Muslim Fundamentalists in Pakistan In the country of Pakistan, the major religion is that of the Muslim faith. But not all of 130 million citizens of Pakistan that are Muslim are considered fundamentalists, in fact, a small number of Muslims in Pakistan are fundamentalists. According to the Paki...

The region of the Middle East and its inhabitants have always been a wonder to the Europeans, dating back to the years before the advent of Islam and the years following the Arab conquest. Today, the Islamic world spreads from the corners of the Philippines to the far edges of Spain and Central Afri...

A Look At Creation, From the View Point Of Islamic Philosophy "Whose existence is necessary does not have a cause, while that whose existence is possible is caused." The preceding was a statement by the very famous Persian Philosopher and Physician Ibn Sina (d.1037A.D) or k...

One Week Vacation The plane took off. Goodbye to my family for a week and goodbye to everything else Australian. Except for my best mate Tyson. Last year he had gone to Japan and stayed with Sasuke Takashi for a school thing. The family had invited him back, and told him to bring a friend. So off...

In describing Amanda's personality she can only be described as a southern belle desperately clinging to the past, before her dreams are destroyed by the harsh realities of the world. Amanda devastated after her daughter Laura's failure to cope in Business College, becomes obsessed with ...

ISLAM IN INDONESIA Indonesia is a archipelago situated in South-East Asia and comprises of 13 600 islands which stretch for approximately 5000km. Islam was introduced to Indonesia in the 14th century by Gujerati merchants from India. In 1478 a coalition of Muslim princes attack the re...

The position of women in Islam and Judaism has always been a controversial issue. Jewish and Muslim women feel inferior to the men within their respective religions. Women believing in these two religions remain subjected to unequal rights and privileges than those of men. Profound similarities a...

The Third Crusade and the Modern Era The Third Crusade began in the Twelfth Century, it was a ruthlesss campaign in which Christian crusader traveled to Jerusalem to fight the Muslims and reclaim the Holy Land. The Crusades began with the Christians and the Muslims fighting over the Holy La...

On September 11th, America experienced something they never thought was possible. America faced the biggest terrorist attack on home soil when four airplanes were hijacked and crashed into one of New York's most crowded areas, and the United States' defense base. These locations include bo...

The Five Pillars of Islam The Five Pillars of Islam are the fundamental framework to a Muslim's existence. They were revealed to the last Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by Allah. These Five Pillars are known as the basis of the Islamic religion: • Declaration of faith - Shahada &bu...

the Islamic Congress's president, Mohamed Elmasry. Mr. Elmasry said there are bad Muslims just as there are bad Christians and Jews. "We treat them as such and so should you. But Islam is a religion of peace. Muslims have a religious duty to be tolerant of other faiths and other ideologies.'...

Despite its huge following around the world and the growing Muslim communities in the United States, Islam is foreign to most Americans who are familiar with Christianity or Judaism. Because most Americans know little or nothing about Islam, they have many misconceptions about Muslim beliefs and rit...

Islam is the world's fastest growing religion with an estimated 1.2 billion Muslims worldwide. This accounts for around 20 % of the world's population and rates 2nd behind Christianity. In Spite of these numbers Islam is probably the worlds most misunderstood religion with many in the west viewing...

10 A Comparative Look At Buddhism, Islam, and Confucianism Throughout history, great civilizations and people have risen and fallen, and during their fleeting existence, religious activities have assumed important functions in those societies. Confucianism, Buddhism, and Islam, are three legacies ...

10 A Comparative Look At Buddhism, Islam, and Confucianism Throughout history, great civilizations and people have risen and fallen, and during their fleeting existence, religious activities have assumed important functions in those societies. Confucianism, Buddhism, and Islam, are three legacies ...

10 A Comparative Look At Buddhism, Islam, and Confucianism Throughout history, great civilizations and people have risen and fallen, and during their fleeting existence, religious activities have assumed important functions in those societies. Confucianism, Buddhism, and Islam, are three legacies ...

10 A Comparative Look At Buddhism, Islam, and Confucianism Throughout history, great civilizations and people have risen and fallen, and during their fleeting existence, religious activities have assumed important functions in those societies. Confucianism, Buddhism, and Islam, are three legacies ...

10 A Comparative Look At Buddhism, Islam, and Confucianism Throughout history, great civilizations and people have risen and fallen, and during their fleeting existence, religious activities have assumed important functions in those societies. Confucianism, Buddhism, and Islam, are three legacies ...

10 A Comparative Look At Buddhism, Islam, and Confucianism Throughout history, great civilizations and people have risen and fallen, and during their fleeting existence, religious activities have assumed important functions in those societies. Confucianism, Buddhism, and Islam, are three legacies ...

10 A Comparative Look At Buddhism, Islam, and Confucianism Throughout history, great civilizations and people have risen and fallen, and during their fleeting existence, religious activities have assumed important functions in those societies. Confucianism, Buddhism, and Islam, are three l...

Christianity and Islam: Salvation It is beyond doubt that Christianity and Islam have many similarities. Yet each maintains its own unique characters which distinct one from the other. Both religions belong to the monotheistic family. Christian and Muslim believe only in one God, the creator an...

ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY On the time scale of the history of the Earth an individual human lifetime is a mere blink of an eye. We're born, we live, and we die. What is the point of living? If we're all going to be dead in the end anyway, what difference does it make what we do with our lives? Does the f...

Spirituality is both personal and communal. An integration of the personal and communal will bring forth an authentic sense of the struggle to understand ones relationship with the Divine. It is only when a person is aware of the love relationship that exists between the Divine and themselves that t...

In the West, Islam has come to epitomize the worse kind of oppression of women. This is usually symbolized by the veil, polygamy, and even by stoning. Muslim women are assumed to passively accept their bleak lives, either because they know of no alternative or because they have no means to fight th...

Asian Indian History Overview & Food Culture India, a nation with varying cultures, languages, climates and people, boasts a span of history of more than 4000 years. Also, with a population of nearly 960 million and 300 hundred languages along with 700 dialects, the various historical influence...