Muslim world

But deep inside in his heart he knew that eventually Muslims would triumph over their enemies. Knowing this, he decided to leave Makkah before Muslims over took it. He left for Abyssinia hoping to live under the protection of king Najashi. He thought that if Muslims established an oppressive government in Makkah, he would be saved from it and if Muslims rule was favorable, he would return to Makkah. Amr along with his companions arrived with expensive…

Slavery was a key component in the establishment of the United States. Without slavery, the Europeans wouldn’t have much success in expanding the New World. As for the slaves, people assume that they were captured Africans sold to explorers, entrepreneurs and slave-owners for profit in the expansion of land, faster production in crops, and made life easier for the White-Angelo-sax(Europeans). But, what many American schools fail to recognize, is the religious affirmation of the enslaved, Islam…

Good Aspects of Muslims Thesis: Besides all the terrorist attacks, not everything related to Muslims are evil and fatal. As a matter of fact, there are numerous advantages in their religion that are notable enough to refer. I. Introduction: To explain and introduce that the paper is written in three aspects. II. Strict and demanding rules: A. Strict rules of lifestyles: The consuming alcohol and drugs are not permitted B. Demands related to how the food is served and which is suitable for…

truth while our community is ethical and honorable we still, like many others, have to face difficult challenges and problems. The test here is to be able to conquer these challenges the way the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) taught the Muslim Ummah to throughout his life. If the Muslim communities allow these issues to defeat them, they will suffer more in this life and possibly in the hereafter. Overcoming the hardships that come our way will only help make the community stronger and more unified.…

The concept of afterlife has been studied throughout many religions for centuries. Islam, a religion practiced 1.8 billion people around the world. It has a concept of after-life, which teaches the continued existence of the soul and a transformed physical existence after death . In my essay, I intend to discuss Islam’s concept of the afterlife with a summary of stages involved and will focus on the overall influence it provides to the believers in this life. Islam explains the concept of…

Nevertheless if you think again the violent terrorism acts can also built an unwanted question about Muslims and their belief. “According to the Quran” this is said as if that particular person clearly has knowledge of the Quran and then he is able to comment “they preach hate”. Therefore it just proves that terrorism has built this deadly lie in some people’s mind that it is unfortunately hard to remove. But Quran never provides with such teachings, then why this mess? Again in my opinion it…

all-powerful, transcendent God who has created the universe and who controls it down to the smallest detail (Molloy, 2008). A follower of Islam is called a Muslim. Muslims believe that there are good and evil forces, life after death, and the conviction that humans “live once in this world and then be resurrected in the Hereafter.” Muslims believe that this…

Midterm Exam 1. What were the major cultural, political and theological decisions Caliph Umar (634-644) made? Umar ibn al-Khattab or known merely as Umar was the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate of Islam. Umar was one of the most influential Islamic figures at the time and a close companion of Prophet Muhammad himself. During his reign, Umar upheld many of the values that the community had held dearly, and the regulation of the Islamic Calendar would enforce this ideology. The…

Muqaddasatu’. Unfortunately, Muslim writers and translators of the Qur’an, the Hadith and other Islamic literature translate the term ‘jihad’ as ‘holy war’. Fundamental and Authentic, what’s the difference? Islam extremists (fundamental) refer back to earlier times and seek to return to the essentials of the religion and…

When we asked Dr. Sabri about the supposed conflict between the Sunnis and Shi’ites, his response was relatively neutral. He explained to us that there are no significant differences between the Sunnis and Shi’ites — they are all Muslims. And as long as all Muslims believed in the statement of the Shahada, “There is no god but God and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah,” then no other difference could be significant enough to set them apart so as to make them conflict with one another. The only…