Caliph

The Holy Quran is a compilation of the verbal revelations given to the HolyProphet Muhammad (saw) over a period of twenty three years. The Holy Quran is the Holy Book or the Scriptures of the Muslims. It lays down for them the law and commandments, codes for their social and moral behaviour, and contains a comprehensive religious philosophy. The language of the Quran is Arabic. Besides its proper name, the Quran is also known by the following names:alKitabThe Book;alFurqan (The Discrimination):…

Since the beginning of Islam in 622, Muhammed created the religion that would grow and flourish into the most successful and powerful empire in its era. Throughout history, historians have witnessed the rise of many powerful and brutal other empires including the Byzantines and the Romans, none of which are comparable to the extent of the Islamic Empire. Muhammed established an empire that never crumbled to pieces like the Byzantines and Romans did, given that the Islamic empire still thrives…

In the world of Spanish Christendom, few figures are more shrouded in legend and mystery than Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, or El Cid. While modern observers would perceive the notion of a knight changing his loyalty as treasonous, El Cid is renowned for having done this very act. He served under three different rulers during his lifetime, one of them having been a Moorish king. A fierce warrior and an ambitious ruler, historians remember El Cid for his many accomplishments. Unfortunately, he was a…

In 2014 a group of Jihadist militants announced a worldwide caliphate. These Sunni Islamic fundamentalists goal was to create an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Originally they were referred to as ISIL but the name currently adopted by the organisation is ISIS. However many of the governments of the western world have taken to referring to ISIS as Daesh as an attempt to degrade and undermine them. This essay will attempt to follow this trend, but will use the two names interchangeably. Since…

The concept of rule of law (ROL) was made popular in the 19th century by a British jurist called A. V. Dicey. The rule of law can be defined as the legal principle that a nation should be governed by the law, instead of being governed by decisions of individual that are the government officials. Basically, the law is subjected to every person in the country, the law that exercises limitation upon one’s behaviour including those who serve as government officials. The law has the utmost power and…

Islam spread throughout North Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia rapidly after it was founded. Due to Islam discouraging the use of figurative images in religious contexts, pushing Islamic artists to create and develop a rich decoration style of non-figural images, consisting of such ornament that make a hallmark of Islamic work. Islamic decoration includes complex geometric patterns, calligraphy and scrolling vines better known as arabesques. Islam has affected Islamic architecture…

the impacts of incident, the unchangeable idea of the destiny and the determination of apparently unsolvable challenges isolating two lovers is seen. O.Henry used deception with a plot that he called “turning the tables on Haroun Al-Raschid,” the caliph from mingle with the common people. His strategic writing techniques and ideas led him to the use of these themes in The Gift of the Magi, The Last Leaf",The…

Tibetans (Barakat 1993) (Al-Maazmi, 2012). The worldview of the creators of such legends can be captured in these narratives about the Others’ origin, where tribalism played a major role in how the Arabs have perceived and reproduced the world around them accordingly (Barakat 1993). Such imageries and fictive genealogies are not exclusively found among the Arabs. In a similar fashion, Benjamin Disraeli, the leading Tory statesman and prime minister under Queen Victoria, has projected his…

In today’s contemporary society religion and law are viewed as two distinct categories, which seem to never interconnect or even cross lines with one another. Religion is often regarded as a personal entity that has no effect on the community as a whole. This westernized view of religion is true to a certain extent— religion is a personal choice, but it is also a method of control. Religion, in this case, Islam, is crafted in such a way that satisfies the wellbeing of the individual, and along…

Similar to the prophetic signs ascribed to Judaism, Islamic end time prophecy includes minor and major signs. Neither the minor nor the major signs are to prelude one another, but shall occur simultaneously. Therefore, the minor signs are not thought to take place before the major ones, but are considered of less importance than the major signs. Many of the minor signs of the Islamic end times parallel to that of Judaism’s beliefs. Muhammad prophesied that in the last age people would follow a…