Imam

Pertinent tenets and Influence of Religion Mosque is the house of prayer in Islam. It is also the temple for Muslims. Masjid means place for prostration in English. Mosque is used to represent religious house in Islam. In Islamic history, the mosque was the center of the community. Nowadays, we almost can see Mosque located every corner for daily prayers. Mosque already has a history over 1400 years. Pray in Mosque become a part of life to Muslims. Market of Isfahan, also called Bazaar of…

to the religion; However it is also good to keep in touch with the holy book in the month of Ramadan. All these connect to one another, in order to get to the final goal and Islam. The tradition of Islam is very simple to follow and commit, what the Imam was stating is fairly straightforward, if one is dedicating himself…

This mosque is located in the prairies where there isn’t that many people but Islamophobia still exists. The mosque had to be a quiet operation so no one would know but when someone found out the news spread and caused uproar in the town. Also, the Imam that came was from Toronto and his references to Toronto being better because of how arrogant everyone is actually outlines another problem. The lack of knowledge about this religion may be an issue in a large city like Toronto, where he was…

“Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon” (Jackson 246). “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson describes about a tradition of an annual lottery draw, participated by the people of a village to insure a bountiful harvest. Usually in lotteries, the winners get something special that makes them happy. But in this story, the tradition of the lottery is that whoever is the winner is stoned to death to get a good crop on coming harvest time. We know that tradition is an important part of any culture. But this…

was announced that a Saudi Imam would be visiting Nigeria in the near future to improve relations between the two countries; no doubt this Imam would condemn the actions of al-Barnawi and his followers as it would aid in the political aim of his mission. truly byzantine leader would do well to seize this as an opportunity to inflame the Sharia north through one of two COAs: coercing the Imam to denounce hostile action against Boko Haram; failing that, eliminating the Imam under a false-flag…

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…

This verse, pregnant with mystical symbolism, further expands the theme discussed in the preceding and the fourteenth verse of this granth. The said two verses speak of the transformation of the self from its base state to a state of true and perfect awareness, while this verse, using the metaphor of the metamorphosis of a larva into a fully-grown wasp, speaks of the extinction of the individual self and attainment of oneness and identification with the Nūr of the Satguru. It is a biological…

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…

The Five Pillars of Islam help Muslims follow the religion called Islam. To truly be faithful in Islam, you must follow all five pillars. The first pillar is shahada, or faith. To be a faithful Muslim, you must confess your faith. The profession of faith goes like this,” There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet.” Or if you want say it Arabic,” La ilaha illa Allah wa- Muhammad rasul Allah.” The religion Islam basically translates to the words “to submit to God.” A Muslim is also…

The Shiites had articulated the doctrine that only a descendent of the Prophet’s cousin and son-in-law, Ali ibn Abi Talib, could be imam or leader of the Muslim community. This Shiite group split into activist and quietist wings – the quietist was called Imami or “Twelver” Shiites, they believed the line of visible imams had ended in 874 when the twelfth imam, still only an infant, believed to gone into hiding in Samarra, from which he will return as Mahdi. The activist, the Ismaili view, argued…