Essays on Muslim

Gender roles and relationships in Islamic societies are best understood through historical and religious context. This is because social norms and customs that regulate the behaviours of Muslim men and women are rooted in sacred texts and pivotal events, that date back to the formative...

One of the most famous, and respected philanthropist in Azerbaijan, Russia, and in all Muslim world was Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev. He was called the “Father of the Nation”. He was bor in 1821, and rose in shoemaker family in Baku. He started learning masonry to...

In our country, India, there are many social injustices, especially ones that are related to religion. Just like that, I will be dealing with the triple talaq bill which is one of the most recent issues. On 22nd August 2017, The Supreme Court of India...

To understand the Islamic law of succession as a whole it is useful to first consider the system of succession that operated within the Arabian Peninsula prior to the revelation of the Quranic Injunction on succession. Although we do not have the exacts details of...

In this project, I will discuss about “ISIS”, which is a Salafi jihadist militant group and former unrecognized proto-state that follows a fundamentalist, Salafi doctrine of Sunni Islam. This organization did not start a new group almost many people were already former of Al-Qeuda (2004)....

When it comes to eschatology, or the study of the End Times, we often study it by reciting the signs: the verses and hadiths that inform us of what will happen towards the end. However, what we should really contemplate is the *function* of eschatology...

The story begins in December 2001 with the narrator, Amir, who is recalling a memory that happened in 1975, when he was twelve years old. He reveals that he received a call from Rahim Khan, a friend that lived in Pakistan. After his call, Amir...

It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to respect others’ religions as we would have them respect our own, Christianity and Islam are similar faiths. They have many things in common, both in belief and practice, then they have which separates them....

Quran says what about Isa Al-Mashi? If you are a Muslim, you love the Quran and treat it with great reverence. You put it on the top shelf of the bookcase. You never write in it. You never let it lie around and collect dust....

Kerala: A Muslim woman, Jamida K popularly known as ‘Jamida Teacher’ became the first Indian Muslim woman Imam to lead Jumma prayers. She led the prayers for a mixed group of around 50 men and women at the central committee office of the Quran Sunnath...

Abraham was a messenger of Allah(God). From a very young age Abraham rejected the idea of worshipping idols as their God because he saw them as lifeless sculptures that could neither harm nor benefit them. He believed God to be someone greater, the Most Magnificent,...

In highly globalized era, current world population observed as 7.6 billion, it is projected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030 and 9.8 billion in 2050. The rate of increase in Muslim’s population is higher than rate of increase in world’s population. Muslim population has been...

In spite of the wide extend of a lot of diseases, advancements in genetic engineering have led to substantial improvements in diagnosing these diseases. Consequently, stress has increased considerably on future spouses to undergo premarital medical exams. A lot of Islamic countries have responded to...

Sikhism began to arise in a period of tension between Muslims and Hindus in India in the sixth century A.D. The Moguls had conquered India and brought Islam with them, and some people sought to establish harmony between the two religions based on the concept...

Growing up in a Middle-Eastern household always heavily contrasted with the Catholic-American backgrounds of my peers. Therefore, it produced awareness regarding the vast amount of different perspectives of health, wellness, and rituals revolving around death that are present in each individual’s unique bloodline. These cultural...

Trying to figure out what drives a young man to a commit terrorist acts can be difficult. Many say it has to do with their childhood. Others believe that it is motivated by hatred, pride, and power. Not every terrorist attack is for political gain,...

Introduction This was one of the most historic case in the history of Independent India especially from view of Muslim Community. It dealt with the extremely sophisticated issue of ‘Triple Talaq’. It deals with the story of a brave woman named Shah Bano who fought...

The happening of the 9/ 11 attack, firefighter Piciatto shares, ” And then the noise started, and the building began to tremble, and we all froze”. Piciatto (2004), also goes on describing the attack, dead solid still. To a man, no one moved, except to...

The Holy Quran, a complete code of life, defining the answer to every problem there was and there will be. Allah states in the Holy Quran: “and We have revealed the Book to you explaining clearly everything” (16:89). All that is left for us to...

There is no doubt that social media has made social communications easy and convenient. However, by doing so, it has also exposed its users to deception and scam. Increased usage of social media has raised a number of ethical concerns which need to be addressed...

A common worry among the Islamic modernists and those living in Muslim societies during the late 19th century was, how far can the cultural renaissance progress and how much of their traditions will be swept away along with it? Charles Kurzman notes a modernist Islamic...

The Middle East Conflict is old as hills and they are divergent views on the solution to the Middle East conflicts. The divergence arised from not having the same views on the roots. Ahmed Zewal in his speech at Cairo University in 2009 said “Peace...

Poets have remarked on the affairs of the contemporary world, advocated for the victims of tyranny and even became the pioneers of social change. Plato, a philosopher in Classical Greece, while responding to the complexity of poets, concludes that they are impersonators of the world:...

Brief history about ISIS Who are they and what do they stand for?ISIS stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. They are also known as ISIL which stands for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. There are known to cause fear within and...

Pandiyan et al, (2016) stated that literature review is a classification and evaluation of what the accredited scholars and researchers have written on a topic, organized according to a guiding concept such as research questions or research objective, thesis, or the problem/issues that are wish...

Introduction Estate planning is one of the components in personal financial planning. Estate planning is an important plan for the administration and disposition of one’s property during one’s lifetime and at one’s death. Therefore, it involves both handling the property while alive as well as...

The Muslim culture, identity and sense of belonging are founded on Islamic teachings. In the context of Muslim’s, centrality of Islamic faith is the foundation of all cultural diversities. The Islamic culture is a set of beliefs, traditions and customs, which guide Muslim’s in their...

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...

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...

I have lived in Hudson for 12 years, and am puzzled by the exchange of letters over the past couple of years regarding Muslims. In the time I have lived here I have not encountered asingle Muslim in Hudson. I lived for many years on...