Secularism

Al- Qaida’s central goal of jihad is a defensive reaction towards Western hostility against the religion of Islam and Muslims which diverges from the divine law of the shariʿa. This global militant organization does also perceive the necessity for its community of believers (ummah) from foreign lands with non-Muslims that are unable to live as per their religion to be prepared in supporting their jihadist activities by opposing this society of unbelievers in the West until it impedes their…

In a world with countless viewpoints, defining wisdom can pose a challenge. While some wisdom shows truth universally, some wisdom can present itself as a problem of subjectivity. In the book The Chosen by Chaim Potok, the author uses this theme of wisdom to influence the protagonists of the story from the wisdom of two fathers. These fathers, however, differ in many key areas such as wisdom for life generally, wisdom in raising children, and wisdom for the world fraught with persecution of the…

Gunabhiram Barua (1834-1894) is intimately connected with the growth of modern secular drama in Assamese. He was one of the first young men from Assam to go to Calcutta for collegiate education. He studied at Presidency College for two years, but had to discontinue his studies, and joined Government service. During his stay at Calcutta as a student he came into close contact with the new ideas that marked the Indian renaissance. Attracted by the liberal ideas of the Brahmo Samaj, he adopted…

opposes a majority of the students beliefs. Then the government banned face coverings because it was a security risk to the rest of the people because the women under the face coverings cant properly be identified. For the burkinis, the French wanted Secularism or separation of state and…

Stanford University Press, 2003. In chapter seven of his book, Talal Asad argues that Egyptian society had to undergo reconfigurations in its social landscape; that is it had to develop new social spheres among ordinary Egyptians that could allow secularism to gain hegemony in Egypt in the highest echelons of government, a process facilitated by the fundamental refashioning of certain concepts such as family, law, and morality within Egyptian society. Not only is Asad’s analysis located in the…

As the modern age has brought in a wave of secularism, one would expect the draw of sacred spaces to also dwindle. This has not appeared to be the case. Though many times we see a sacred space as being tied exclusively to religion, these are in fact any place that people or society have set aside. The word “sacred” tend to stir up images of centuries-old churches and monuments, but what each person holds as sacred can differ greatly. In modern society many issues have arisen between those who…

objective of this dimension of rationalization is society’s intellectual system and cognitive goal; a system that directs social and individual behaviors and brings answers to its fundamental issues and existential dilemmas. Weber does not consider secularism as the only contributor to the rationalization of the intellectual order of the society and thinks of the religion as a collaborator in this process. Weber believes that the main objective of prophets and religious saviors were to…

The Renaissance, which means rebirth and it, paved the foundations of early modern Europe. It began in Italy during the crusades Italian cities such as Venice, Milan, and Genoa prospered from trade with the crusaders and the Muslim world. The fall of the Byzantine empire of 1453 opened more doors of opportunity for Italian merchants. Florence became the banking capital to fund trade and keep the finances of the Roman Catholic Church in order. Double entry book keeping, which is debits and…

As I grew up and I achieved most of my education in Egypt, I never felt one day that the lifestyle and the status of the people have been affected by the color of their own skin as I saw it here in the USA. I always remember the President Sadat, the president of Egypt, he was one of the most extraordinary men in the last half century in our area, and he was black. All Arabs and the international community, not just Egyptian people, admired him and he was a man of great legacy. Similarly, I will…

values, provides the students the Islamic knowledge and be part in the establishment of Islamic way of life. Hence, the aim of the group is to establish an Afghanistan-Taliban type of Islamist regime in Bangladesh and they are against modernization, secularism and democracy (SATP, South Asia Terrorism Portal, 2001). 10. Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP): The party is among the many Maoist splinter groups in Bangladesh and was founded in 1968, after it was disconnected with the Bangladesh…