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The Muslim Jesus is a British documentary from the year 2007. Historically, Christians and Muslims have clashed due to their beliefs, and what is so crucial about this documentary is that it challenges the fact that Christians and Muslims are more alike than different; in this case, due to both Christians and Muslims viewing Jesus as an important prophet. The film revolves around how Islam regards Jesus and compares the Islamic view with the Christian view. The film also incorporates Ninian…

Who is god? That is a question that has caused many problems throughout history from large wars to hate towards certain beliefs. Most authors prefer not to involve religion in their writing due to the hate they may receive but the few who dare to create very significant stories. Author Yann Martel wrote a book by named Life of Pi which features a boy’s adventurous experience alone surviving with the belief of multiple religions. In the preface martel includes the first hint of religion stating…

become widespread and accepted. Muslim-Americans report an increase in verbal and physical abuse. There has been an increase in the number of news stories which report women who wear hijab being spit at and having their veils torn off. Similarly, mosques are being burnt down more frequently. It has become impossible to not wonder how attacks on Islam and Muslims seem to be accepted as a natural response in America. Public opinion directly affects the treatment of Muslim-Americans. Some argue…

find a McDonald’s, we really regret taking these facilities for granted. As New Yorkers, we embody the American principle of diversity—we have a little bit of everything from around the world. In my neighborhood alone, there are three different mosques and then a church. There are three South Asian restaurants around the block, a Mexican restaurant…

tremors: the dot-com bust and a disputed presidential election in 2000. few acts of terrorism that the Islamic State has carried out in the Gulf Arab States were also directed against the Shi’a Muslims in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia and Shi’a mosques in Yemen and Kuwait. Moreover, al Qaeda Central is only a small band of Arab militants whose strength is numbered in several hundreds, while Islamic State is a mass insurgency whose strength is numbered in tens of thousands, especially in…

represents the factors and items that shape my identity in a globalized world. At the top of my representation, I have three maps and flags contrasted together and organized in a specific order. On the far left side, there is a map/ flag of Iraq, and the mosque of Samarra, which is an Iraqi national symbol. I am originally Iraqi, but I have only been there once when I was three years old. Although so, most of my cultural and traditional background is Iraqi. My cultural background is also…

A Muslim extremist who attacked a church in a central African country and tried to kill its pastor has embraced Christianity after a man with “nail-scarred hands” appeared and spoke to him in a vision. In mid-March, Ibn Yakoobi and other Muslim extremists attacked Christians gathered for a 21-day prayer and fasting period at the Assembly of Loving God (ALG) church armed with rods and swords, but the believers were saved through divine intervention, Bibles for Mideast details. When Yakoobi tried…

1. In the opening scenes of the documentary, Malala tells the story of a young girl who led her people to a great victory on the battlefield. She states that “It is better to live like a lion for one day than to live like a slave for a hundred years.” Explain the significance of this in context of the documentary. Can you identify at least one example where an individual or group has risked their live/lives for a particular cause? The film begins with an animation of a mythical famous Pashtun…

Islam is said to have ‘interacted’ with its Indian environments in various ways. First off, South Asia, the region known as Hind, has one of the largest Muslim populations of any region in the world. According to the 2010 figure, India has a Muslim population of about 177 million, identifying as the second largest religion in India behind Hinduism. Islam began to spread through maritime trade, Arab merchants would go to south Asia and settle there, learning the local language and marrying the…

He was “the Perfector of the Perfect Number”: tenth ruler of his house, born in the tenth century (Hegira); the number of good fortune, fingers, and toes; the number of Commandments, parts of the Quran, Muhammad’s disciples, and heavens of Islam. To the East, he was known as “the Lawgiver,” to the West, “the Magnificent.” These titles reflected the reputation of Suleiman I as his reign as sultan of the Ottomans brought great prestige to the empire. The sultan’s victorious campaigns brought…