Caucasus

The establishment of the Soviet Union in 1922 helped to reduce the role of Islam in Chechnya by forcing adaptations to Soviet centralization. During World War II, a large number of Chechens were deported, further fragmenting the Chechen population, culture, and religion and reducing Islam’s role in the rise of the 1994 conflict as religion was a less central focus in Chechen lives due to their effective refugee status following deportation. Instead, Islam was pushed to the background as…

According to Zubaida (2003), the Middle East is situated in parts of Western Asia spreading from the eastern Mediterranean coastline of Turkey and Syria, through the leave to Iraq and Arabia, and toward the East through Iran to the Caspian, the Caucasus, and the Black Sea. Into Africa, it incorporates Egypt, and, by a few records, Arab North Africa. This zone involves mountains, deserts, rich fields watered by amazing streams, and seacoasts. Climatically, the Middle East ranges from the…

intro When I was a young child in elementary school I had a friend, Basheer, who was part of a family who were recent immigrants from the middle east. They left their native home to escape prosecution against their sufi minority status in a sunni-dominant area. One of my fondest memories I had while visiting Basheer 's home involved some of the religious practices his family engaged in, which was entirely new to me at the time. I found their customs, fresh from their homeland as they were…

They killed everyone in towns, and razed and sacked as they went along, decimating anyone who dared try and oppose them. Take the battle at the Kalka river for example; in the year 1222, the Mongols crossed the Caucasus mountains to the Turkish Cuman territory, and after the Cumans, who were allied with the Russians numbering about 80,000 men, murdered the Mongol peace envoy, Genghis and his army or 40,00 utterly annihilated the Russian backed Cumans. Genghis’ utter…

seven vilayets of Bitlis, Van, Kharpout, Diarbekir, Trebizon, Sivas and Erzeroum; four Cilician sancaks which are Khozan (Sis), Djebel-Bereket, Adana together with the Alexandretta and Marash. Also, they claimed all the Armenian territory in the Caucasus including Kars and Ardahan (Nubar, p. 5). This was the first international conference that Armenian people showed their demands to the international community. They also mentioned about mandatory rule that “The Armenian Conference, gathered at…

Al-Qa’ida (‘the Base’) is an international terrorist organization that was founded by Osama bin Laden in August of 1988. Bin Laden, a son of a wealthy and prominent Saudi family, trained and fought with the mujahedeen in Afghanistan during the 1989 Soviet Invasion of the country. The organization continues to pose a threat to regions of North Africa and the Middle East, as well as various Western countries. This organization seeks to unite Muslims as a means of overthrowing any regimes that the…

The Atrocities of the Holocaust The Holocaust was the systematic killing of people of Jewish culture. That does not mean that everyone else was safe. They also targeted homosexuals, the mentally ill, gypsies (people of Romanian culture) slavic people (Polish and Lithuanians) and communists. There were many people the Nazi party targeted. The word Holocaust comes from two greek words, holos (whole) and kaustos (burned) (Holocaust encyclopedia). In early 1933, the Jewish…

“Righting Humanity In Our Time” written by Merle Jacobs and L.A. Visano provides the reader with enrich understanding of social determinants of health and how it plays a big role in maintaining the health systems, bringing along the issues of economic, ethnic and heath inequities and how that relates to major problems like: food insecurity, barriers in service systems and even poverty. In my paper, I will discuss the social determinants of health in two social locations by situating my…

All praise to Allah for His guidance towards straight path. He is the only One who gives protection and guides to the believers. Peace and blessing to Prophet Muhammad as a Messenger of Allah, a compassionate, saviour and guider to right path. He is an icon for human race to emulate. Ever since the advent of Islam to this world, Islam faced many challenges from its foes, that is, the disbelievers. The disbelievers want to extinguish Islam and its foundation from this world. However, Allah will…