Muslim communities

Isis is an authentic Muslim group because they follow and live by the strict words of the Qur’an. For example, if you steal something, your hand(s) will be cut off, or if you commit adultery they will throw pebbles at you until you die. The actions of the terrorist group are similar to the writings of the religion’s founder. “The reality is that the Islamic State is Islamic. Very Islamic. Yes. It has attracted psychopaths and adventure seekers, drawn largely from the disaffected populations of…

Australian Bureau of Statistic (2006), there were 340,393 Muslims in Australia, and these Australian Muslims come from diverse background such as Lebanese-born (30,289), Turkish-born (23,126) and Afghanistan (15,958). It is no surprising that Muslim always is a controversial and sensitive issues in Australia, especially after the casualties of 9/11 tragedy, the Bali bombing and the 7/7 London bombing, overwhelming media were emphasized that Muslim were the main schemer of these attacks. Albeit…

bombing titled “Bomb Claimed by ISIS Kills Dozens in Baghdad”. They describe the event-taking place in a Shiite community near a market. The event killed 60 people and wounded 100 more. They talk about how bombings have been occurring in Baghdad regularly for years now. This is what most Americans perceive of the Middle East as a whole. They imagine that the whole area is full of angry Muslims committing terrible acts like the one being described. They include a first hand account of someone…

two and half percent of Muslims income to provide for the poor. Fasting which occurs for one month, Ramadan, throughout the daytime, and lastly pilgrimages where at some time in a Muslim’s life, they must venture to Mecca. The Five Pillars of Islam are duties that each Muslim carries out daily. Secondly, the religion of Islam intertwines with laws and religious beliefs, and the Koran, the holy scripture of the Islamic faith, holds the moral values of the Muslims. Muslims live by the Koran. The…

Muhammad) and also from the fatwas which are the rulings of the Islamic scholars. Sharia is an Arabic word which means: “The clear, well-trodden path to water.” Sharia law acts as a code for living that all Muslims should adhere to, including prayers, fasting and donation to poor. It aims to help Muslims understand how they should lead every aspect of their lives according to God’s wishes. As a legal system, sharia law is exceptionally broad. While other legal codes regulate public behaviors,…

continuously as a result of the rising number of Muslim population globally, which is approximately 1.8 billion. In 2010, it was highlighted that the halal food market constituted about 16 percent of the world food trade in which the trade value has been estimated as US$547 billion in the global halal market.…

The recent rise of Pan-Islamic fervor and radical identities due to the recent events involving global terrorism, underpin the importance of scholars to highlight the misperceptions of Islam as a unitary ideological entity whose beliefs and practices are one in the same. In fact, such beliefs come from a limited knowledge of historical information regarding Islam and its varied practices around the world. Islam does not have one flavor, but in truth is a diverse cohort of situated cultural,…

formalization is demonstrated in Heiko Henkel’s case study “Between Belief and Unbelief Lies the Performance of Salāt: Meaning and Efficacy of a Muslim Ritual”. In this essay I will first venture through Bloch’s definition of formalization with specific reference to rituals, language, and dance. Secondly, I will apply that definition to Henkel’s essay on Muslim salāt to demonstrate how salāt maintains traditional authority with formalization using specific reference to the political climate of…

I attended a Muslim worship service in Lockport, NY. I attended a Muslim Friday prayer service. It is traditional during these mandatory services for men to attend and although sometimes some men cannot due to work obligations. This service was a less formal since the setting that took place among several university students in a room that off to the side. The Lockport Islamic Community center has been in existence in the Western New York area for more than 50 years. The community center was…

In an episode of TVO’s The Agenda, British author Mark Steyn was welcomed to share his views and join in a debate opposing three Muslim law students who wished to share their dissatisfaction with both Steyn and Maclean's magazine. Steyn holds very controversial views regarding the quickly changing demographic of the Muslim population in western countries that the law students believe are based upon racist generalizations. Steyn’s work has even been published in the popular Canadian magazine,…