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The history of the Islamic world has been one of weak state institutions and state underperformance, coupled with a high prevalence of violence, both by the state and by individuals. A major reason for these negative trends has been the role of political Islam in privileging homogeneity over diversity, in stifling dissent in public and private life, and the societal stagnation that follows such rigid controls. Malaysia and Indonesia have been notable exceptions to the underperformance of Islamic cultures.

Race and religion are two concepts in American culture that can really tie people together, or clearly separate them apart. A group forged by strong common roots in both race and religion can be a powerful societal force, if it wants to be. The Nation of Islam is a small but growing religion in America that has become somewhat of a social movement because of its strong and radical ideas on race. In this paper, I will try to explore the beliefs of the Nation of Islam, and the ramifications it could and has had on racial relations in America. The Nation of Islam, or NOI, is a relatively new religion. The first temple of Islam was established in Detroit by Master Fard Muhammed in 1930. Much

Throughout the depths of recorded history Muslims have constantly committed mass murders upon innocent people in the name of Islam. According to long established conventional Islamic views, Muhammad’s revelations start the Qur’an off in 610. Dating back to as early as 627, the Prophet Muhammad’s followers have been recorded of murdering large numbers of “non-believers” and even believers for that matter (Ye 'or, 1985). While researching wars declared in the name of Islam, the words “convert” or “die” (more often than not they surfaced together making the claim “convert or die”) surfaced exceedingly often. Despite the common belief imprinted into the minds of nearly every United States citizen/civilian whom attended or is attending public school with the U.S., oppressing a people based off of their religious beliefs has the ability to be beneficial to the world on a global scale. Muslims should not be allowed to act as political advocates considering Islam gives approval of segregation, provides obligations of the religions followers to commit senseless acts of violence, and because of the fact that Islam allows systematic lying as a religious policy. Throughout this research essay we will discuss facts in regards to traditional and modern Islamic ideology while deciding whether someone of such beliefs has a place in a position

In “A Devil’s Theory Of Islam,” Edward W. Said reviews a book by Judith Miller. In the book, Miller focuses on Islam in the Middle East, and Islam as a threat to the West. Islam since the eighth century was always known as a religion that contains violence and terror. However, Said says that the violence has mostly affected the Middle Eastern countries by dragging them down into poverty. Said says that Islam’s acts affect its citizens, and powerful Islamic countries are under the control of the United States.

With a strict and unforgiving hand the Taliban ruled over Afghanistan from the 90's until 2001. The Taliban hold an extremist interpretation of teachings from the Koran, the Islamic holy book. According to them, the Taliban, the Koran states that God has deemed the man of the house as the primary authority figure; they have rule over every one in the household be it wife or child. Their interpretation states, also, that women are not to reveal any part of them selves except their eyes and palms of their hands. Along with that, women are not allowed to work, or leave the house with out a male relative escort. Any deviation from these rules would be meet with a harsh punishment; the lose of a

Today, Islam is seen as a violent religion, the mention of Muslims anywhere strike fear into people. But yet there are more Muslim doctors, scholars, engineers, scientist, thriving in first world countries than anyone else. Muslim people lack the ability to have their own identity due to the media’s interpretation of them. It’s even more for Muslim woman because they will forever be painted as Oppressed. In American Muslim Women by Jamillah Karim, the author gathers information about barriers Muslim women face living in Chicago and Atlanta, either through segregations, discrimination, and gender roles. The author mentions how people of the same ethnic background tend to stay together, instead of branching outside or their race, and how Muslim women are treated like underdogs when they interact with Muslim men in the mosque, at work, and etc. People that normally identify with the same race, religion, and ethnicity tend to stay together. This reading discussed “boundaries” that women face in the mosque and how they are bound to the back, while men are privileged with front row seats, closer to the Unman. The reason could be that these women that feel oppressed

Gillo Pontecorvo’s ‘The Battle of Algiers’ represents one of the most violent revolts in modern history – The Algerian struggle for independence from 1954 to 1962. More specifically; the year long struggle between the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) guerilla movement and the French in the capital of Algiers. This conflict seemed to be the birth of urban terrorism tactics that we see used today in many terrorist attacks. The first half of the film shows the tactical and strategic uses of terrorisms and the forms of urban guerilla warfare used by the FLN, while the second half of the film depicts the counter-terrorism response of the French. While this is not a documentary, it does show a fair, albeit dramatized, representation of the events that unfolded in the Casbah during this time.

