Sharia

“assortment of laws grounded on the Maliki tradition of Sharia, local customary laws based in tribal laws, and the French Penal code which dominates civil laws” (Fernea 1998). Amid the independence from France in 1956, the decision to follow the Maliki tradition was strategic, created by tribal leaders due to its “foundation in a tribal notion of family as patrilineal, clan based, and patrikin” (Evrard 2014: 29). Although the family law is founded on Sharia Law, the Moudawana is “Moroccan…

Saddam Hussein was accused of harboring weapons of mass destruction. This made the United Nations and other countries including the United States uneasy. Saddam Hussein was told to get rid of these weapons of mass destruction he supposedly had and had been building for a purpose for years. The US was right to go to war with Iraq to take down Saddam Hussein, but it came with unintended consequences. The long war with Iraq was a war which had many reasons. The United States did not want for Saddam…

Throughout the long history of world we have quite seen the leader types, some soft some rigid, dictators especially, Stalin, Hitler, Garibaldi, who are known for massive deaths, and severely strict rules in their country. Dictator, a leader who gives orders and behaves as if they have complete power (dictionary.cambridge.org). Dictatorship, form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations, a temporary magistrate who…

In the Qur’an, there is a verse revealed by Allah to Muhammad; this verse reads: “Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women...and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so - for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward” (Surah Al-Ahzab). From this verse, there is a general sense that Allah looks at men and women equally, especially in respects to their reward of an afterlife. Although the…

The United Nations, as well as various other international organizations, are genuinely concerned with human rights and have recognized the harsh treatment of the Iranian society that has restricted the prospects for women in media, the legal system, and political organizations. Women in the United States could be subjected or expected to abide by parallel laws, if conservatives push to enact regulations built on the bible. How many more of these laws do they want to execute and what will our…

Imam Al-Ghazali The life of Al-Ghazali Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali’s life can be divided into three major parts; learning, career and retirement. He earned most of his education in Tus in Persia, then in Gurgan and finally in Nisharpur. He then moved to the court of Nizam al-Mulk, where the vizier of the Seljuq Sultans appointed him as the head of Nizamiyyah College at Baghdad in 1091 AD. His career as a ‘doctor’ of the Islamic community began in Baghdad (1091-5 AD). This period…

On October 7th, the movie Suffragettes premiered in London. When the red carpet was rolled out, fifteen women from the activist group called Sisters Uncut lobbed purple and green smoke bombs then pounced on it, locking arms and shouting “dead women can't vote”. The film celebrates the courage and determination women's groups displayed in late 19th and early 20th centuries fighting for their rights in this post-feminist era. The issue is that women are still fighting for their rights and this is…

According to dictionary.com; polygyny is defined as the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one time. dictionary.com also says polyandry is the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Many societies practice both polygyny and polyandry across the world. However, still to this day, polygyny and polyandry are restricted in many religions and countries and these relationships are often not properly recognized amongst every culture. Both of these can be…

many of these members were veterans of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. The goal of Al-Qaida is to recruit, finance, and train mujahedeen to start a jihad and rid western influence and replace governments with fundamentalist Islamic regimes following Sharia Law. Much of the ideals Al-Qaida follows is interpretations of the writings from Sayyid Qutb of Egypt (Gerges, 2011). Al-Qaida originally worked out of Pakistan’s Federal Administrative Tribal Area (FATA) along the Pakistan and Afghanistan…

think of Islam many think of radical Islamic groups such as Al-Qaeda and Boko Haram because these are the only Islamic groups we hear of on the news here in America. However most Muslims do not follow the sharia law that these radical Islamic groups follow. Most Muslims do not follow the sharia law, they teach peace and understanding. The Quran says “(41:33-34) And good and evil deeds are not alike. Repel evil with good. And he who is your enemy will become your dearest friend.” In other words…