Prophets of Islam

While many informative surveys on Islam exists, most focus on Islam as an ideal rather than on Islamic practices, and most deal with texts and doctrine rather than the reality of people’s daily lives. Carolyn Fluehr - Lobban’s book admirably fills the need for a study of Islamic practices the translation of ideals into daily routines and rituals. Her book vividly illustrates the wide variety of customs, language, rituals, laws, beliefs and politics that are encompassed in, and too often…

This topic strongly appealed to me because the time of Muslim rule by the Moors in Spain marks a unique moment in the middle ages whereby Muslims, Jews and Christians intermingled with some level of religious tolerance. It is also an important topic because the achievements the Moors brought to Spain and the rest of Europe are often ignored by academics. The purpose of this essay is to highlight the important achievements of the Islamic Moors in Muslim Spain. However I will restrict my analysis…

The Five-Percent Nation is a revisionist movement in America that began in 1964. It borrows the philosophies from the traditional Islam. They are occasionally known as the Nation of G-ds’ and Earths, which resulted from the departure of the Nation of Islam in 1963. Although they are a sole religion, the Five Percent Nation do not consider themselves a religion but merely a religious affiliation followed by Islāmic tradition defined as “culture” or “natural way of life.” The Five-Percenters was…

Final Paper Throughout this semester we have read about many different civilizations all unique in their own way, making them very fascinating to learn about. In the readings of the different civilizations I felt that Muslims, Native Americans and Greece’s civilizations and their decisions are made due to their different beliefs. In this essay, I argue that while the Muslim world and the early Native American’s civilizations are deeply rooted in religion, Greece is more political than religious.…

say to kill or to harm anyone including ourselves; it doesn’t make sense that one religion is all about death, killing and blood, because this isn’t Emo’s or Gothic’s religion with no offense to them surely. On the other hand, Non-Muslims judge the Islam and the Koran based only on the Muslims who overwhelm in their religion and kill everyone who don’t believe in their religion forgetting that the Holy Koran says: “To you your religion and to me mine”, that is…

This quote is based on people who believe in conformity, emulation and following blindly in the footsteps of precedents. It describes how humans in society have constantly been plagued with crazes and manias, and how these delusions affect people. By observing and conforming to the social norm, we are partaking in mob mentality. We base what is right and wrong on what the majority of people are doing or thinking. Society’s pressure is so strong, our opinions and morals sway with the general…

In the article of India written by a famous Iranian Muslim historian named Al-Biruni, throughout the whole article; author is trying to prove how Hindu is different from Muslim. According to author, “ for the reader must always bear in mind that the Hindus entirely differ from us in every respect, and the barriers which separate Muslims and Hindus rest on different causes.”(1) It is very clear for anyone to notice how hard author is trying to prove or separate themselves from Hindus. Author…

religions became prominent, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. The three religions all differ in their gods and the rules to abide by to remain faithful, but all three religions maintain a holy book to worship and all have one figure to pray to. All of the religions interacted with each other through means of violence and through means of peace, spreading the knowledge of each religion across the globe. Islam is one of the most widely practiced religions in the world today. Islam began when its…

The Muslims made many advancements that would shape the world into what it is today and also help improve the quality of life during their time period and some of these advancements were in the medical, mathematical, scientific, and communication fields. The Islamic culture had many achievements that were the bases for some of the technology and resources that we use today. Some of their achievements came in the medical field and are mentioned when it says “Rulers wanted qualified physicians…

seemingly harmless or irrelevant moment would cause this new religion of Islam to violently conquer with the sword, all of Northern Africa, Spain, the Holy Land, Persia, and even acquisitioning much of the Byzantine Empire. These violent conquests of land, many belonging to Christians, still influence events today, but at the time it changed the view of Europeans who were formerly part of the old Roman Empire. The rapid spread of Islam “shook the Middle…