Elijah Muhammad

Is wearing the hijab a sign of faith or of religious oppression? That is the question that has concerned many scholars in the fields of religious studies and women’s studies. Shelina Zahra Janmohamed argues in Love in a Headscarf, that wearing the hijab a sign of her faith. She believes that it is her religious duty to dress modestly and practice veiling. For her, it is a mark of devout faith in Islam and a marker of the religion that she practices. Even though she faces the pressure of a local…

The spread of Islam had spread so quickly since 661 A.D and continues to grow very quickly even in 2016. Due to 3 main reasons of the Quickly spreading religion in the A.D era, is Military conquest, The way Muslims treat other people and Trade. This made Islam spread very quickly throughout some parts of Europe and the middle east. The Military Conquest that the Muslims had used proved to be very effective when Conquering Other regions or other armies. An Account from a Muslim historian talking…

One day a man walked into a cave and experienced something unbelievable.The man who walked in was the one and only Muhammad which soon he created the religion Islam.Then soon became a successful person with his religion Islam one of the biggest religion.The question everybody wants to answer is why did it spread so quickly?Some of the important reasons why Islam spread is Trade,Military Conquest,Message,and Political Order. One Of the first reasons was the art of successful trade around the…

the fact that he alone believed the Prophet’s story of his night journey to Jerusalem. Recognized even in Mecca as the foremost member of the Muslim community after Muhammad, he is credited with the purchase and release of several slaves, renowned for having proclaimed the first Muslim call to prayer. Abu Bakr was chosen by Muhammad to accompany him on his hijra to Medina in 622 C.E. He became Muhammad’s father-in-law when his daughter, Aisha, married the Prophet. Taking the title Khalifa rasul…

Nathaniel Quick History 104 Rummell February 19. 2016 Research Paper: Salah al-Din Born in Tikrit, in 1138, Salah al-Din was a Kurdish origin Muslim and the first sultan of Syria and Egypt. He was the founder of the Ayyubib dynasty despite it although its name was after his father. He was the leader of the Muslim in the Levant as they opposed the European crusaders. After the Muslim had triumphed, he became the legend of the people giving him a place in history pages. At the height of his…

Assalāmu ‛Alaykum guys, hope your all in the best of health and imaan InShaAllah. Just wanted to go over something thats been bothering me for a while. When describing the importance of hijab, I don’t understand when people say "Would you prefer an unwrapped piece of sweet covered in flies or would you like a wrapped one" suggesting that a woman who doesn’t cover her head may apparently be someone everyone’s had a taste of. This anaolgy in itself is absolutely offensive and against the very…

This source was created by the sheikh hasan al kafrawi. He was a Muslim professor of Cairo law. He was asked by a fellow Muslim about the treatment of the non- Muslims living in in a Muslim country. This article was created to show outsiders what the treatment of the Christians and Jews were. He showed us that the Christians and Muslims were not treated badly just unfair. This treatment was very much like the treatment of African Americans in the 1840s. In the 1840s African Americans were…

the law.”(The Rise of ISIS). Those who fail to obey the sharia laws have to face Punishments such as flogging, stoning, hanging, beheading, and crucifixion. ISIS militants feel as if it’s their duty to build an Islamic state because that’s what the Muhammad and Allah would want them to do. On June 29th of 2014 ISIS publicly announces the creation of a caliphate. Caliphate simply means Islamic state. By building an Islamic State ISIS will erase all state borders, “making Al-Baghdadi the…

directly resulted in modern Science and both intersect in the context of curiosity, belief and truth. Today’s most infamous religion, Islam, has many scientific allusions present in the Quran and the Hadiths (traditions/sayings of the prophet Muhammad). One of these allusions is present in the Quran describing the development of the embryo [23:14] “Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We…

Government Regulation on Threatening Speech With the rise of tension between the United States and the Middle East, every word spoken or drawing depicted is under pressure of causing harm. Is there a line drawn between freedom of speech and hate speech, for the sake of the safety and freedoms of our country? Can the government regulate communication that constitutes a threat to the United States national security, and if so, how? The United States government was put into place to serve the…