Both Islamist groups and Western nations have heightened the cultural divide between the West and Middle East, which has prolonged the war on terror through an ‘us’ versus ‘them’ dichotomy. Similar to the religious divide Islamist extremists have used to justify their holy war, Westerners have created a ‘West verses the Rest’ mentality, used to perpetuate fear through cultural generalisations. The forefront of this divide is Huntington’s ‘Clash of Civilisations’ thesis which argues that as identity
first of its kind, as it is the first time for a woman to take the religious leadership role in Islam. Of Course, This incident caused a huge debate within the Islamic cultures. Some sheikhs declared there was nothing wrong with women leading prayers, but the big majority of sheikhs criticized Amina Wadud and condemned her. However, Amina Wadud in reply to the accusations stressed the equality between men and women, even in religious leadership. (Islam online, April 18, 2005) One wonders why Amina
the research paper) as the dominate political entity comprising the Levant region of the Middle East, predominately the methodology employed for the formation of Outremer; the reaction to religious discrepancies within the crusaders’ territorial expanse and its innovative characteristics comparative to contemporary Western Europe; the architectural constructions utilized to consolidate presence and superiority over enemies and subordinates; and the increased centrality provided to subjects of Outremer
Before coming to the United States, I never knew that Muslims were seen as terrorist and they were so much prejudice, hate and dislike toward Muslims. My family is really religious, at a young age I started learning the Qur’an, how to accomplish the five prayers and the importance that it has in my life. Until the maturity age you dot not understand everything that you are studying as it is in Arabic and it helps avoid misinterpretation. Sometimes people do know understand that the things you read
The policies of classical/post-classical China Confucianism and post-classical Middle East Islam seem as though they compare similarly when it comes to how both civilizations tolerated outside religions and philosophies, however, that is not the case. The details need to be carefully examined, as the tolerance was quite different between classical/post-classical Chinese Confucianism and post-classical Middle East Islam. There are clear examples of how classical/post-classical Confucianism shunned
development of warfare technology which influenced many countries to thrive and expand, especially the Islamic Gunpowder Empires. Gunpowder has changed the world in many ways. It has originated in the 10th century by the Chinese, and quickly spread to Middle East, northern Africa and northern modern-day India. Sources say that the invention of gunpowder is a key root in development in today’s technology in warfare. Gunpowder was an accidental invention, made when thought to prolong life, China and neighboring
religion in the ancient world. Religion has played a positive or negative role in our history for a very long time. People use religion to oppress others while others use it for good. There are different communities of believers that used their religious traditions to shape and transform themselves. Religion influences people to engage more with their morals, family, and more likely to volunteer for their community. Religion also creates a practice of communication. The world we live in is both multicultural
is a term for a series of protests, and uprisings within the Middle East dating back to 2010. Some of the conditions in the Arab world on the eve of the Arab Uprisings include things such as the persistence of authoritarianism, high poverty and unemployment rates, and youth disenfranchisement. In regards to the persistence of authoritarianism, there are “5 major reasons that authoritarian governments were able to survive in the Middle East for so long. These include (1) the maintenance of fiscal health
looking virtually naked beside them. Unfortunately, this is the raucous reality of millions of women in the middle east. You might be thinking, well some women choose to wear such clothing. But no it doesn 't just stop with the clothing it goes beyond this to issues such as child marriage, being persecuted for just voicing your views and to and death and abuse. Women 's rights in the middle east is an extremely grave and thriving controversy but it’s being buried down because no one seems to really
increased interactions, social change, and the West’s superiority. For example, the West versus Islam is the most dominating culture clash in modern time, as evident in the Gulf War, Afghanistan war, and Iraq War/ The increased communication between the two have exaggerated their differences and the Wests repeated attempt to universalize values, and institution while maintaining their superiority, has caused resentment within the Middle East and Muslim communities across the globe. In addition,