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Ever since the horrific events of 9/11, the media have targeted and used Muslims and Islam to saturate inconsistent and sensationalised news to subconsciously plant a seed of fear and suspicion towards the Islamic faith. Muslim extremists, alongside the general Muslim population, receive a disproportionate amount, mainly in Western countries, of intense scrutinised worldwide media coverage, discussion, stereotypes and are generally brought upon in a negative light (The Guardian, 2005).…

This week Ernst takes on the topic of gender and Islam in his chapter “Gender and the Question of Veiling”. I was interested to learn that “hijab” is not defined in the Quran as many assume. Many assume that the “hijab” is just a scarf that covers a Muslim women’s head, but it actually refers to covering. Hijab is a form of covering for the intent of modesty. The hijab is first mentioned to only include the Prophet’s wives and Ernst includes a translation of the following Quranic verse, “When…

prejudice against Muslims, has been manifesting itself in several parts of the world especially in Europe. This phenomenon dates back to the 1980s, but has been more commonly used after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. Recently, Islamophobes has a perception that Islam has no common values with other cultures, so they have a belief that they are only protecting their values and cultures. The main problem of this perception is that most Europeans lack knowledge of Islam; as a result, Muslims feel…

usufruct can be extracted without consuming the property itself, Therefore, Waqf itself relates to land and building, there are awqaf of books, agriculture, machinery, livestock, shares and stock and cash money. Although the general idea of Waqf is as old as humanity, Muslim jurist argue that the first Waqf ever existed is the sacred building of Ka’ba in Makkah since the Quran(3.96)…

UNDERSTANDING JIHAD IN THE CONTEXT OF HINDU-MUSLIM CONFLICTS In order to understand the concept of “Jihad”, let us first understand the culture it comes from, i.e., Islam. As the Quran states, “The word Islam means, “surrender” to the will of God (Allah in Arabic). Since there is only one God and mankind is one species, the religion that God has ordained for human beings is one.’’ Islam also preaches that God in His mercy had sent messengers to convey His message, to different…

of Quran provide many ideas in favor of women like, education and property rights (Halila,1984). Moreover, the Hadith of prophet confirms the acquisition of Knowledge and education for both men and women Muslims. For instance, one of hadiths states that " Seeking knowledge is a duty of every Muslim, man or woman." (Ayisha Lemu,1978:25). Furthermore, there are still a number of verses in the women's rights are well-reported which emphasizes that the equality between gender is not something…

1.1Statement of the Problems Muslim population is constantly growing and is a fact that the most populated area of Muslims from the world is the ASEAN region, considering Indonesia in first place followed for Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and Thailand. Muslims must follow their dietary code (based in the Shariah Law) where the word Halal which means the permitted items that they are allowed to consume, takes a huge importance because is a requirement for them. To obtain a Halal product this…

significant example of the double standards held by Afghan people for their women. Hosseini writes about Soraya’s loneliness due to her actions when he says, “no one painted her palms with henna, no one held the Quran over her headdress, and it had been General Taheri who’d danced with her at every wedding.”(Hosseini 148) She had an extremely hard time getting married after she ran away with a man against her parents permission and this caused her to be seen a impure and an outsider in her…

individuals upon specific wealth or holdings. This obligation is called by Qur’anic order, the Sunnah and Ijma’ or general opinion. The Prophet (P.B.U.H) considered Zakat to be among the pillars of Islamic faith. In fact it is second only to prayer. It is an obligatory for an individual of Muslim who are able to do so to ease economic hardship for other Muslims to eliminate inequality among other Muslims. There are many virtues associated with Zakat which impact on the individual as well as…

tensions against Muslim in the Western world rose. Scholars have summarized this climate of anti-Muslim situation as Islamophobia. Unfortunately, Islamophobia is becoming more prevalent and socially acceptable in the modern world. Bipolar extremes of both sides typically emerges in most debates on Islamophobia, with claim and counter claim from both side of the debate. Usually it is between those who actively denounce any criticism on Muslims and those actively spreading hatred against Muslims.…