Depictions of Muhammad

The doctrinal dimension – simply as the beliefs and teachings of the religion. “…take not life, which God hath made sacred, except by way of justice and law: thus doth He command you, that ye may learn wisdom.” [Al-Qur’an 6:151] Jihad, in popular western media this word translates to Holy war. However as stated above Islamic teaching regard life as sacred, if we translate the words "holy war" back into Arabic, we find ‘Harbun Muqaddasatu’. Unfortunately, Muslim writers and translators of the…

Meeting with Fahad Allnagrani was a great experience. I learned information about Saudi Arabia that I was totally unaware of. Suadi Arabians all have pretty large families, Allnagrani had a family of 13 all in one household. He was the youngest so he had a pretty easy life growing up, especially with the awesome relationship he held with his mother. I also learned that Suadi Arabia has the largest Mosque, and people from all over the world comes to pray there often. Allnagrani’s religion was…

In today’s society, Christianity and Islam continue to structure the way people live. According to my findings, Islam is the religion that intrigued me the most. Islam is the most widely practiced religion in the world. Islam, respectively, is a complex and popular religion and has an interesting history to go along with its rich culture. Islam is an in depth faith that shares many spiritual similarities and differences with Christianity. One reason I chose Islam instead of Christianity is…

The word 'Islam' means 'peace.' The word 'Muslim' means 'one who surrenders to God.' But the press makes us seem like haters.” This quote by Muhammad Ali shows how people’s perception of Islam isn’t the ideal meaning of Islam and due to ignorance, anyone who is classified as Muslim or Islam is seen as an evil person. This made me wonder what Islam really is, how it is perceived in the Middle East, where most of the region is dominated with this specific religion, and how that view of Islam…

The historical events that determined how Islam came to be in America depict a very interesting take on the fast-growing religion. Being a Muslim myself, I never knew that Muslims’ from the Northern and Western parts of Africa brought Islam to America, along with their struggles and hard times of slavery. On the contrary I had thought they emigrated from the Middle East much later on just as many of our ancestors and European colonists did. I believe that it is very important for us to…

disciples. Muslims have pieces that depict the life of Muhammad, who was the main disciple of their god Allah. Jewish people have works that show the greatness of heaven and of God. The Good Shepherd and The Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad on his Steed Buraq, Guided by Jibra’il and Escorted by Angel, are good illustrations of the tributes that people of different faiths pay to what they believe in. In The Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad…, Muhammad is at the center of the picture because he is…

The political, social, and monetary qualities of the early states in the Sudanic belt and Sub-Saharan belts of Africa, the Meso-America and Andean South America, and the Pacific incorporated a wide range of and comparative angles. To start, the Sudanic realms (Sudanic Belt and Sub-Saharan Belt) were an extremely directing gathering of states situated underneath the Sahara leave. Their economy comprised of cows, agribusiness, and angling, which is fundamentally the same as a week ago's…

Nationalism in Iraq Iraq was established on October 1,1919. In World War I the British occupied a lot of Mesopotamia and were given a demand over the area in 1920. The British renamed the area Iraq and defined it as a kingdom in 1922. In 1932 the monarchy gained full independence. The Iraqi population includes Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, Chaldeans, Assyrians, and Armenians. The religions are varied and consists of Shi'a and Sunni Muslims, Christians, Kurdish Yazidis, and a little number of Jews…

Along with other ethnic minority groups, Muslims, especially those of South Asian origin, experienced discrimination in housing, education, employment, social and welfare services, the media and public life. Some important issues were the availability of halal food; time off for religious festivals; refusal to allow time off for prayers; lack of or inadequate prayer facilities; and issues of dress and language in a range of settings. It is also well-knowledged the unfair treatment of Muslims in…

The United States is comprised of many ethnic groups also, the cultural beliefs and practices are likely to differ as it relates to the different ethnic groups. With regards to Islam and Hinduism there are differences in attitudes towards death. Muhammad is the founding prophet of Islam. Additionally, Islam is one of the world’s major religions. At the heart of Islam is a belief in an all-powerful, transcendent God who has created the universe and who controls it down to the smallest detail…