spread of Islam had been exceptional since widespread conversion in Southeast Asia started in the 13th century. As Islam continues to grow in present times, it potentially holds great political power over unlimited territory; Islam may eventually hold vast power over our society. Hence, this paper aims to discuss the use of Islam as a political tool and the use of politics in Islam using Indonesia as a key reference. As the process of Indianisation was concluded with the coming of Islam, the cultural
negative light it is almost inevitable that some consumers of media content will in turn begin to view that group in such light. This has been evident with people of Islamic faith, those within the Islamic community have been victim to the negative portrayal of the media, with the media often portraying them as a community to be weary of and subsequently this has led to the contribution to the notion of ‘Islamophobia’. The majority of those who practice the faith have expressed that Islam is a religion
one’s own life for the returns of ‘martyrdom’ that comes through the perceived service of God. However, religious radicalism or religious extremism is not defined by violent acts alone. It is necessary to mention that radicalism is not intrinsic to Islam and radical interpretations of the religion or for that matter may occur within any way of life and religion (Saikal, 2003), and yet, the question remains as to why Muslims in certain
approved norm among the followers of Islam that a Muslim woman needs to cover-up her head and most part of her hair exposing just her face. This general norm is part of the general, accepted dress code and social practice norms which Islam preaches. This dress code suggestion is hence an integral fraction of the existing standard social system of Islam, and the materialization of significant common principles of Islam, that are applicable to all believers of Islam. Precisely, a modern well-educated
see blatant Islamophobia disguised under “journalism” or “free speech”. The reasons behind the media’s constant portrayal of Islam in a bad light is fueled by several causes such as Muslim extremists, the West’s wrong interpretation of Islam’s true message, and their inability to comprehend the Islamic lifestyle. Radical Muslims and their extreme acts in the name of Islam are the root cause to the rise of Islamophobia. 9/11 is when Islamist Jihadist group, al-Qaeda, decided that crashing into the
Islam is a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion articulated by the Qur'an, a religious text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God, and, for the vast majority of adherents, by the teachings and normative example of Muhammad, considered by most of them to be the last prophet of God. An adherent of Islam is called a Muslim. Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable and that the purpose of existence is to worship God. Muslims also believe that Islam is the complete and universal
period dates back in the year AD 622 when Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) emigrated from Mecca to Medina. After his death in 632, Islam had spread to overcome areas extending out from Spain in the west to Afghanistan and North India in the east. Community foundations of various religions, cultural, historic and artistic establishments were then joined under the single seal of Islam. Sometime later, sizeable Muslim social community had been set up in a much more broad scope of the Old World, running from
witnessed honor killings and have committed such killings themselves. To disapprove of such actions, the director includes interviews and input from a few female rights advocates who are working to keep women safe from such practices. Saywell sheds light on a dark, emotional, and uncomfortable topic by providing the audience with credible information about the current state of honor killings, the preventative measures that are in place, and what is being done to help and support victims, which are
to facilitate the classification and study of materials produced for the first time under the Islamic peoples that emerged from the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century. Today, the term Islamic art describes all the arts produced in lands where Islam was the dominant religion or the religion of those who ruled. In contrast to the terminology of Christian art, Jewish art and Buddhist art that refers only to the religious art of these religions - the term Islamic art is not only used to describe
practices among two castes Solution to this evil: Islam has prohibited the caste system strictly or any other system which create differences between humans. Islam has declared all humans equal. In Islam no one is superior by caste, color, status but the superiority is given only on the basis of piousness. Only way to overcome such a worse social evil is to increase the literacy rate and by the preaching of Islam. So that, people become aware of Islamic teachings. 6. Poverty: