1) In the book “Salonica: City of Ghosts”, Mark Mazower challenges the idea that Islam as “alien” to Europe. The author demonstrates that Islam was always in Europe. Islam is no alien. An alien is said to be a foreigner or something out of the norm. Mazower illustrates that Islam assumed its place in Europe via the Balkans ever since the sack of Constantinople and then the establishment of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire was an Islamic state, and the Ottoman sultan was also a “Warrior of the
line of rabbis’ background; while his mother was a daughter of a banker. This book tells about the journey on how he came to embrace Islam at the age of 26, with very much detail on his journeys to Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt and Libya. This book was written in the year of 1954, in order for him to explain what had brought him to Islam. Muhammad Asad used many flashbacks as he recounting the events that happened from the 1920s until 1930s. in this book also he goes
alike. Jeffrey Lang born in 1954 and raised a Roman Catholic in Connecticut, Lang, a mathematics professor at the University of Kansas who converted to Islam, wrestles with questions faced by contemporary American Muslims of all backgrounds, producing some interesting analyses and challenging conclusions. He explains his reasons for converting to Islam at the age of twenty-eight in 1982, his subsequent experiences, and his views on reforming Islam.He characterizes the transition as "a journey from individualism
Islam is the religion of utmost respect, morality, etiquettes, values, and respect. Muslims believe it to be the last and the most complete version of Allah’s religion. In only 1400 years it has become one of the widely spread religion with almost 1.8 billion followers. However ,it is eminent that over the time Muslim’s have gained distance from their religion. Is it because of the worldly affairs that have attracted Muslims away from Islam or is it the hesitation and resistance from asking about
she faces during that journey and great experiences she gathers. Through her journey, she also discovers something else that is the wisdom of being a Muslim woman. In this novel, Janmohamed talks a lot about love, marriage, culture, education and Islam. Shelina Zahra Janmohamed
the midst of the Abbasid caliphate at its capital, Baghdad (Al-Azzawi). The House of Wisdom was crucial to the rapid growth and advancement of Dar al-Islam. The power of intellectual ability through the House of Wisdom represented continuity and changes from the Umayyad and Persian rule as it was an impressive representation of the value of knowledge and merging of cultures. The House of Wisdom was also essential to the Arabs as it stored priceless ideas that were a necessity to their everyday lives
Western Europeans became dependable on items such as silk, tea, spices, gun powder as well as being exposed to new technology, medicine and knowledge. During this 300 years’ of war, Western Europeans for the most part controlled the Silk Road, however by the 1300s with the rise of the Ottoman Empire Western Europeans would lose control over the road. The Ottoman Empire, a Muslim Empire, would
consumer to assess the products (Rao & Monroe, 1988) and execute particular behavior. Besides, knowledge has two types which are: objective knowledge (i.e. enduring perfect information about a product) and subjective knowledge (consumer awareness of a product based on their subjective understanding) (Saqib, Mahmood, Khan, & Hashmi, 2015). Knowledge has great effect to consumer behavior, especially through seeking information (Brucks, 1985; Rao & Sieben, 1992) and information processing (Alba & Hutchinson
Life about Three Philosophers How did philosophers live and what they did? Philosophy is “love of wisdom” in the Greek language. It has already lasted for several centuries. Philosophy helps us think about a thing that is important for us. Achievements of philosophy are huge. Mathematics, physics, and other sciences can not be in the first place without philosophical investigation. Philosophers such as Socrates, Saint Augustine, or Hayy Ibn Yaqzan are extremely wise. They lived in the different situations
answering ultimate question seeking the validity the truth. Philosophy is the ways to know what in our brains? And what our brains can do? And what is our brain ability to do? Philosophy give us to study everything such as natural, social and human sciences. The philosophy used to clarify knowledge, truth, reality and value as a human. Philosophy make us to think outside the boxes of minds and open our minds to gain more knowledge to find a truth in all aspects of knowledge. Philosophy is a connected