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Abstract The vital role of science-based policy is increasingly recognized globally. Various scientific advisory bodies are distinguished as policy-oriented Think-tanks given their functions in guiding national and regional governments with evidence-based policy advice. The direct and indirect linkage of soil science to the Sustainable Development...
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The House of Wisdom gives a record of Muslim logical and social prevalence over Christian Europe amid the Middle Ages and contends that the West owes an obligation to the Arabs and Islam today (Lyons 13). His record is organized around Islam’s required five day-by-day...
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A religion founded in present-day Saudi Arabia by the Prophet Muhammed. The word Islam literally means surrender, or give up; but it shares an etymological root with the word salaam, which means peace. Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Islam is one of the Abrahamic...
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While the revelations from God became the basis for the Qur’an, Muhammad’s thoughts and deeds were also considered important enough to document as examples of the way to live a life perfectly. For the next hundred or more years, scholars documented these thoughts and deeds...
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A very popular ethical case in the past few years has been the issue of depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad. It is commonly known that Muslim extremists have violently reacted to depictions of Muhammad, attacking and killing artists and threatening to do much worse. There...
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Islam is a monotheistic religion originating with the teachings of Muhammad. The Muslim, reality begins with and centers around God (“Allah” in Arabic). Islam is the second largest religion in the world. There are over 1 billion Muslims around the world, which makes 2.7 of...
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Islam is a major world religion founded in Arabia and based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad. The Arabic word Islam means, to surrender, but as a religious term in the Qur’an, it means to surrender to the will or law of God. All...
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Respect means how you deal your elders, your parents, your siblings, your children and everyone around you. It is a one of the great ethical issues. Its awareness is very important in one’s life because it imparts a good effect on life. In case of...
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Introduction When we adapt a religion the first few questions that comes into the human mind is that “is there a God”, “where is he?”, “why can’t we see the creator?”. If we look in the history we can find that people of different backgrounds...
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Death is seen as a normal event that happens to all people whether we like it or not. Many different cultures and religions go about death and grief in many different ways, ways some might not even understand. For instincts one culture might hold a...
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The Islam religion is a very interesting religion because it is both similar and different to other religions we know. Islam is similar to Judaism and Christianity in the sense that they have similar stories and beliefs about Jesus. One of the things that sets...
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“Religion is defined by Christopher Partridge as a system of beliefs and worship, held by a community who may express its religion through shared myths, doctrines, ethical teachings, rituals or the remembrance of special experiences.” The question of this essay is: With so many different...
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Throughout the previous decades, two religions were the most followed by people and that is Islam and Christianity. Each religion differs from the other in several aspects like Qur’an and The Bible. Followers of each religion believe that their religion is the true one since...
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Islam, the popular and influential communal religion was believed to have begun in Mecca and Medina around the beginning of the 7th century, approximately 600 years after Christianity was founded. Islam stands to yield many believers, which meant that there had to be some way...
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A new Islamic movement, led by Mullah Mohammad Omar, first appeared in Kandahar in 1994. The Taliban promised the people of Afghanistan order and stability, two things Afghans legend for. As a result, many Afghans joined the Taliban including Hamid Karzai, who wanted to see...
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Islamic Law Two terms are used to refer to the law in Islam: Shariah and fiqh. Shariah refers to God’s divine law as contained in the Qur’an and the sayings and doings of Muhammad (hadith). Fiqh refers to the scholarly efforts of jurists (fuqaha) to...
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In the contemporary world that we live in today, one of the most debated and most serious topics at stake is environmental destruction. Environmentalists have speculated various reasons as the cause of this phenomenon with religious anthropocentrism being one of the most controversial ones. Some...
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From the Crusades to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Isis, religion is regularly faulted for a few of the world’s most noticeably awful clashes. While a few utilise their faith to legitimise acts of violence, religion is not at the root...
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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are considered as the oldest monotheistic religions of the world being practiced today. Geographically speaking all these religions originated from what is today called, the Arab world. Abraham, whose story is found in Gen. 11:27–25:10, in the Bible, can be considered...
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Introduction Michael J.T. McMillen is a lawyer by profession. He currently serves Curtis, a law firm, in the capacity of a Partner. His legal career is focused on project financing. He is also the Managing Director at a law firm called River Stone Capital. In...
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Best things about Islam that even non muslims admire: Simplified way of worshipping God: This is the only religion in which you do not have to buy a or hire a priest to worship God. You can beat around the bush to defend about other...