Caliph

Aniconism, is the embodiment of medieval Islamic art. Traditional Islamic art consists of three different components: Geometric patterns, floral motifs, and calligraphy. These styles are masterfully, creatively, and alluringly integrated into complex arts, but there is a definite distinction between it and today’s art that mainly focuses on idolism and direct religious imagery. Understanding Islamic art helps one today understand why idolizing and depicting deities isn 't necessary to show…

In geography my class watched a documentary called Islam: Empire of Faith. The main subject of the documentary was explaining the Islamic religion and culture. This documentary also described the faith of Islam and the ways it affected people including Muslims, Christians, Muhammad, Saladin, Mehmet,and Suleyman. Also it discussed innovations such as water purification, irrigation, soap, cameras, etc. This documentary was very informational, but in my opinion is was very boring, even though it…

Syria may not be the most known country, but over the last couple of years it has received a lot of attention around the world. Presumably unknown to the vast majority, there has been countless human rights violations occurring within Syria over the span of the last four years. Three violations that spark up concern to Syrian citizens would be the immeasurable murders executed by armed forces in the war, the rebel and ISIS factions recruiting children to be soldiers, and the millions of people…

the southern border of Turkey. ISIS is a terrorist organization that has carved out land in order to create a new state based on the ideological stance that state and church should be intertwined, also known as a caliphate or “the rank or reign of a caliph,” where the laws of the state are directly connected with Islamic beliefs. Though based off a far radical reading of Islam, many fighters have flocked to this terrorist organization, frightening nations around the globe. The international…

I choose to complete my report on the Islamic faith because I feel that it is a relevant topic. It seems like every time I turn on the news or visit a news website, I am met with articles about the Islamic faith. I don’t think people fully understand what the religion stands for and only think about a few radical sectors of the religion. I think when most people think of Muslims they think of a radical group or terrorist. This is very unfair because most Muslims are very peaceful and tolerant of…

The prophet stated in the midst of the congregation that “ from whoever I am a mawla, then Ali is his mawla.” Even the second righteous caliph of the Sunnis’ authority, has congratulated Ali “ you become the mawla of every man and women.” However, the word Mawla has many shades of meaning to range from a friend, supporter and a higher master. This discrete manifestation of the ethos of…

The Yemeni Culture The first time I went to Yemen, was when I was 15 years old. Living in America my whole life, Yemen was a new world to me. Even though it was my first time there, I felt at home, like its where I belong. But the kids there didn’t agree with me because I was a little different to them. I was American. I was American raised. I was compared to that one spoiled brat from school, even though I wasn’t any different from them, they still resented me. My first week was hard. I was…

The Fatimid Caliphate (ad-Dawlah al-Fāṭimiyya) was an Ismaili Shia Caliphate, it lasted from the year 909 to the year 1171 and eventually fell when its last Caliph (Al Athid or Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf ibn al-Ḥāfiẓ) died, making place for the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt and Syria under Saladin. The Fatimid Caliphate was the only Shi’a Caliphate, it was tied to the Ismaili branch of Shi’a Islam, the belief is centered around Isma’il, the son of Ja’Far As-Sadid, the sixth Imam and seventh…

It is also known that all the four Caliphs did not interfere in the any other religion and they followed god’s word in Quran “everyone has his own religion”. In other words, Omar agreed to allow the Christians to keep practicing their faith with several conditions. Muslims claim that this…

Al-Uqlidisi also confirms the general societal perception of Greek superiority over the Indians in mathematics when explaining the use of paper instead of the dust board. He says, 'we may hide it [Indian method] also by means [paper], so that one who sees him that computes with it does not know that it is Hindi, but thinks that it is Rumi '. Here he suggests that the utilization of paper would allow the general people to calculate by writing, similarly to the dust board, but would look neater,…