Umayyad Caliphate

Mahjoobah Billah 12B March 12, 2017 Influential Women in Islam There are many influential Muslim women who contributed to Islamic history and society now, but some of the greatest ones are not recognized enough for their efforts. These women make all women feel powerful and motivated enough to do the same, to pass along the message. Some of these women who contributed to Islamic history are: Aishah bint Abi Bakr, which almost everyone knows about, Naseebah bint Harris, who is also…

The Arabian Nights allows the reader to get a glimpse of Islamic civilization. One can find a deeper understanding of Islamic society and the values they hold dear. Values such as faith and wisdom are crucial to their civilization. It would not be an exaggeration to state that the Islamic society is based around faith and wisdom. These two values Faith and Wisdom are constantly presented throughout the stories in The Arabian Nights. Analyzing the values in The Arabian Nights can also be seen as…

Once a religious commune and now a violent terrorist organization, Boko Haram is impacting the country and surrounding countries of Nigeria. Their activity includes killing civilians, targeting government buildings, and even sending children in as suicide bombers to bomb buildings such as mosques. The main goal is for the group to turn the country of Nigeria into a true Islamic state. They believe that Islam should be the main religion and the country should move away from western and secular…

Since the beginning of Islam in 622, Muhammed created the religion that would grow and flourish into the most successful and powerful empire in its era. Throughout history, historians have witnessed the rise of many powerful and brutal other empires including the Byzantines and the Romans, none of which are comparable to the extent of the Islamic Empire. Muhammed established an empire that never crumbled to pieces like the Byzantines and Romans did, given that the Islamic empire still thrives…

enactment of the Sykes-Picot agreement broke the empire into secular nations under western influence. This spawned the Muslim Brotherhood a mere four years later in 1928, arguably the first jihadist group seeking the reestablishment of the dissolved Caliphate. Another pivotal event was the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, which energized jihadist fervor and planted the seeds for future globalized efforts. External and internal events meshed with the end of the Cold War dramatically weakening many…

ISI’s leader would become Abu Umar al-Baghdadi and the group had every intention of taking control of the state when coalition forces would eventually withdrawl. These moves were going to be the first steps and intial process of starting a caliphate in the middle east. From 2006-2011, the group suffered signifigant lose due to a combination of lack of local support, US crackdown, capturing of 8,000 members. Even local Sunnis, would carry out attacks on the group assianating members and…

“Terrorism threat assessment must consider the degree of uncertainty associated with estimates of capability and intent. Terrorist intends to exploit weaknesses and vulnerabilities by adapting capabilities quickly.” (Transportation Systems Sector Specific Plan, 2010, p.38). Does ISIS post a threat to the U.S. homeland? By every measure “ISIL poses a direct and significant threat to the U.S., and proposes to be the new ideological leader. The group uses terrorist and insurgency tactics…

One question that have been asked is, what happened this weekend in Paris? What happened was Paris have got bombed on Friday. When this bombing happened everyone worldwide was wondering who did the bombing. Hours later ISIS claimed that they did the bombing in Paris. Who is ISIS some people are asking. Isis is a terrorist group that had been formed in 1999. The former of the group name is Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Abu was once a street thug that had major street respect. Abu went to…

As the international fight endures against Islamic extremists who are pursuing a campaign to establish a caliphate in Syria and Iraq, the debate to know how to call the group continues. The world would have to call them the “Islamic State” in respect of the caliphate they have avowed, if it were up to them. The US Governments and the British are using the ISIL acronym, whereas the name ISIS is more frequently seen. In addition to the confusion, the French said they would use the Arabic-derived…

Tarnishing the Name of Islam In the past few years, ISIS or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been growing into the public eye, whether it be on social media or in the news. The notorious terrorist group, calls itself an Islamic Caliphate and is steadily gaining more and more control of the Middle East. Bombings, beheadings, and massacres have built up the Islamic State’s notorious reputation. With every public execution, a growing group of people have been starting to associate all…