practiced religion, Islam rapidly grew to an extremely widespread idea. It was not expected in the least, but Islam flourished quickly into a huge religion that is still practiced and followed today. When Islam first began, the way the world worked caused Islam to expand. Travel, trade, and simple conquest were no new idea, but they greatly aided in the prospering of Islam. The main factors that helped Islam grow were travel and trade, military conquest, and the beliefs of Islam caused a desire to
The terrorist attacks of the 11th September 2001, were a big shock for the western world. Since 1989 and the fall of the Berlin wall and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, few people were aware of the rise of a new tough opponent to western capitalism. Since 1945 the world was divided in two blocks, the communist and the capitalist, that both tried to impose their ideologies and to extend their influence to the rest of the world. This new rival took root in Afghanistan after a long conflict
14, 15, cited in Arnold 1896, pp. 1). However, Islam only started to spread rapidly after Malacca was converted to Islam. The main reason for this is that Malacca was one of the biggest port cities in the Malay archipelago and it had great influence over the other port cities. Islam spread through various ways. One of these ways is through trade (Dr Khairudin, lecture 3). Traders from many part of the world, such as
The most important discovery in the history of mankind is religion. Although religion isn’t a physical discovery, it has impacted and shaped the world around us. From the beginning of time, religion has either segregated or bonded groups of people, formed or wrecked nations and pushed for countries to fall into battles or alliances. Although religion may seem like a spiritual route, it has impacted the way the 21st century works. With religion, societies had formed and so did labor and division among
Media Ethics In the span of communication, effective communication is important in affecting public point of view. Before exploring more about Media Ethics in Islam one should have a clear knowledge about Media and Ethics. How they can be related with each other in knowledge of Islam? Media is now a day’s fundamental channel of communication all around the world in form of broadcasting and narrowcasting which included television, newspapers, internet, and communication through telephone. Ethics
glory and honor. In Bible verses such as Isiah 43:7 it is very clearly written, “Bring all who claim me as their God, for I have made them for my glory. It was I who created them.” The purpose of man under Islam is to know that Allah is the One and to obey the Quran and follow the Five Pillars of Islam. These five pillars are; the Confession of Faith, the five daily prayers, giving Alms, fasting during Ramadan, and the Pilgrimage to Mecca. All of these pillars serve the sole purpose of worshiping Allah
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
Prophet Muhammad. This place is also known as a ritual center of the Islam religion, as well as a caravan city. 2. The founder of the religion of Islam is known as Muhammad. Born in 570, many people during this time believed in the unseen spirits, so the public believed that he was possessed by an unseen. 3. A believer of the Islamic religion is called a Muslim. This word in Arabic also translated to one who “submits” to God. 4. Islam was the religion created by Muhammad. This religion believes that
Finland after the Russians and Estonians. The ongoing war in Somalia and other background factors have all led to the Somali diaspora that has also spread to Finland. They first came here over 20 years ago and since then a
I. The journalism ethical problem chosen by this group referred from the Topics is Chapter Eight: Sensitivity, Decency, and Obscenity. II. The Background case study about Charlie Hebdo Attack: Three days of terror. (News taken from BBC) The Case Study is about a famous magazine: Charlie Hebdo, a French Journalism which has no sensitivity over religion when publishing a cartoon drawing showing no respect over the religion and has offended million of Muslims people around the world that has the