Depictions of Muhammad

Islamic Empire was built on the Islamic religion and the astonishing foundation set up by God himself, appealing more and more people to the newly formed empire. The Islamic religion’s origin was appealing for many reasons, one of them being that Muhammad was neither a God, nor someone to worship, but just a messenger delivering the exact words from God himself. The fact that what was being preached was not corrupted or interpreted but…

The fear of and prejudice against the religion of Islam is Islamophobia. In the United States, the media portray a negative picture of Muslims around the world. The term Islamophobia does not come from the terrorist attacks, it has been around since 1980. Islamophobia originated in the seventh century, when Islam spread into the European culture. This caused tension between Christians and Muslims and resulted in religious wars known as the crusades. There are four major types of islamophobia.…

Shouting Fire the documentary made me think a lot about what I agree with. I think as an American culture, we are so used to having an opinion and sharing it. We share our opinion when people say something we don’t agree with, we share our opinion even when people don’t ask to hear it, we just like sharing our opinion. As a culture if we don’t agree with something we try everything in our power to shut others opinions down and shame them. This documentary proves it. From a woman who was…

to God, […] God has made ready forgiveness and great reward” (21). It clearly showed that Islamic culture treated men and women separately and equally by mentioning both men and women together. Although not often, in early Islamic culture, after Muhammad died, his wife did have a chance to become an “authority of Prophet’s…

The 3 predominant religions of the world, are Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. Of these three religions, they are practiced in many different areas of the world. Although these religions are very different, they all have three things in common; the first being worship, the second being a holy book, and lastly a place of worship. All of these religions have subdivisions that are practiced and lesser known. For instance Christianity has Roman Catholicism. Roman Catholicism, is the most…

On Friday we finished watching Four Lions. I thought the first half of the movie was funny but I didnt like the second half at all. I read through the blogs regarding the movie and almost everyone said the movie did a good job in showing how disorganized terrorirism often is. Although that does have some truth to it, I felt the movie was pretty far for reality. The reactions to the movie reminded me of the comment someone made in class regarding The Seperation. What we see on screen is simply…

of jesus and paul, it started near the Sea of Galilee and spread to Jerusalem then to the Jews of Judea then it was established in Roman and around the mediterranean and in Asia Minor and Greece. Islam spread in different areas mainly because of Muhammad, islam started in Mecca and spread to medina because of the…

These days it is no longer a surprise to hear discussions and debates regarding to the growing strength of Islamist movements and lives of Muslim women living in the Middle East and south Asia. We see, from time to time, contradictions between a western feminist view of Muslim women as a mistreated, oppressed, and objectified beings, while Muslims themselves see it as a positive improvement for women compared to the times in pre-Islamic era. In some cases, this holds true, but as we saw in the…

Hannah Hagopian Theology 203 Prisoner of Conscience: Saudi Arabia, Raif Badawi Throughout the world we unfortunately have many prisoners of conscience, or individuals held in captivity because their political or religious beliefs conflict with those of the ruling government (“Prisoner of Conscience”). One such country that has prisoners of conscience is Saudi Arabia. The situation in Saudi Arabia is one of injustice, where there are random arrests and convictions of peaceful…

Religion Similarities and Differences The religions Judaism, Islam, and Christianity all originated in the holy city of Jerusalem. Judaism was founded by Moses over 3500 years ago. Islam was founded by Muhammad in the 7th century. Christianity was founded by Emperor Constantine in 325 A.D. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share many qualities, but they also have many differences. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have many things in common. Each religion practices a time of fasting during the…