Five Pillars of Islam

The Islamic Elderly and Western Care Practises: Are we Ready for a change? Almost every religion and culture has a unique perspective on ageing and that perspective guides the care that the elderly receive from their prospective culture. However, as we as a society are becoming increasingly multicultural, there needs to be some understanding as to how western society can do a better job in creating a comforting environment for our aging based on the religious and cultural backgrounds of our…

Rather than doing my own individual research, I decided to speak to my friend Heliya about the Muslim religion as she had much knowledge and experience about the practice. I dragged my roommate Heliya along my journey to Irvine to the Islamic Center of Irvine, who is a practicing Persian Muslim today. Coming from a Persian-Armenian background I naturally relate to her culture and have similar ideas and values that I have grown up with. However, as a Christian-Armenian, the religion we each…

It seems that every day there is a new report about the latest act of terror or brutality occurring somewhere in the world. These events, though they are horrific to hear about, can be hard to grasp as they can seem very foreign or carry no personal connection. However, they are more globally connected than it seems. That connection is religion. Religion has become, just like talking politics at Thanksgiving, taboo. People are afraid to talk about it in fear of offending someone. The topic of…

A key pillar to the Roman Catholic Church are its Saints. Saints are men and women who are recognized by the Church to have had an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness to God and or Christ. There are many hundreds of Saints within both the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Coptic Churches. The writing of the history and great acts of saints is called a Hagiography, literally meaning sacred writing. Of the many hundreds of saints, a few stand out in the history, Saints like…

The way that both the five characteristics of Catholicism and the four dominate categories of Native American are similar are in these ways. First both religions have a different way of performing their rituals. Native American celebrate thru their rituals and Catholics rituals re-enact the Catholic stories. Also Native American do not have a religion they worship a statue or something that they believe did something for them and in contrast the Catholics do have a religion and is directed by…

Salma who narrates the novel speaks perfect English. This is necessary since Fadia Faqir decides to “creat an ‘Arab book’ in the language of the other.” ( Al-Maleh 238) Diya Abdo, while investigating “double agence” in Faqir’s Pillars of Salt , discusses the hybridity of the language Faqir uses to sustain a “transcultural/translinguistic position” (A-Maleh 238). This position creates ambiguity in its relation with the reader. Abdo argues that Faqir’s texts are presented to a western reader…

Client Introduction S.M. is a 33-year-old Palestinian female. The client is married, since the age of 18. She is currently unemployed but is a housewife, caring for her three children daily. The client is the primary source of data obtained. The client was self-referred to the clinic after “googling for a psychiatrist” near her area. The client proves to be a reliable historian. History of Present Illness The client reports “just showing up” to the clinic and lingering in the waiting area after…

at night, some people staged a procession in Ramu in protest of the perceived blasphemous image uploaded to a Facebook account. Newspaper reports stated that local Awami League leaders were initially seen mobilising the mob and emphasising the sentimental religious issue to counter the opposition. The Daily Star, a widely circulated national daily, reported that a motley group comprising local leaders of pro-Awami League organisations, BNP men, madrasa students and common people were allegedly…

Homeland as a choice. While some women would flee from their oppressive societies, many prefer to return or stay in their homeland, where they hold essential social and religious connections. Finding the means for escape, Suha prepares to return to her homeland even without her husband. During this time, Suha observes the walls for the first time: …every house had a different wall, made of marble, cement, natural stone like the stone you see in the mountains: tiles, factory-made stones,…