John Allen Muhammad

Cultural identity is groups or an individual in terms of cultural or subcultural categories (e.g. Ethnicity, nationality, language, religion). Cultural identity is an important element to the identity of many humans and should be encouraged, promoted, and welcomed in new environments. For people like Malala, her cultural identity is a major part of who she is and without it she wouldn’t have accomplished all that she has in life. Regardless of where people emigrate to, their cultural identity…

Islam has impacted India and its history in more ways than one. During the time when Islam was being established in India there were many changes that were being made during the process, including religion. This new religion was able to convert Hinduism and Buddhism. Which had also impacted India's caste system. In 711 CE, "India had faced many invaders, but no substantial challenges on both a military and cultural level" (Butler). However, when Islam had come along they had never seen such…

MAINSTREAM MEDIA PORTRAYING MUSLIMS Currently a lot of Muslims are being look down on all around the world just because of what they believe in. Islamophobia is increasing and the only reason people dislike Muslims is because of how mainstream media portrays them. Mainstream media seem to always give the impression of Islam as if represents hate and killing, when actually it means peace. Whenever a horrific event happens the media always suspects it to be a group of Muslims or Arabs who are…

Muhammed Review The book, Jesus and Muhammad, by F.E. Peters show the parallel lives of Jesus and Muhammed. F.E. Peters, Francis Edward Peters, is a retired professor from New York University and taught Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Religion. In addition, he taught classics, philosophy, urbanism, Middle Eastern history, and Islamic Studies. E.F. Peters is a knowledgeable man and leader in the field of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Peters book Jesus and Muhammad, takes place in…

Subsequently, Muslim immigrants from Middle East countries become a national security concern because of their ties with terrorism, their refusal to assimilate in western society, their religion intent to spread jihad globally, and most importantly their practice of sharia law that enslaves women to men out of their country of origin. Muslims preach that Islam is a peaceful religion, but yet it is suspicious to accept that Islam is peaceful, although not every Muslim is a terrorist, however,…

Mahjoobah Billah 12B March 12, 2017 Influential Women in Islam There are many influential Muslim women who contributed to Islamic history and society now, but some of the greatest ones are not recognized enough for their efforts. These women make all women feel powerful and motivated enough to do the same, to pass along the message. Some of these women who contributed to Islamic history are: Aishah bint Abi Bakr, which almost everyone knows about, Naseebah bint Harris, who is also…

Every day is abundant of choices, choices served to a specific purpose, choices that will define the rest of the day, the year and even life. Everything that results, every choice made will somehow affect something else. Scientifically, chemistry teaches us every action determines a reaction, the butterfly effect, consequently, proposes a cause, as slight as it can be, can have a great effect. As the day ends, every choice made falls into the course of life, the course of the universe which…

1. How does Islam formulated in four schools of law differ from the Quran’s ethical message on the equality of sexes? Do you think the fact that Islam became a state religion during the Abbasid period has anything to do with the consolidation of patriarchy via Islam? The four legal schools of Islam each interpreted the Qu’ran in different ways, so it was possible to stray from the message of equality of sexes. Although each school’s interpretations are unique, they tend to afford men greater…

live in today. Having a religion is very important but you must open up to their beliefs and understand how they view the world. These two religions are Christianity and Islam. These groups are led by two very strong saviors being Jesus Christ and Muhammad. They have many beliefs which open up the eyes of certain people, and these people come in billions and are located all over the world. The two biggest parts of these religions are their saviors. Descending from the prophet Abraham, both…

Rik Bailey really took his time to differentiate between the stereotypes of Muslim women and what Islam revealed about women. Many western eyes portray Islam as oppressive towards its women. The stereotypes of Muslim women is they are covered from head to toe, housewife, abused by husband, practically a women with no rights. But, these views are expressed from a western television or newspaper point of view. This quote by Bailey really caught my eyes, “People with these views tend not to have…