Muslim communities

Islam has swept the nation with its vast and rapid spread. Muslims spread through out the earth one country at a time to convey a message to the people that was Islam. The influence that came out of it was not a small one, and a lot of countries were seen better of because of it. West Africa was one of the places in which Islam was not only spread but also had a huge influence. And if anyone looks closely and sees that the time West Africa began to change for the better then they would see it…

Imagine living in a country where every time you wore a turban you were considered to be a terrorist. Did you know that turbans, as well as the other articles of faith worn have an immense spiritual as well as temporal significance? The symbolisms of wearing a turban are many from it being regarded as a symbol of sovereignty, dedication, self-respect, courage and piety, but the reason all practicing Sikhs wear the turban is just one - out of love and obedience to the wishes of the founders of…

Islamophobia is running rampant in the western world today. Many people see Islam as a radical religion and sees it as a threat to people in the western world. To many women in particular, they see Islam as a degrading religion, but for some such as Yvonne Ridley, they see it as a wonderful. In the article “How I came to love the Veil” by Yvonne Ridley she talks about her experiences on being captured and seeing a different side of Islam or “The Veil” and how she is viewed and seen in the…

hardships and hurdles of 7 different Muslims. Barrett is able to capture the voice of different views and life experiences, and open the eyes of the reader to what exactly it is to be an American Muslim. Having been published only 5 years after the 9/11 attacks, Barrett digs deep to show the world, that we have plenty to learn. Americans know near to nothing of Islam in the Middle East and even less about Muslims in America. It would be wise for both American Muslims and Christians to better…

To examine an aspect of religion, one can look at places, temples, objects, and tasks. I observed a typical Islamic service on Friday to better understand Muslim culture. To further delve into the reasons behind their rituals it can be broken down into two parts, the scared, and the profane. “The division of the world into two domains, the one containing all that is sacred, the other all that is profane, is the distinctive trait of all religious thought” (Delaney). The mosque (masjid) was an…

wrong in an Islamic context” (Beekun, 1997). Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Mohammad; who denoted hard work caused sins to be pardon is the foundation of Islamic Work Ethics” (Ali, 1995; RagabRizk, 2008). As the economies of Asian, Arab Muslim Countries flourished, the importance of Islamic Work Ethics become important. The Managers should know how his employees respond in different critical situations. Ali (1988), shown in his study that Arab managers are more advantageous than…

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 should be supported. The stigma surrounding Muslims is that they are all part of the Taliban or ISIS. This creates a high level of cultural intolerance towards those who want to practice Islam or any other religion. This creates ignorance and immigrants…

clear things up regarding Islam. During the particular time the book is wrote, many of the Westerners came out with critiques and their own point of view regarding Islam without deeply understanding the religion which then somehow affected the young Muslims to lose their spiritual balance and feel estranged from their own tradition. The author as well tried to answer in many cases, the charges made by Western works against Islam especially as it concerned such fundamental elements of the faith…

The Islam is very skeptic about everything and everyone who is not Muslim because they believe in conspiracy. The Islam has always believed that other religions are out there conspiring against its faith, in order to diminish the religion and, in the end, turn Muslims against one another. There is no much proof to the conspiracy theories Muslims allege, but there is not much shows that they are just insecure of their religion. This paper is going to review the issue of innovation of Islam by…

Friday prayer; There were many questions that have gave me more knowledge about Islam and how everything is distinguished and run by the holy Quran; Friday is a special day of the week where it is holy for muslims. This prayer known as Jema’ah prayer is inherently bringing all the Muslim community together in honor of being holy and turning to God. This a way to show that one is committed to Islam. “The five daily prayers, and…