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The Great Mosque of Djenné is the largest historical mud mosque in the sub-Saharan region and is considered by many to be the greatest achievement of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style. (2) Djenné is located 30 km Southwest of Mopti (the regional capital) and 570 km Northeast of Bamako (the national capital). It is one of the oldest towns of sub-Saharan Africa. (3) The sculptural beauty, intelligence, and originality behind the Great Mosque of Djenné are a product of architectural…

Majority of the time when Islam is seen on the news, it is never for a good reason. Headlines read Islamic extremist this or Islamic radical that. A number of Americans view the religion as dangerous and different. Muslims who have no terrorist connections are being surveillanced and prosecuted just because of their religion. Islam is a peaceful religion; it’s just misunderstood due to lack of knowledge within the American population. Muslims are often linked to the terrorists that caused…

created in, and the people that live in it. The cover drawing in The New Yorker issue of July 21, 2008 dubbed The Politics of Fear is one such example. The cover of the issue portrays then President Candidate Barack Obama as an Islamic holy man, an imam, and his wife, Michelle Obama, as a militant black panther. The background has them in the oval office standing on top of the official seal of the President of the United States. The room in it has a portrait of Osama bin Laden and an American…

most of times related to their religion. The same article The Perception of Islam and Muslims in the Media and the Responsibility of European Muslims Towards the Media continues “Little effort has been made to respond to these negative campaigns.” (Imam Merza Page 1). Not much is being done to stop any of these false accusations. On the contrary, many more means of communication are stoking the flame of perception with programs and comments degrading the Islamic religion…

In response to Hope, although the characters are not shown praying, I think it is assumed they are. Showing the characters praying might have distracted the viewers from what the director was trying to focus on. Scenes of the characters praying might lead the viewers to think one is more pious than the other. The film was focused on the wrong doings of each character. Judging them on their peity could possibly distract the viewers from realizing how flawed each of the characters were. Deciding…

Sikhism is generally held to derive from the teaching of the first Guru, Nanak (1469-1539) who taught a doctrine of salvation through Divine Name. His oral versical messages in Punjabi attracted a larger section of people in India because simple Bhakti does not need any external arrangements for God worship. He proved that God is present everywhere, immanent in all creation, both within and without everyman. On the way of Bhakti, Kabir, actually, showed the way of internal peace which is very…

Imam al-Sadiq ( as ) which says that in a tradition from the Prophet (S), he has said: “When believing servant says ‘The Praise is (only) Allah’s, the Load of worlds, such a praise that befits Him and His Rank, the angles are unable to record it. They…

This worker met with Ms. Musse to review the report and we met in her home. Privacy practices and Tennessen notices were reviewed and signed. The interview was recorded. Ms. Musse was engaged during the session. M.s Musse reported that she lives with her two daughters Khadija and Yasmin. She reported that her husband does not live with them and that they are planning on getting divorced. This worker asked about the allegation. Ms. Musse reported that on 4/3/17 her husband was visit and they…

Chechnya The ethnic-nationalist Chechen conflict was made more complicated and deadly with the introduction of Arab mujahideen. Emboldened by the Soviet-Afghan War, mujahideen flocked to Chechnya; bringing with them Wahhabism as well as criminal and terroristic behavior like drug smuggling, kidnapping and suicide bombing. The modern conflict has spanned from 1994 to the present, covering two official wars and numerous terror attacks against military, political and civilian targets. Driven by a…

It is assumed that globalization affects traditional authority structures but Robert Gleave argues that the Twelver- Shi’ite community in Iraq has maintained its traditional authority despite modernity. He discusses how the minority of the Muslims, dissociation of the scholars from political power, poverty and isolation of the Muslims from modernizing power, propagation of scholarly authority and their economic independence as a result of the collection of Islamic taxes, rise in the notion of…