Shia Islam

are three “sects” of Islam and they correspond to the relationship between human and revelation. The prophet is known as an authority when it comes to the Quran. He was picked by God for this journey. There are different spiritual types is Islam, they include Shi’ism and Sufisms who are more rational and gnostic. And there are the Kharijism who is more traditionalists. After Mohammad passed away, his best friend Abu baker became his successor and one of the hero’s of Islam. He understood the…

Each tent is occupied by a family group which is represented by a male head. A woman may only be regarded as head if she is a widow and there are no males present, but even in that case, the woman may have a male relative represent her. These tents are units of production and consumption, the tents also hold rights over all movable property over flock, as they can act as independent units of political purpose. For most efficient herding purposes these households combine in small herding units,…

the things that correspond with God’s wishes and commands (Perry). In the Muslim culture, Allah is God, the Quran is their holy book, and Muhammad was their last prophet (Grant). The Quran was created by Muhammad and includes Sharia Law, the Law of Islam. Sharia Law includes the words and actions of Muhammad on things private beliefs, public behavior and private behavior(“Sharia Law”). Sharia Law is the the most stringent in the world today. The Quran and Sharia law definitely promote violence…

and Sassanians as well. The leaders of the Muslim community, the caliphs after his death continued the conquests and established a vast Islamic empire over subsequent centuries. However the Islam of Muhammad’s time apparently changed over the years and the Islamic culture is so very diverse that the idea of Islam as a whole seems like an illusion. Patricia Crone in her Slaves on Horses points out that under internal tensions and external attacks when the existing doctrines could no longer deal…

Political Invention Not only does this Western view of the veil help assert sexist attitudes, it also helps legitimize political intervention in the East. Narratives in gender are essential to political intervention and have been for centuries. By creating narratives of saving women, it provides national support to wage war on these countries in the name of helping (Shephard, 2006). After 9/11, the images the media used were specifically meant to tie modernity to liberation. Meaning that they…

be a prophet. The Arabs called this Allah. Muhammad said that he was paid a visit from the angel Gabriel who told him to ¨recite¨ and that he was the messenger of God. Khadijah, his wife, told him that God chose him. She became the first convert to Islam, the belief in one God. Over the next 22 years of…

Conception of Authority in Islam It is seen in the first surah in the Quran that supreme authority rests, “In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful, all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,” (Al-Fatihah 1:1, 1:2). There is a coherence between authority and doctrine, where a doctrine consists of words, deeds, goals and means of attaining these goals as well as defining the relationship between the believers and their doctrine, (Yaqub, n.d.). However, there must…

origin of ISIS started in Syria. The terrorist group started when some of the most battle hardened al-Quade, and Iraqi members joined the war taking place in Syria. There they started to recruit men, and joined the Suni in Syria to help fight the Shia government. From there ISIS continued to grow exponentially. In the documentary, The Rise…

The Fatimid Caliphate (ad-Dawlah al-Fāṭimiyya) was an Ismaili Shia Caliphate, it lasted from the year 909 to the year 1171 and eventually fell when its last Caliph (Al Athid or Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf ibn al-Ḥāfiẓ) died, making place for the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt and Syria under Saladin. The Fatimid Caliphate was the only Shi’a Caliphate, it was tied to the Ismaili branch of Shi’a Islam, the belief is centered around Isma’il, the son of Ja’Far As-Sadid, the sixth Imam and seventh…

managed to succeed in, like cultural diversity, trade, arts, etc. Some examples of these achievements include: geometric shapes, calligraphy, advancements in math and science, architecture like mosques, and the ability to preserve their religion (Islam). During the 7th century to the Abbasids of the 13th century, many changes occurred both politically and culturally. Like, the Islamic views on women and the change from electing caliphs to a selecting caliphs dynastically. However, a continuity…