Arab Muslims

essential step in the advancement of Muslim societies and "not contrary to the principles of Islam." Although Amin's ideas had been met with great resistance, how they gradually gained acceptance and spread among the "more advanced Arab countries," first in Egypt and then "Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq." By the 1950s, the veil had virtually disappeared in Egypt, except among the "lower middle class, the most conservative of all classes." It was only in the Arab world's "most backward regions,"…

Final Essay-Something creative Introduction “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country 's representatives can figure out what is going on.” This was released by Trump’s campaign on June 28th of 2016—he is now the president-elect of the United States. Since 9/11, Americans have been taught to embrace islamophobia by big media outlets attempting to profit off injecting fear into the general public’s mind, spreading the…

have not chosen to cover my head for MEN. I have chosen to cover myself for the sake of Allah SWT and Allah SWT only. When Muslim women are asked why they wear the Hijab the simple answer should be "because god asked me to". I believe that the Hijab is about Tawakkul - تَوَكُّل‎ ; submitting to Allah SWT and trusting his way. Wearing…

hear the word Muslim. Is it a towel wrapped, goat loving terrorist, holding an AK-47? This way of thinking, this unfair hatred of people we don’t even know, is called Islamophobia, and it’s very common in the US. Islamophobia isn’t only a way of thinking, it’s a disease, and just like any other disease, people need to recognize that this is a problem, then look at the causes, side-effects, and possible cures. Islamophobia is defined on Dictionary.com as the “hatred or fear of Muslims or of…

world today. Religion means something different to each individual. Whether it’s an escape from reality, a reason to live, or simply the feeling of belonging to a community, religion has a significant influence over people and their actions. The Muslims in the Middle East are especially impressive when it comes to their devotion to Allah. But there is a question of one thing in regards to women of the Islamic faith living overseas. Does the religion of Islam help to reinforce female…

The Krasniqi family are Muslims, a religion not highly accepted in the U.S. Muslims have very different religious practices than a southern Baptist. Even though the case worker was aware of the children’s religion, she proceeded to place the children in a Baptist foster home where they would eventually be adopted. I believe the case worker did not agree with the Muslim religion, therefore she was trying to remove the children from any form of contact with the Muslim religion. The case worker was…

The fluidity of calligraphy symbolizes the "intertwining" of stability and change that exists in the mortal world (Nasr 28). Islamic calligraphy has the appearance of a never ending line; the letters are all connected to one another and the writing seems to be constantly moving (Piostrovsky 29). The continual movement of the line "is one of the ways of manifesting [Allah] to this world" (27) and "projects the concept of continuity, of endlessness, of pluriformity" (29). The symbolism of…

had caught my attention, this was a story written by Sean Murphy in The National Post: “Muslim army reservist suing Oklahoma gun range for refusing him service after learning his religion”, 18 February 2016 (http://bit.ly/1Lod7FZ). This article focuses on a 29-year-old man, Raja’ee Fatihah who is an employee of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services who was denied access to a gun range because of his Muslim belief. Fatihah has filed a lawsuit, because of the business emphasizing Anti-Islamic…

Another organization that has been formed is the Muslims Against Terrorism, or MAT, which was founded in 1998. One of the objectives of MAT is focused on providing Western media outlets with accurate sources of Muslim perspective (Muslims, 2015). MAT states that Islam is intended to be a religion of peace, and those that say otherwise are misrepresenting the Qur’an. To support this view, MAT uses passages from the Qur 'an such as, “And the believers, men and women, are friends one of another.…

month of Ramadan and paying the poor tax, forms the essential framework of religious life for Muslims. More than that, the observance of the ritual prayer forms the framework of each Muslim’s day, from the pre-dawn morning prayer to the night prayer that precedes sleep. Prayer’s Importance in Islam Prayer, in the ritual sense, is an obligation of the faith, to be performed five times a day by adult Muslims. According to Islamic law, prayers have a variety of obligations and conditions of…