerged (McWhorter). This new language was a blend of words from India and Europe. It became known as Esperanto. Regardless, of this fact Esperanto was…