Since the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, a large focus of the Western Powers, like the United States, has been on the Middle East. Out of this has come a conclusion that this area of the world is prone to be more violent than other parts and this is largely to due to the Islamic religion. This the West has concluded in large part through observation coupled with some qualitative data. However, is this an adequate assertion of the area, and of the religion of Islam? To begin various types of violence will be explored quantitatively and qualitatively to see if there is a difference in the level of violence seen in the Middle East as compared to Western States. Once it has been determined if there exists a difference in

The Yazidi religious minority was a subject to extreme violence perpetrated by the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq in 2014. This thesis argues that the violence was genocidal in nature and aimed to destroy the Yazidi group as such. Using theories from sociology, it seeks to explain how the violence caused a tremendous social change within the Yazidi community, instead of concentrating on numbers, legal, or political viewpoints. The study further revised concepts of terrorism and perpetrators of genocide, and demonstrates that the perpetrator does not necessarily need to be a state, but another kind of strong organization can be capable of committing such atrocities as well.

With these many influences around us, these “voices can cause us to change, to hone” and to conform (Crandall, 2009, p. 27). Crandall (2009) also suggests that “human beings are not governed or primarily guided by instinct but by learned ideas” (p. 38). Even so, that many anthropologists view “gender as something learned, something cultural” (Crandall, 2009, p. 57). These conformities can occur on a grand scale; such as the countries during the “Beatles Epidemic” in which thousands of individuals started bands, cut their hair, and followed their trend as the “fever” spread over the face of the world (How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin, 2009). And the conformities may occur as the emergence of the right of passage. The “pilgrimage is one of the five basic obligations of Islam and every Moslem hopes to visit Mecca before he dies. But the Shiite Moslem has a further duty, to visit the shrines of the twelve imams of the Shiite sect” (Fernea, 1989, p. 216). This pilgrimage changes from a desire, to a plan, to accomplishment each year with thousands of Islamic an Muslim people. Other rights of passage are exclusive among gender and social status. Hoskins (1996) points out that it is a part of gender, that “men and women in Ilongot society were relatively equal and share the same basic humanity, but through headhunting, men could achieve a form of transcendence not available to

As we get farther into the book, I become more intrigued into the events that took place in America in regards to Islam. I never actually knew the broader history behind the enlargement of Islam in the United States. The formation of different Islamic organizations post World War II was very interesting, because it created a society where Muslim immigrants can unite; such as the Nation of Islam and the FIA. I found that the sociological, and political aspects of these religion-based communities and organizations were very relevant to the issues that many Muslims had to deal with. However, some of the organization’s teachings and actions seemed questionable. Also, the book is very difficult to understand as it gets very in depth with fact after fact but not much background information, which makes it hard to follow the points that author, Kambiz GhaneaBassiri is trying to get across. That being said, I would like to focus on the chapter 6 readings, and the author’s style of writing.

Bahrain is a country which operates on all levels in relation to the teachings of the Qur’an. This makes up the fabric of life for the Bahraini people, the influence of the Islamic religion can be seen in the economic, political and social pathways of life within the culture of the country. In Bahrain, religion is the most important structure. The Islamic religion opposes wrongdoing in all its forms and that any wrongdoing can lead to the downfall of society. The teachings of the Prophet attempt to get rid of all forms of crime before it happens by influencing the individuals who follow the religion. Acts against the law therefore is not only a crime against society in the eyes of Bahraini people it is also a violation of the principles of God. In Bahrain there are even ‘moral police officers’ who regulate the dress and public behaviour of citizens (Helal, 1991). As the Qur’an provides the basis for society, it also provides the base for which laws are made. All laws however have major influence from the Western cultures, apart from marriage, divorce and succession which all fall under the Shari’ah. (Souryal, 1988)Therefore religion is a major influence

The study of societies throughout the world at different periods in history is important to understanding human behaviors. Even though most sociological studies are conducted on broad topics such as crime, poverty, gender, and ethnicity it is important to consider specific events that occur. These events provide examples and evidence towards concepts and theories that are developed to explain why people act a certain way in society. In the world today there are several issues and events that relate to sociological concepts and theories. The Middle East recently has been an area of radical behavior conducted by a terrorist group called the Islamic State. Looking into the actions and events of this terror group we can understand the sociological

The novel is divided into four sections in order to closely examine the evolution of the Muslin Brotherhood and their ideology. The first section, Politicizing Islam, focuses on the framework of political Islam up to 1963 that allows for the development of the Syrian Muslin Brotherhood and their early days. The second section entitled The Islamic Opposition to Ba’athism, goes in depth into the political, economic, and ideological subtleties fueling opposition between Islam and the Syrian Ba’ath party. The proceeding third segment, The rise of Jihadism in later 1970s Syria, examines the political and ideological circumstances that gave ride to the jihadist trend in regards to the Brotherhood itself. The fourth and final segmentation of the novel titled Ashes of Hama: The Syrian Islamist Movement since 1982, will be devoted to the consequences of the exile of the Muslin Brotherhoods after the Hama massacre, and how it then evolved to becomes the regimes most powerful political opponent.

The Algerian people have lived with violence for hundreds of years. From oppressive French colonial occupation to civil war, violence has