support from the Muslim masses is a critical component to the success of jihad. His book also serves as a signal that Al Qaeda was taking the role of the vanguard element within Islam that Qutb spoke of in his book Milestones. However, the various calls for jihad in Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to take the holiest places in Islam were a bridge too…
role to which Islam played in the ethnic and nationalist formations of the Kurds. In his essay “The Impact of Islam on Kurdish Identity in the Middle East,” Hakan Ozoglu argues that Kurdish identity evolved through various, overlapping phases with Islam at the core of its formation process, a process he calls “dialectical, dialogical, and monological” (18). First, while the term “Kurd” was not ethnically associated with the modern term Kurd, nevertheless, many proto-Kurds accepted Islam early…
of us know what has been happening in Syria and Iraq. Basically, people over there are killing each other because they are from different religious denominations. There are different religions, but the popular one is Islam, and Muslims divide into several groups, such as, Sunni, Shia, Sufi and others and they are killing each other more than any other civil societies. Al Qaeda, ISIS and other small terrorist organizations are taking over in some places in Syria and Iraq, and they all are…
ISIS is the biggest threat to the world and to the Christian people because over the past Three months ISIS has killed about 5,300 Christians and Yazidi. ISIS also forced about 1.2 million Iraqis and Syrian citizens out of their homes. ISIS militants are not Muslims; in fact they’re not even humans because no human would commit the crime that ISIS had committed in the past months. On one occasion ISIS militants killed About 500 Yezidis and buried some alive, while killing others in a mass…
Eastern women tend to be portrayed as submissive or subservient. The basis of the connotation stands from the misunderstanding of the difference between Middle Eastern culture and the religion of Islam. American or non-Middle-Eastern authors tend to mesh the terms together; however, Middle Eastern culture and Islam are not interchangeable. And clearly over the years, people have…
INTRODUCTION Etymology and Definition The term caliph brings many definition especially when analysed in the light of the world's history. According to Apple dictionary, the word 'caliph' is originated from late Middle English which stems from Old French 'caliphe', from Arabic kalīfa which means 'deputy of god' from the title kalīfat Allah or meaning 'successor of Muhammad’ from the title kalifat rasul Allah or of the Messenger of God from kalafa which is 'succeed'. However it is interesting…
goals.He often delivered warnings against alleged Jewish conspiracies: "These Jews are masters of usury and leaders in treachery. They will leave you nothing, either in this world or the next." Shia Muslims have been listed along with "heretics, [...] America, and Israel" as the four principal "enemies of Islam" at ideology classes of bin Laden's al-Qaeda…
Afghanistan is one of many third world countries. It is located in South Asia. Afghanistan is surrounded by other countries such as Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan,Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. Its also close to the Arabian Sea. Some places have kings and queens, monarchies, and etc. Afghanistan has a president just like us. Right now their president is Ashraf Ghani. The population in Afghanistan at this time is 30.55 million. Fifty years from now the population should be 40,216,962.37. Men and…
Fight For What You Believe In Never take for granted the gift of education given to all kids in The United States. After reading Malala Yousafzai’s story of having to secretly attend school and fight for her life after being shot in the head by the Taliban, she has quickly turned the situation around for the better and taught acceptance instead of hate. Malala is a strong young women that is a humble, good leader that has made many people realize a problem and recognize what they really have…
has already arrived. “If I fast out devils by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you’’[Luke 11:20]. Moreover Hobbes view that the Kingdom of God is only when God returns is invalid, and cannot apply to Christianity, Judaism, or Islam because these religions believe in a continuing presence of god(by believing in his will), and do abolish away God’s sovereign right over his right to rule society for the betterment of humanity. He is the supreme…