Arab Muslims

The movie Babble involves the conflicts of social groups, issues of social identity, and intergroup communication. After watching this film it is easy to connect it to lessons learned in the textbook. The film displays the difficulties of cross cultural communication and the conflicts that can come with it. Babble’s plot starts with an incident in Morocco, when a tourist gets shot (Susan Jones played by Cate Blanchette) is shot while on a tour bus. This incident results in the connection of the…

Residual Aftermath Felt by Disadvantaged Muslim Americans Muslim Americans, particularly Arab Americans or other individuals who display a darker, more Middle-Eastern appearing skin tone, are one of the many disadvantaged, or subdominant, groups in America (Adams, 2013). Unique from typical subdominant groups that only labeled by one primary oppressing characteristic such as Jewish Americans and their Judaism or African Americans with their complexion, Muslim Americans will often be oppressed by…

in Ramadan is better than a thousand months in Surah al-Qadr: Verse 3. The concept of Islam is that the month of Ramadan should be used by Muslims to train themselves to perform good deeds and improve the society through their exemplary actions. The spiritual month of Ramadan with its fasting activity is bound to impact the regular economic activities in Muslim countries. This month is therefore, bound to impact the securities market, especially in the…

scholars of religion.In the 12th century, IBN-E-RUSHD said that women were equal to men in all respects and possessed equal capacities to shine, examples of female warriors among Arabs, Greeks and Africans to support their case. In the early history of Islam, examples of women notables Muslims who fought during the Muslim conquests and Fitna (civil war) as soldiers or generals include NUSAYBAH BINT-E-KAB also known asUMM AMMARAH, AISHA. Medieval hospitals include female…

territories which the Arab armies began in the seventh century. These conquests were due in large part to the martial ability of the Arabic army. Later, tying administrative power to Arab culture, religious unity, and even Islam’s similarities to Christianity aided in the retention and Arabization of the captured territory. In all but one of these cases, the Arabic states followed models created by the Roman, and later, the Byzantine Empire. To begin, the military capability of the Arabs aided…

Muhammad) and also from the fatwas which are the rulings of the Islamic scholars. Sharia is an Arabic word which means: “The clear, well-trodden path to water.” Sharia law acts as a code for living that all Muslims should adhere to, including prayers, fasting and donation to poor. It aims to help Muslims understand how they should lead every aspect of their lives according to God’s wishes. As a legal system, sharia law is exceptionally broad. While other legal codes regulate public behaviors,…

the question of: To What Extent did 9/11 Change the Treatment and Opinions of Muslims In America? The primary timeframe for this investigation will be between 1900-2001 to analyze the change and evolution in the treatment of Muslims in the 20th century. My primary source is Edward E. Curtis’s book entitled “Muslims in America: A Short History.” This book was written in 2009 in New York City, NY. It analyzes how as Muslims immigrated to North America and as they tried to indulge in the culture,…

front of the mosque there is a square entrance with two huge glass doors in the middle. On the top of entrance there is an image which states لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله (La Ilaha IllAllah Muhammadur Rasulullah). This saying is a common among Muslims, which translated means: “There is only one god and Muhammad is his messenger.” On the roof…

small area surrounding the settlement of Diriyah close to what is now Riyadh. By the mid-sixteenth century, almost all Arab lands had come under the rule of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, which reached its zenith under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-66). Arab countries formed a principal part of the empire, and many prominent Ottoman administrators were themselves Arab. But the interior (though not the coasts) of Arabia escaped Ottoman attention and they didn’t care who ruled it.…

(East African) slave. He wanted to show the people that the Muslims beliefs that allows them to enslave his ancestors is wrong. In fact, he is countering the “curse of ham,” which claims that black-skinned people are descended from disgrace Ham (one of Noah sons) and bears the mark of god displeasure. This gives the Muslims slavers a good reason to enslave the non-Arabian people of Africa. Throughout this passage he gives the Muslims who conquered the Africa through military conquest a…