Laila Ali

Subway assumes that parents are looking for a healthier variety of fast food for their children. Laila is the daughter of the world famous, beloved, former boxer, Muhamad Ali. Laila is considered as a world class female athletes. She has appeared on shows such as American gladiator, and the popular weight loss show, The Biggest Loser. The use of Laila Ali in this ad lends support the credibility of the Fresh Fit for Kids meals. Laila is a mother, so the placement of the children around her makes her appear trust worthy and honest. It sends the message that if Laila Ali endorses this product it must be good for our own children. Subway’s decision to use Laila Ali was clever. She is a household name and is known for her efforts to end childhood obesity; making her the perfect spokesperson. Other strategic partnerships also lend to the credibility of…

The Fatimid Caliphate (ad-Dawlah al-Fāṭimiyya) was an Ismaili Shia Caliphate, it lasted from the year 909 to the year 1171 and eventually fell when its last Caliph (Al Athid or Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf ibn al-Ḥāfiẓ) died, making place for the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt and Syria under Saladin. The Fatimid Caliphate was the only Shi’a Caliphate, it was tied to the Ismaili branch of Shi’a Islam, the belief is centered around Isma’il, the son of Ja’Far As-Sadid, the sixth Imam and seventh…

The primary hagiographic story of ‘Aziz al Saksawiyya is the one found in the hagiographic work entitled Uns al-Faqir Wa izz al Hakir (the Intimacy of the Sufi and the greatness of the Denigrated) by the Sufi jurist ‘Abd al-Aziz ibn al-khatib who is known by the name of ibn Qunfudh (14th century). As we saw before this hagiographic record is a compilation of saints, Sufis and holy people belonging to Morocco and other Maghrebian countries. It includes only saints who were disciples of the axial…

This chapter, except for the section on the Hazaras in the early Ismaili literature, has already been published under the title of ‘The Shi‘a Ismaʿili Da‘wat in Khurasan: From Its Early Beginning to the Ghaznawid Era’, at the Journal of Shʿia Islamic Studies, 2015, Vol. VIII, No. 1, pp. 37-59. In several qaṣīdas of his dīwān (1956), Farrukhī praises Sulṭān Maḥmūd Ghaznawī as the King of Zāwulistān. For further details see, Baiza, Y. (2014) The Hazaras of Afghanistan and their Shiʿa…

in her science lab. This was confirmed by one the boys who swore that he saw her from the lab’s window. I could not verify his account but the roamers continued about her and how she was flirtatious with the other visiting fathers to the school. I was fascinated by the amount of attention she received and how her beauty swayed the boy and the men alike. She became the object of my obsession of how to attract attention by being an eye candy. I wanted to be like ‘Aasha and I started taking care of…

The symbolism of Mecca for Helen In the play (The road to Mecca by Athol Furgard faber and faber edition) In the play “The road to Mecca” by Athol Furgard is a character named Helen, also known as Miss Helen. In the play she creates her own Mecca in her yard. Mecca is a city in Saudi Arabia and it is a holy city to followers of Islam. People take this religious journey to deepen their experience with God. In this case Helen takes a spiritual journey and she does not physically go to Saudi…

another of his daughters, in marriage. On the death of Umar, Uthman was elected the third caliph by a council of six, including Uthman, Ali, and Abd al-Rahman. Noticeably, the Ansars had no representation on the council, a detail which helped Uthman defeat Ali. Uthman is credited with establishing the canonical version of the Quran during his caliphate. He handed the pages of Quran, left by Umar in the care of his daughter Hafsa (a widow of the Prophet), to Zayd, and ordered him to compile it in…

This acts have been transforming the society. Now people has fear, uncertainty and anger, they are looking to a different moon. Middle East, a government influenced by religion, two groups of people the Sunni and Shia. Split soon after the death of the prophet Muhammad over who should lead 3 the Muslim Community. They have co-existed for centuries and share many fundamental beliefs and practices. Shia claim the right to Ali, the son-in-law of the prophet Muhammad, and…

The Dawoodi Bohra community are a sect within the Ismaili branch of Shi’a Islam. They are the followers The Prophet (s.a), His successor, Imam Ali (s.a), and his successor, Imam Hussain. After the twenty-first Imam went into hiding the leadership continued through Dai 's hoping that the Imam would return one day. So far there have been 53 Dai 's. After the passing of the 52nd Dai, Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, the Dawoodi Bohra community split due to dual claim of succession. Most of the…

designation of the successor to Mohammed. Shia Islam believes that the Prophet Mohammed designated Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor while Sunni Islam did not believe that Mohammed appointed a successor and instead they consider Abu Bakr to be the correct Caliph. Shi’ism began as a political party. After the death of Mohammed a consensus appointed Abu Bakr to be the correct Caliph. Ali, Mohammed’s first cousin and closest living male relative, and son-in-law, and his family…