The Arrival Of Islam And Islam

Muhammad’s father-in-law Abu Bakr took over leadership of the umma as the successor (caliph) of Muhammad. Abu Bakr faced two main tasks: standardization of the Islamic religion and consolidation of the Islamic state. Abu Bakr successfully re-established Muslim authority over the Arabs and oversaw the compilation and organization of the Quran in book form.

The world you once knew is falling to ashes and food is become such a scarcity that people are fighting over a few pieces of bread. The political class is too busy fighting among themselves to care for anyone else. Children are roaming the streets and begging for work to feed their dying, hungry stomachs. This is not a scene from a horror movie, but rather the reality of the beginning of post classical era. In these times of hardship the people turned to a higher power, which resulted in a religious boom. The main religion during the post classical era that had the greatest impact on people was Islam due to Muhammad, trade routes, the Black Plague, conquests and Islamic culture.

Historically, “Women and Gender in Islam” discusses the social, political, legal, and religious discourses and structures that have shaped the experience of Muslim women

In Islam the followers believe in the god Allah. Muslims believe that Muhammad was Allah's messenger. Some other things they believe is there is only one god and that is Allah, believe in equality, and everything happens in Allah’s will. The purpose of life is to live in a way that pleases Allah so one day you will gain paradise afterlife. Muslims do not eat pork of any kind.

The Middle East consisted of Islam and Medieval Europe was Christian and both societies were dominated by a powerful religious head. Medieval Europe had less intellectual achievements than that of the Abbasids, whose dynasty was founded by his descendants. Yet Christianity was more centralized than the Islamic. There are many comparisons and contrasts among both Islamic and Medieval Europe societies in there statuses, genders, religions, and wealth. First off, Medieval Europe had less achievements than those in Islam.

Bangladesh is considering its decision to formally keep Islam as the country's official religion or to revert back to its pre-1988 secular status.

Historically, when Islam emerged in 600 BC, the religion liberated women from the many oppressive laws of the time. However, the present

The Islam religion was founded in 610 CE by the prophet Muhammad, who was verbally presented the Quran, the central religious text of Islam, by God through the archangel, Gabriel. Muslim people consider the Quran as the principle source of faith and practice. After the death of Muhammad in 632 CE, Islam spread rapidly outwards from Mecca towards the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. As the Islamic Empire grew, women became more restricted and their inferiority to men became more prominent. The empire continued to grow and reached its Golden Age beginning in 800 CE, where the importance of education and knowledge caused new advancements in technology and ideology throughout time until 1300. During the years of 600-1300, the Muslim community continued

De facto, the oppression of Muslim women is a result of the conservative interpretations of Shariah law, which also incorporates gender selective traditional rules that are depicted as God’s undisputable words. Muslim feminists suggest the rationale of women’s domination lies in the same Shariah laws which infer the godly laws incorrectly. Moreover, Muslim law is saturated with pro-male-dominated versions. Albeit the place of females improved throughout the timespan of the prophet it was only for momentary period. Muslim masses do not think beyond their interpretation of Islam, and they believe it as perfect way of existence.

To many western stereotypes, Islam women were always hidden behind the veil. They have no right of speaking, and voiceless deprived of their basic rights which man enjoyed. Although women in Islam treated normally unequal, they were also some slight differences and characteristics in each of the times.

In recent years, Islam is a religion that have been a controversial topic due to its current followers enacted violent disruptions in recent events. Mr. Z mentioned how the spreading of early Islam was violent in its early history like these modern day violence, “Early Islam spread by war, by the sword, and only by the war and sword.” Fred Donner, author of Muhammad and the Believers, wrote about the early history of Islam and how it all started. Donner would partilly agree to Mr. Z statement about how War was a factor that helped early Islam to spread, but would challenge him that it is not the only reason how the religion spread. According to Donner, other methods that allowed early Islam to spread was the establishment of a monotheistic

The rise and expansion of Islam has had a significant impact on the role and rights of women throughout history. Since its origin in the seventh century until modern times, the Muslim faith has somewhat broadened, but has mostly restricted women’s rights in numerous Islamic communities. The history of Muslim women is complex, as it involves many advances and declines in numerous locations, such as Egypt, Afghanistan, and Iran, concerning several subjects, including both civil and social rights. Thus, in general, the rights of Islamic women did not improve significantly over time, instead, conditions remained the same or became worse for women as Islam evolved and spread as a world religion.

In today’s society women are given ample opportunity just as much as men. In some countries, such as middle-eastern nations that is not the case. Muslim women are often perceived to be submissive to Muslim men and unequal. Mohammed never taught for women to be treated as lower class citizens. Nonetheless, the blame is pointed towards the religion of Islam. The Islamic religion began as all monotheist religions representing a belief in one God and moral standards. In the following essay I will discuss and elaborate what Mohammed taught, how women lived in early Islamic society, and what it has become.

In pre-Islamic societies, women were held in high regards as matriarchal communities widely existed. Their biology, with its ability to reproduce, enabled women to be worshipped for they were the principle of creating life; this fact opposed androcentric theories that state how the “nature” of women dictated a status of inferiority (Ahmed 11). However, as many scholars and theorists have noted, “the decline” of women’s status in pre-Islamic societies was likely from urbanization. As warfare increased from city-states expanding their territories, warrior culture generated male dominance, and the reproductive capacity of women were looked to for providing labor power, making them be seen as “property” (Ahmed 12). In many instances, the rise of urban societies negatively affected women as Leila Ahmed stated in “Women and Gender in Islam” and as demonstrated in late Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian cultures. The complexities of these civilizations produced military competitiveness, escalating the aspects of male dominance and classes that further demeaned women (Ahmed 12). However, the rise of Islam rectified the unjust social constructs as women were given more independence, being considered equals and companions to men.

In discussing the role of women in contemporary society there are three main areas that can be addressed. The perceptions of woman within contemporary Muslim societies. The status, position and role of woman in the Qur'an and in early Islam