Sharia

The world in crISIS Graeme Wood, a contributing editor of The Atlantic, describes in detail the underlying ideological and religious thinking behind Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS. He searches and discovers they are a formidable force, drawn together by a coherent faith and ideology. By talking to experts around the world, including many Islamic State supporters, Mr. Wood has produced a compelling article named “What ISIS Really Wants” in which mainly he exposes that unless…

Muslim immigrants from Middle East countries become a national security concern because of their ties with terrorism, their refusal to assimilate in western society, their religion intent to spread jihad globally, and most importantly their practice of sharia law that enslaves women to men out of their country of origin. Muslims preach that Islam is a peaceful religion, but yet it is suspicious to accept that Islam is peaceful, although not every Muslim is a terrorist, however, every terrorist…

The persecution of Muslims There are people that hear about a terrorist attack and automatically assume that it was the Islamic Nation. Islamic persecution has been happening for a long time, even before the tragic events that happened on September 11, 2001. The Islams have recently been blamed for many of the current terrorist attacks. Isis is an Islamic organization that has committed many terroristic activities, which leads for many people to believe that all Muslims are terrorists. The…

alike with the conventional due to the similar regulation that they have in risk management and governance. In the case of Malaysia, Sairally et. al (2013) revealed there is conflict in complying with Basel III requirement that led to triggering the Sharia key issues especially in the capital instruments structure. Due to the fact that International Financial Services Board (IFSB) that act as regulatory bodies for Islamic Banks has uses Basel in order to come out with capital requirement…

who had been exiled, in February of 1979 (Stevens, Mohammad). The Islamic Republic set up a constitution for an Islamic jurist Supreme Leader of the country, making Iran a theocracy (Ruhollah, Stevens). Ayatollah Khomeini ruled the government under Sharia law and persecuted opposition for being un-Islamic (Ruhollah). Legislation prohibited alcohol, casual sex, the wearing of certain clothing by men and women, and a myriad of other restrictions (Stevens,…

Every month this group meets many times and has a guest speaker who is more knowledgeable in Islam than any other person . However after ASR ( one of the Muslim prayer) group of people sits together and discuss Sharia just like Waz but their discussion is mostly about translating the Koran. So people could be enlighten about Islam and have no false idea about it. In The discussion they discuss the Koran and the norms of Islamic people. One member from the group…

Portugal, was dominated by one of the richest and most intellectually powerful civilizations in the world, the Muslims. It would take Europeans until 1492, with the help from Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile and their Reconquista and Inquisition, to expel the Moors from Spain. Immediately after, their expulsion ushered in the Spanish “discovery” of the New World which would forever impact Western Civilization. But we all know how that story goes. I would like to posit a new…

It was not until the late 19th Century that Italy became a unified state. Without a navy of considerable size, Italy was unable to participate in what was called the ‘scramble for Africa’, this was when Europe had essentially partitioned Africa. However, Italy did manage to obtain a few small and poor colonies in East Africa. They wanted Tunisia but this was seized by France. Italy argued that, as Tunisia was only a few miles away from Sicily, it had a right to Tunisia due to proximity . Since…

Najasat means, “unclean” or “impure.” Based on Sharia law, Muslims believe that in inherent and acquired types of najasat. Something that is inherently unclean is called ayn najis. A pure thing comes into contact with something that is ayn najis and is called najis. There are nine ayn najis in Islam…

or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.” (United Nations General Assembly 1948) In addition to these rights being subtly removed from the UDHR, the Cairo Declaration makes extensive use of the Sharia, which is the Islamic code of law, in its articles, as well as utilizing it as a moral compass of sorts. In my opinion, the…