Shia Islam

divorce is ‘dismission’ whereas, under the Islamic law it means ‘rejection’. Divorce is the dissolution of the marriage bond between the husband and the wife. Introduction Divorce is the most disliked act amongst all the halal acts before Allah. In islam, the husband has the right to divorce, and the wife can demand divorce from her husband. If the husband wishes to divorce his wife, he should pronounce the talaq once when the wife is in the state of purity, and should abstain from involving in…

believes it can overthrow regime even when dictators are receiving American support. It wishes to establish a government in the Middle East where Muslims can live under Sharia law. The group also wishes to cleanse the Islamic faith by slaughtering Shia Muslims across the Middle East. ISIS’s main strategy can be simplified to territory; by building an army to steadily consolidate and expand its area of control. Also ISIS attacks all have strategic or symbolic value to the group; attacking only…

followers to teach others, both general knowledge, and the laws of Islam. One of the things he taught was quoted by Al-Bukhari as, “Do not nurse hatred towards one another, do not be jealous of one another, and become as fellow brothers.” After Muhammad’s death, there was a major split in Islam, creating two groups, the Shi’ites and the Sunnis. While we do not know for sure which group Muhammad would have supported, and who he wanted to lead Islam after his death, what we do know is that he most…

essay I will be providing evidence that islamisation has formally influenced Malaysia’s political and legal system. It is evident that Malaysia has always a link to Islam culture and ruling, but since the independence of this nation Islamisation had begun to infuse Malaysian politics with Islamic ideologies to create a ‘more Islam’ and Islamic state in the near future. The process of Islamisation began as seen in the mobilization of Muslims into political power, this then led to growth of…

In 632 CE, a crack was formed in Islam that has still not recovered to this day; in 632, the prophet Muhammad died without appointing a successor. After the death of the prophet disputes arose over who should lead the young religion; the majority of Muslims believed that the next leader should have been chosen elected and others believed that only the prophet’s relatives should have ruled and they eventually broke off creating the Sunni-Shia split that we see today. These two different ideas…

What is the ideology of Daesh? For centuries Muslim scholars and philosopher have been debating about the morality and political philosophy in Islam and it is not very unclear. It’s based on Quran, Hadith, and Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). Many Islamic scholars have argued that political theory of Islam did not exist as independent disciplines in Islam. Islamic political philosophy is in addition to Quranic exegesis, hadith, theology, ethics, historiography and philosophical works. The theory…

Midterm Exam 1. What were the major cultural, political and theological decisions Caliph Umar (634-644) made? Umar ibn al-Khattab or known merely as Umar was the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate of Islam. Umar was one of the most influential Islamic figures at the time and a close companion of Prophet Muhammad himself. During his reign, Umar upheld many of the values that the community had held dearly, and the regulation of the Islamic Calendar would enforce this ideology. The…

attribute their actions to a fight in the name of Allah, god. Because the terror attacks are carried out by Islamic terror groups, the Muslim population developed a negative reputation as they commonly are associated with the violence. The entirety of Islam followers is lambasted by others for the actions of a few sects of radical, extremists even though most of them are unsupportive of their actions. The cause for Muslim’s opposition to the terrorism developed from the Quran. While the Islamic…

Hypocrisy is a dangerous idea to dabble in. And unfortunately, hypocrisy seems to be present in everything. Namely, hypocrisy plays a large role in Iran’s politics and religion. Not only is it present in the real world, but the detrimental effect of hypocrisy is largely reflected in Iranian cinema as well. In the film Shokaran by Behrouz Afkhami, hypocrisy in relationships between men and women is depicted to represent how hypocrisy is embedded within the religious and political sectors of Iran.…

the introduction of the Pioneers of the Islamic Revival: “Islamic Revivalism …is characterized by a renewed interest in Islam as an endogenous ideology with redeeming powers. For the born-again Muslim the Qur’an and the Tradition of the Prophet provide fundamental sources from which solutions for pressing contemporary socio-political and economic powers could be deduced. The Islam of private practices and rituals is socialized and publicized. The lives, struggles and sacrifices of the worthy…