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King Hussein Holy Land
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Mens Reception Room Dome Of The Rock Islamic
372 wordsIslamic architecture consists of Shrines and buildings. The first of the three great shrines of Islam, is The Kaba at Mecca. It is considered the holiest spot on earth for Muslims. The second of the great Islamic shrines is the Mosque of the Prophet Muhammad in Ma dina Saudi Arabia. An interesting fact about this shrine is that the proper muhammad himself is buried in the floor of the mosque. The third of the great shrines, is the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. The Dome of the rock was built in ...
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Hindu Muslim Relations In India
769 wordsThe strife between Hindus and Muslims date back to the 16 th century. After the Mughals took over India, there was relative peace for some time between the Hindus and Muslims. This harmony between these two groups broke down, with the harsh Muslim rule at the end of the 17 th century. Under the strict Mughal leader Aurangzeb, Taxes were imposed on all Hindus, after they had previously been abolished, Hindu temples were destroyed, and Hindus were forced to convert to Islam. By the 18 th century t...
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Letter Of Credit Private Sector
1,151 words... re the marriage. In an 'affair' marriage, two persons fall in love and get married, with or without the permission of their families. This is considered a social crime, and the newlyweds are forced to leave their families. After I came back from the US, I met my sweetheart who was attending medical school. We courted each other for years, and when she graduated we figured it was time to marry. I asked my family to select the woman of my choice so as to marry the woman I love without upsettin...
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Gulf Monarchies Oil Wealth And Traditional Social Structures
1,905 wordsH 2 >Identify elements of continuity and change in the interaction between oil wealth and traditional social structures in the Gulf monarchies Development of the Gulf monarchies, and the rapid rise in standard of living the world had witnessed in the past fifty odd years can be attributed to the possession by many these states of one of the most important commodities, oil, and their ability to control world oil prices. Naturally, the enormous wealth that has been accumulated in the region...
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20 Th Century Nation Of Islam
1,649 wordsAs Moses knelt down before the Burning Bush to receive the Ten Commandments, the people were kneeling down before the golden calf to receive their cut. Money and religion have always been a paradox, a test, and a trial to those who struggle to live a spiritual life in this material world. To bring this spiritual life into existence, how much material is necessary? If one says, "one only need the word" then as the message is spread, the word needs to be accessible to everyone. As a result, books ...
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Number Of Jews Palestinian Arabs
1,477 wordsAccording to Biblical sources, Arabs and Israelites first met in Palestine about 1500 to 500 B. C. This time period recognized the beginning of the tradition of the two peoples' common patriarchs and the cousinly ties between the offspring of Isaac and the children of Ishmael, the sons of Abraham. (Cohen 1) Before Islam surfaced, the Jews and the Arabs met in the Arabian peninsula. There was actually a very large Jewish population in the Arabian peninsula before the Prophet Muhammed was known. A...
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Cat Stevens His Journey To Islam
1,136 words... ld explain everything to me - who I was; what was the purpose of life; what was the reality and what would be the reality; and where I came from - I realized that this was the true religion; religion not in the sense the West understands it, not the type for only your old age. In the West, whoever wishes to embrace a religion and make it his only way of life is deemed a fanatic. I was not a fanatic, I was at first confused between the body and the soul. Then I realized that the body and soul...
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1,492 wordsChristianity and Islam Are They Really That Different? There are hundreds of religions in this world. Of the many religions two the most prominent are Islam and Christianity. It is averaged thatcher are 750 million people practicing Islam and another 1 billion practicing Christianity. The roots of Islam are actually in Christianity. History books indicate that one night; God by way of the angel Gabrielcame to Muhammad (In Christianity this is the same Angel that brings themes of Jesus birth. ). ...
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Washington D C Nation Of Islam
1,096 wordsElijah Muhammad was born on or about Oct. 7, 1897 in Sandersville, Georgia. The exact date of his birth remains unknown because record keeping in rural Georgia for the descendants of slaves was not kept current, according to historians and family members. He was born Elijah Poole, the son of a minister, and whose parents, William (later named Wali) and Marie Poole, had 12 other children. He had to quit school after barely finishing the third grade to work in the fields as a sharecropper so his f...
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Nation Of Islam Elijah Muhammad
1,346 wordsIslam More Than A Religion 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 rituals. The negative image many people in the United States and Europe have of Islam and the Muslim world has a long history. Many have judged Islam without making an effort t...
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Nation Of Islam Elijah Muhammad
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Art And Architecture History Of Art
958 wordsIslamic art and architecture points to the artistic accomplishments in the lands where Islam was the dominant religion and from the seventh century on. These lands were the Middle East, North Africa, Spain, Anatolia and the Balkans, and central and northern India. All the monuments and artistic objects, which may have been made with different materials and techniques, have a common artistic language. Islamic art was an art created for the setting of every day life. The most notable religious art...
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Saudi Arabia Holy City
320 wordsThe Islamic religions holiest city of Mecca (also known as Mekka or Makkah) is located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Its importance as a holy city for Muslims harks back to it being the birthplace of the founder of Islam, Mohammed. The prophet Mohammed was born in Mecca, located approximated 50 miles from the Red Sea port city of Jidda, in the year 571. Mohammed fled to Medina, now also a holy city, in the year 622 (ten years prior to his death). Muslims face Mecca during their daily prayers a...
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Greek Orthodox Orthodox Church
1,560 wordsThe Jewish Synagogue, Judaism JUDAISM The Jewish Synagogue, The Tree of Life, was built in 1986. It is one of three in the City of Columbia. The Synagogue was a very interesting, outside of the building was a sculpture of the Star of David to add to the beauty of the very well kept grounds. The windows in the Synagogue were beautifully sculptured with the events of Christ s life on earth and His returning to heaven. We learned that on every Jewish door there is a mezz uch (a door post with the w...
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1,398 wordsMalcolm X, arguably one of Americas strongest black activists was born on the nineteenth of May 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was a son to Earl and Louise Little, and lived in Lansing, Michigan. In 1920 the Littles house was fire-bombed while the family slept inside. This was believed to be the work of the white racists group, Ku-Klux-Klan. Malcolm X along with other blacks were being segregated in most every parts of daily life. They werent allowed to vote, go to the same washrooms as the whites ...
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Martin Luther King Luther King Jr
1,787 wordsComparison of Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcom X Essay submitted by Twyla Love They were black men who had a dream, but never lived to see it fulfilled. One was a man who spoke out to all humanity, but the world was not yet ready for his peaceful words. I have a dream, a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed that all men are created equal. (Martin Luther King) The other, a man who spoke of a violent revolution, which would bring about radical cha...
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658 wordsChewing it over Im branded a travel writer, and I dont like the term. Partly because it suggests that I live in some Whickers World of lounges, terminals and expense accounts (well, I wouldnt mind the expense accounts); and partly because my favourite journeys are the shortest ones. From my front door in Sana the first city founded after the Flood, capital of the Republic of Yemen and one of the most stunning urban landscapes in the world it takes precisely two-and-a-half minutes to walk to Shar...
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B C E Jesus Christ
1,371 wordsPeople may have different views about a belief or religion, but often both sides see a place of importance to them in the same way. Jerusalem has a religious importance for three religions. For Christians, the city is the site of many of the events in the life of Jesus Christ. For Jews, Jerusalem is the focus of their religious longing, the site of their ancient Temple, and their historical capital. For Muslims the city is their third holiest as the site from which Muhammad is said to have risen...
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