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Let’s consider an example. Some Muslims may interpret their scripture in such a way where they believe the fulfillment of their moral tradition requires them to do physical harm to others that will not adhere to Islam. If a Muslim student were to attempt to strike another student, school officials would stop the action for a multitude of reasons. None of these reasons (including the prevailing need to ensure the safety of students) specifically target Muslim morality, as rules against violence…

negative. People seem to blame the way that women are treated on Islam, however, it is within the Muslim culture that they receive such negative treatment. Muslim women are seen to be living under the orders of their husbands and fathers. The women in this culture have been repressed for years. They do not have free will to marry who they want, work where they want, or receive an education as they want. A Muslim woman is looked at as the “housewife”. She is told to stay home, cook, clean, and…

The symbolism of Mecca for Helen In the play (The road to Mecca by Athol Furgard faber and faber edition) In the play “The road to Mecca” by Athol Furgard is a character named Helen, also known as Miss Helen. In the play she creates her own Mecca in her yard. Mecca is a city in Saudi Arabia and it is a holy city to followers of Islam. People take this religious journey to deepen their experience with God. In this case Helen takes a spiritual journey and she does not physically go to Saudi…

The Iranian Constitution, written in 1979, lays out the foundation for which their society was built and the ambitions that the people of Iran should pursue. It outlines their beliefs and values to which their form of government will defend and the ideals that will guide their society, specifically those based in the religion of Islam. However, more importantly, it depicts the relationship of the individual to this society and how each will benefit the other in their journey to development and…

(Jessica Marglin). Muslims are viewed in many people's eyes as a group of terrorists because of the brutal attacks ISIS has made. However, mainstream media perceives most Muslims as threats because of the terrorist that call themselves Muslims. Moreover, Muslims are affected by the attacks by terrorists more than anyone else. Muslims are affected mentally and physically by the attacks terrorist are making. Before the 9/11 attacks there was no fear in being a Muslim. People were free…

Exploration of the Politics and Ideas of Western Muslim Reformers: the Emergence of Islamic Reform in America Introduction The confrontation between Islam and modernity has been one of the major issues that Muslims still deal with it across the contemporary Muslim societies because the consequences of modernity have brought profound religious and socio-political challenges to many aspects of Islamic faith and life. Hence, the intellectuals of Muslim majority societies have engaged with modernity…

continuously facing distorted interpretations from the world, especially from the West. For instance, the articles “The Roots of Muslim Rage” and “The Root of Muslim Rage Revisited”, by Bernard Lewis and Nicolaas J.E. van der Zee respectively, portray the tension amid the Muslims and the West. Sorrowfully, there are horrific occurrences that are done by self- proclaimed Muslims, which falsely projects that Islam is a religion of violence. Moreover, the clash of civilizations doctrine…

countries is a minority in a pluralistic and secularized context. Islam is also internally pluralistic, as it reproduces in itself different cultural national, theological, and juridical interpretations of Islam, to a degree that is hardly observable in Muslim majority countries and in other countries where the presence of Islam is not the result of a recent migration process (Allievi 2014:428). These situations exposed them to a transformative dialectical dialogue with modernity, an universal…

religions, and even different styles of dressing which makes everyone unique in their own way. In the book, “The Muslim Next Door: The Qur’an the Media, and the Veil Thing”, by Sumbul Ali-Karamali talks about how growing up in the United States has brought a significant amount of changes and challenging moments to her life because of her religion values, practices, and beliefs. Ali-Karamali is a Muslim women who grew up in the suburbs of California which is very different from India where her…

It's agreed by Muslim and non-Muslim scholars that Muslim women are falsely represented and misunderstood (Negrea-Busuioc, E., et al., 2015). Another popular idea that is misunderstood is the Muslim women’s attire the hijab, which a lot of western people believe is due to the oppression of women. Many westerners believe that the hijab is only define as covering up, but "the hijab are interpreted in a variety of ways . . . in the form of physical garments signifies headscarves (as worn by…