Around 2.8 or up to 10.million of the population under sharia law .The only reason why Isis got really popular was because beheading the American soldier or all civilians. Isis is responsible for human rights , abuse and war crimes. The majority of the Islamic religion leaders are overwhelmingly condemning Isis…
Parties Involved in the Case The parties involved in the case were John Scopes, Clarence Darrow, William Jennings Bryan, and John Raulston (Linder, 2008). John Scopes was a young high school biology who was found to be guilty of violation. Clarence Darrow was a successful lawyer who defended scopes (Linder, 2008). William Jennnings Bryan was a religious politician who was the plaintiff in the case (Linder, 2008). John Raulston was the judge of the Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee…
Al-Ghazali did not present any theory on political state but defined the features of an Islamic State and the characteristics of an Islamic Rulers. His political thoughts are based on the concept that there is model of state and its ruler, present in the heavens as Divine Law, which is to be applied in this world without any interference. His theory may have been successful in the era of Caliphs and Imams and Sultans, however, in the modern world his theory isn’t fully applicable. Al-Ghazali…
Marxism is described as a technique of socioeconomic examination analyzing relations between classes and conflicts in the society concerning the material description of development history and dialectical view of societal alteration. “Marxism is a social, political, and economic philosophy that examines the effect of capitalism on labor, productivity, and economic development” (Marxism, n.d.). The theory originated from the works of Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx. Initially, Marxism applied…
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini is set in war torn Afghanistan from the 1970s till the early 2000. It depicts the life of two women living in the same neighborhood –Mariam and Laila, and how their lives intertwine after a series of events and how they support each other in the Taliban ruled Kabul. Although the book is a work of fiction, it is a social commentary on the lives of women in Afghanistan and the oppression they face due to the rules imposed upon them by the Taliban.…
because the beliefs of Christian faith are a harm to the established religion. The two different stories differ in that there was more political influence in the Roman setting because of the actual power that their government held rather than the Sharia law which is a basic set of laws that doesn’t have a face behind…
And also prohibited to you are all married women except those who your right hand possess (slaves or war captives). [This is] the decree of God upon you. Quran 4:24 (partial verse) If it’s the idea of Islam condoning slavery; all it is doing is revealing the situation that existed in the 7th century. It’s very easy for us living in the 21st century to think that slavery is wrong and there’s no place for it in the world. But we forget the sacrifices that many people had gone through in order to…
Most identify the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as being an Islamic terrorist group. Whether or not ISIS is actually Islamic has been up for debate. One thing that is for certain is that ISIS does use, proclaim and manipulate Islam in its’ ever-lasting ploy to lure recruits to join their ranks. For instance, one of the ways this is done is through imams. Imams serve as the leaders of Muslim mosques all across the world. So, needless to be said, imams serve as important authoritative figures…
The Country Sudan became its own independent country in 1956. Sudan was separated into a Northern region and a Southern region. The Sudanese had their first civil war in 1955, which ended in 1972 when an agreement called the Addis Ababa Agreement was reached between the Government of Sudan and the Southern Sudan Liberation Movement. The Addis Ababa Agreement gave the Southern region of Sudan more control over itself and promised the Abyei, which is located on the north and south border the…
Egypt. He formed the Muslim Bortherhood in 1929 to save Muslims, especially young Muslims from the western influence. This movement became famous in Egypt changed its mission to save Egypt from English colonialism and form a state ruled by the laws of Sharia. The ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood spread around the Muslim World especially in the Middle East states which were experiencing the same kind of problems at that time. The Muslim Brotherhood movement became the foundation of Political…