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    Ron Dermer's Peace Summit

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    Peace Summit Ron Dermer, a political consultant for Israel has had a great impact in finding a statement of peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Born in the US with an Israeli background, Ron Dermer has many opinions and represents his people well. With his heritage coming from Israel,Ron Dermer wants the Jewish people to claim their land.. Due to his background and US citizenship Dermer set out to become the main ambassador to the United States.An ambassador is someone who acts as a…

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    The Muslim faith, Islam, is a monotheistic religion that worships the God of Abraham, the same God worshipped by Judaism and Christianity. “Founded in the seventh century, Islam is the youngest of the three monotheistic world religions.” It developed from the Judeo-Christian tradition and the cultural values of the nomadic Bedouin tribes which can still be found throughout the Middle East today. Since the mid-eighth century, Islam has spread into Northern Africa, Europe, Asia, the United…

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    violence of any kind at local shrines where idols were worshipped. These rules made it possible for families from different tribes to converse or trade with one another at local shrines without fear of an attack. However, just prior to the birth of Muhammad, monotheism was beginning to spread throughout Arabia. The existence of Judaism had…

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    The Sub-Saharan Africa

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    The sub-Saharan is located in Africa that lies south of the Sahara desert. The sub-regions of sub-Saharan consist of Somalia, Dijibouti, Comoros, and Mauritania. The offical federal republic of somila is a country located in the horn of Africa. Ethopia is to the west, Dijibouti to the north east, the gulf of aden to the north, the indian ocean to the east, and kenya to the southeast. Somila's population consist of 10.8 million people, and most of those people are muslims. The offical republic…

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    Research Paper On Mecca

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    is indeed the truth from your Lord”, ("Mecca - ReligionFacts.").The most sacred place in Islam is the Ka’ba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Mecca, in a desert valley in western Saudi Arabia, is Islam’s holiest city, as it’s the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the faith itself. The Ka'ba is a mosque (built by Abraham according to Muslim tradition) constructed around a black stone. As known to all and sundry, the Ka’ba is believed to be the first place that was created on earth and the place…

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    The Five Pillars Of Islam

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    A: Mecca, is a city in a that's located in the western of Saudi, Arabia. Also the birthplace of prophet Muhammad and, where the Islamic faith started. And where the Quran was first revealed to Muhammad. What kind of clothes are worn by pilgrims during the Hajj? Why are these clothes important? A: When performing the Hajj a Muslim wears the Ihram clothes.(Ihram is a state of sacredness for a Muslim…

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    (Adelman 402). The origins, basic beliefs of Islam, Muhammad, the Quran, and the five pillars of Islam are very important to the Islamic culture. Islam is a universal religion. First off, Islam is “a religion that dates back to 610 CE, when Muhammad believed God came to him in a vision. Islam requires its followers to act righteously, to submit themselves to the one and only true God, and to care for the less fortunate (Adelman 372).” Muhammad was born in Mecca in Saudi…

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    Holy War Research Paper

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    The doctrinal dimension – simply as the beliefs and teachings of the religion. “…take not life, which God hath made sacred, except by way of justice and law: thus doth He command you, that ye may learn wisdom.” [Al-Qur’an 6:151] Jihad, in popular western media this word translates to Holy war. However as stated above Islamic teaching regard life as sacred, if we translate the words "holy war" back into Arabic, we find ‘Harbun Muqaddasatu’. Unfortunately, Muslim writers and translators of the…

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    Meeting with Fahad Allnagrani was a great experience. I learned information about Saudi Arabia that I was totally unaware of. Suadi Arabians all have pretty large families, Allnagrani had a family of 13 all in one household. He was the youngest so he had a pretty easy life growing up, especially with the awesome relationship he held with his mother. I also learned that Suadi Arabia has the largest Mosque, and people from all over the world comes to pray there often. Allnagrani’s religion was…

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    In today’s society, Christianity and Islam continue to structure the way people live. According to my findings, Islam is the religion that intrigued me the most. Islam is the most widely practiced religion in the world. Islam, respectively, is a complex and popular religion and has an interesting history to go along with its rich culture. Islam is an in depth faith that shares many spiritual similarities and differences with Christianity. One reason I chose Islam instead of Christianity is…

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