John Allen Muhammad

Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, is an exquisite story that explores and shines light upon a plethora of concepts and issues. His diction and tone of writing allow the reader to not only gain a substantial understanding about the era and setting of the story but also feel the burdens of oppression along with betrayal and the joys of loyalty and friendship. Khaled Hosseini manages to effortlessly give his reader a glimpse of how the lifestyles of Afghani women play into marriage while…

Mecca is a very important place for the Muslim society, and all true Muslims end up visiting Mecca on a hajj, or pilgrimage. Mansa Musa brought tens of thousands of people onto his hajj with him, but it was all for good reason. Mansa Musa, the ridiculously rich, greedy, and noble king of Mali, took years to cross from Niani, the capital of the empire of Mali, to Mecca, a city in Saudi Arabia said to be the birth of the Islam religion, but Mansa Musa made sure his hajj was not just for religious…

High School stereotypes don't need to be accepted because everyone has a different personality which is not a bad thing. Stereotypes can drag down performance as researcher Min-Hsiung Huang recently decided to ask different type of men a simple question and all had different answers. Sociologist stated that this was happening because there was ‘race silent’ and which makes the other race feel that white are more superior than blacks. When reminded by a different race about your ethnicities…

all the law. Devils love the destruction of relations between a man and his wife. SATAN EMBOLDENS MANKIND TO KILL. Muhammad was a liar, butcher of mankind, thief, adulterer, that would torture, curse and live a very wicked life. (15) In the words of Al Ghazoli, Where was that prophet from Jesus Christ who said "Love your enemies and bless them that curse you"? Muhammad bin Abd Allah, the…

Sikhism is internally diverse within the religion. Everyone is equal in the eyes of Sikhism. Women and men are the same in the community and when presented to God they are one body one mind, we are equal. Sikhism has evolved and changed when Sikhs became oppressed and the sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind, started to form a military within the community. Sikhs live and practice and peaceful life even during strong Political powers take over like Moghal Emperor, Aurangzeb, who tried to force everyone…

Islamophobia, an irrational hatred or fear of Islam and prejudice against Muslims, has been manifesting itself in several parts of the world especially in Europe. This phenomenon dates back to the 1980s, but has been more commonly used after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. Recently, Islamophobes has a perception that Islam has no common values with other cultures, so they have a belief that they are only protecting their values and cultures. The main problem of this perception is that most Europeans…

In early Arabia, many people worshipped many gods, which is called polytheism. All of that changed when Muhammad created a new religion called Islam. Muhammad was a prophet that was believed in ancient times to speak to an angel named gabriel. He kept getting messages from the angel, and all of those messages were put into a book called the Qur’an (The holy book). At first when he started teaching this new religion to the Arabs, there were some problems. Some got upset when they had to stop…

Jihad is defines as, a struggle. There are two distinct variations of jihad: the Greater Jihad and the Lesser Jihad. The greater jihad is an, “inner struggle against base instincts” (CaP) and notably more spiritual. Many Sufis with the intention of getting closer to God practice this form of jihad. A Muslim who is acting on the greater or inner jihad must continuously practice restraint against unholy urges. Participating in the never-ending battle against ever changing urges of the world that…

I think I've learned many different things from the readings and the power points that differ from what I initially thought about each of the three monotheistic religions we talked about, and some that remain in line with what I believed or had heard about each of these three religions. I would like to first talk about christianity, I learned a lot about christianity in these last few weeks, things that I,ve never heard of even though I am a christian my self, I am a devoted roman catholic and I…

After the horrific attacks that occurred on September 11th, 2001, the George Bush administration used the term “The War on Terror” to describe the military campaign that would occur as retaliation. This military campaign’s main goal was to seek out to destroy terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda with the ultimate goal to take out the leader of the September 11th attacks, Osama Bin Laden and all of his followers. In 2013, the Obama administration announced that the United States would no…