Depictions of Muhammad

The West appears to have a misconception of Islamic law surround the concept of holy war or jihad to conflict owing to the extended flawed appropriation by Osama bin Laden on Islamic belief to justify his group’s terrorist exploits against unbelievers. Violence is also, paradoxically, advocated in the Qur’an and Old Testament or Hebrew Scriptures, and yet the two latter’s’ passages on combat and conduct of war are overlooked unlike its former religious succession. Jihad (to strive or struggle)…

Jesus Christ is God. As most of modern society knows, this statement is fundamental to the teachings of Christianity. Christians believe that the many prophecies of the Old Testament, such as, “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel,” are all fulfilled with the coming of Jesus, giving them evidence that Jesus is God (Isaiah 7:14). For Muslims though, putting Jesus on equal standing with God is considered…

Hypocrisy is a dangerous idea to dabble in. And unfortunately, hypocrisy seems to be present in everything. Namely, hypocrisy plays a large role in Iran’s politics and religion. Not only is it present in the real world, but the detrimental effect of hypocrisy is largely reflected in Iranian cinema as well. In the film Shokaran by Behrouz Afkhami, hypocrisy in relationships between men and women is depicted to represent how hypocrisy is embedded within the religious and political sectors of Iran.…

In the same line of thought, Fatima Mernissi’ seminal work The forgotten Queens of Islam comes to confirm the important role of women throughout history. In which, she deals with the issue of women and sovereignty in Islam. The book introduces various stories of women throughout the Islamic history, Mernissi argues: Despite decrees from Mecca, opposition from the caliphs, and the opportunism of political men, 15 Muslim women sovereigns ascended the thrones of Muslim states…

INTRODUCTION The holy Quran is the last book of Allah or human guidance.it contains all the necessary principles for our guidance. We need to study Quran keenly to derive such principles for everyday application. I have studied Surah al Kahf to derive principles of life. Surah al kahf was revealed in Makkah and is the 18th Surah of Quran. It has 110 ayyah, 12rukus, 1583 words and 6425 letters. It means the cave. It was revealed after surah al ghaashiyan but in the order of Quran it comes after…

Why Jogendra Nath Mandal was appointed first Law Minister of Pakistan Critics argue if the purpose of establishing Pakistan was to serve Islam and have Islamic laws in Pakistan, then why he made the above statement in the Constituent Assembly? His speech clearly shows he wanted to have some kind of a secular Pakistan. Furthermore, if he wanted to serve Islam and have an Islamic Pakistan then he should have appointed a Mufti or a religious scholar as a Law Minister of Pakistan. Instead of…

Ask Me No Questions Final After the attacks on September 11, a number of people who lived in the United States were faced with infringements on their rights in the United states. As Americans, a number of us just sat and watched this take place while those who we should have taken worry for were nearly prosecuted. Marina Budhos, the author of Ask Me No Questions gives us insight to the consequences that this had on the Hossain family, who originate from Bangladesh. This book is an accurate…

times of hardship and crisis. Thus, it is not surprising then to find variety of belief all around the world since in the time of primitive or civilize. However, the only religion that Allah except is Islam that was being delivered by our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). In Surah Az-Zariyat Allah said that the sole purpose of our creation, the end of our lives, is to worship Allah and serve Him alone. This establishes beyond doubt that we must be fully aware of the meaning of “ibadah”.…

“So there are two quite different Islams, an Islam that is in some sense a women’s Islam and an official, textual Islam, a men’s Islam” (37). Leila Ahmed writes talks about this idea of a “men’s” and a “women’s” Islam in her article “A Border Passage from Cairo to America- A Women’s Journey.” In thus articles she notices that there tends to be a division between the Islam of men and the Islam of women. “Men’s Islam” is primary written and concerned with the idea of orthopraxy, or right practice…

The city of Los Angeles today, is deemed as one of the “mural capitals of the world” (MCLA). With 3,000 and counting murals citywide, they can be displayed as either being from a religious, cultural, or political standpoint with the purpose of leaving behind an underlying message from the art in itself. Made from vinyl acetate, Rico Lebrun’s Genesis, is influenced from the central story of Genesis, portraying Adam and Eve with their children. Alongside including the events from the Great Flood…