Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey Essays

receive the rewards for their deeds (Qur'an 4:124). The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) established in 2013, released a statement on the 27th of August 2015 where the organisation called for American mosques (masjids) to work harder to be more inclusive of women and provide better conditions. This Sunni Islam organisation has also gained support from the Fiqh Council of North America, an organisation composed of renowned and respected Islamic scholars. Hence, peace is vital to promote gender equality

patriarchal cultural norms which seem to downgrade the status of women and make them look less powerful and educated than men. She eventually proves that the negative misrepresentations of Muslim women are wrong by being different while maintaining her Islamic identity. Besides, Shelina also counters the argument that hijab wearing women are oppressed by their fathers, brothers and husbands. To her, hijab symbolises liberation and she is persevered to wear hijab despite the warning given by her buxom aunties

Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America By Jeffrey Lang I’ve never been to America, but the author Jeffrey Lang made me having a high curiosity in exploring the youngster of Muslim in America. For instance, on how do they live, how do they communicates with each other, how do they dressing either based on shariah Islam or not. The most importance question played around in my head is, are they really having a lifestyle as a true Muslim? First of all, the author emphasizes on the causes of

From The Earth Appears. One day later, the Beast from the Earth will miraculously emerge from Mount Safaa in Makkah causing a split in the ground. The beast will be able to talk to people and mark the faces of people, making the believers’ faces glitter, and the non-believers’ faces darkened. • The Breeze From The South. A breeze from the South causes sores in the armpits of Muslims, which they will die as a result. • Destruction of Ka’aba. The Ka’aba will be destroyed by non-Muslim African group

As of November 13, in what has become known as the Paris Attacks, France and the world stand united against the growing threat of attacks claimed by the Islamic State (IS) that left 130 people dead and more than 360 wounded according to the BBC report. The group seeks to eradicate obstacles to restore God’s rule on Earth and to defend the Muslim community against infidels and apostates. IS claims that the rest of the world is made up of unbelievers who seek to destroy Islam, attacking Muslims and

Muslims since it was a sanctuary that spoke to the distinctive religions. It was of real importance to Muslims, for they trusted that it was the primary spot on earth to be made. They implored in the bearing confronting the Ka'ba and made yearly journeys to the mosque.

Love in a Headscarf is a story dense with Islamic value written by an influential British Muslim woman writer. This novel portrayed her life journey in finding true love that will help her to become closer to her Creator. Since teenager, she has created her own imagination of romantic love story and has high expectation on the man that will be her future spouse. Everything that happened to her, did not seem to diminish her faith in Islam yet strengthen her faith even more for her to continue defending

authors Levin and King conjointly explain the important role that soccer in Brazil, by listing historical facts like how soccer was brought to South America in 1894 by two British settlers, Oscar Cox and Charles Miller and help create a calmness among people during a civil war in the 1960’s. In 1958 the South American country of Brazil was in the midst of a civil war as a result of their new President Joao Goulart 's who was a radical leftist. As a result, of Goulart’s ideological thinking the country

dogma in the Qu’ ran for the Muslims. Furthermore, the Islamic belief focuses on Five Pillars, which comprise of the shahadah, salat, zakat, sawm, and hajj. The shahadah commands the Muslim to bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship but God and that Muhammad is God’s messenger. Additionally, the Muslim is required to perform the prescribed Islamic prayers (salat) while facing Mecca (the holy city). It is necessary for Islam believer to fast (swam) from sunrise to sunset during the month

One concept from a non-Christian tradition compared to a theological concept from a Christian tradition can be exemplified by the idea of fasting during the months of Ramadan in the Islamic community paralleled to the period of Lent in Christianity. Ramadan is considered to be a month of fasting according to the Islamic belief and is determined by early dawn to sunset which generally ends concurring to the sighting of the moon. Whereas, Lent is a period of forty days which comes before Easter according

other fellow believers of Christ to go and liberate them. I think that by comparing eastern Christians’ supposed mistreatment under the Turkish Muslims to that of what Jesus had to deal with from the Romans, Urban II is trying to enforce the point that as Jesus is described to be the son of God in the Bible, that therefore means that all his followers are also God’s children. Urban’s cries about the mistreatment of eastern Christians seems to be the biggest motivation for the Crusade among other reasons;

However, once the times changed, the appeal of utopian communities waned. There are countless communities recorded from history that have initiated a new attempt at an ideal existence. The Shakers, officially known as the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, were founded in Manchester, England, in 1747. In 1774, a Scottish woman named Ann Lee, brought her followers to America. While the Shakers are known for their simplicity, their devotion is anything but simple-minded

Have you ever wondered how Halloween is celebrated across the world in different countries such as in Ireland, England, Mexico, and France or how different religions view the Halloween season? In America, we typically dress up in costume and venture out into the night for candy while ,for example, children in the Philippines may go door to door singing songs about the souls in purgatory and asking for money to pay for masses for the dead. Halloween has a long history, it dates all the way back to

Buddhist Perspectives on Terrorism CHAPTER IV: BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM PART A: THE BACKGROUND IV.1. Terrorism in the Buddha?s Lifetime IV.1.1. The Story of Angulimala The author would like to begin this chapter with a story in the Buddha?s lifetime, well-known to Buddhists, that illustrates some of the attitude of the Buddha to a terrorist. During the time of the Buddha, there was a brilliant student from a wealthy family called Ahimsaka. Ahimsaka Kumara was born in the family