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    Isis stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. This group of terrorists have control over territory in Iraq and Syria which contain 2.8 to 5.3 million people. These areas also include Libya, Nigeria, and Afghanistan. This group affiliates with North Africa and South Asia. Isis originated in1999 and made an allegiance with al-Qaeda in 2004. They are a group made up of about 30,000 fighters. Their leader is 42-year-old Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He is a “specially designated global terrorist” under U

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    Gender inequality in Iran

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    society for many years, as an Islamic state, the role and treatment of women is based on interpretation of Islamic law (Shari'a). The change derived from the downfall of the Pahlavi regime and subsequent Iranian revolution of 1979 dramatically effected the nature and extent of the rights and quality of life experienced by Iranian women. The reign of Pahlavi as Shah saw women's rights reach new capabilities - for example in 1963, regardless to objections by religious clerics women were granted the capability

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    compensation without due consideration (consideration does not include time value of money). However, these principles may have been applied to historical Islamic economies and in the late 20th century that a number of Islamic banks were formed to apply these principles to private or semi-private commercial institutions within the Muslim community. In early Islamic banking, a number of economic concepts and techniques were applied, including bills of exchange, partnership (mufawada) such as limited partnerships

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    Vocabulary Jihad – a dispute or war between followers of Islam faith and those who do not follow the Islam faith; a struggle within a Muslim between good and evil (Dictionary) Hijab – a covering which is worn by women of Islam faith this wrap covers their “head and chest” this is used to shows the woman’s modesty (Hijab) Fatima – the name of Muhammad’s daughter (Dictionary) Kaaba – a sacred building made of “black stone” in the shape of a cube in Mecca and when in prayer Muslins turn in this direction

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    Introduction ISIS is a terrorist group threat that has grown within the subject of the War on Terror taking place within the nation of Iraq and surrounding areas. ISIS is the acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. It is also sometimes know as ISIL, because sometimes, “Syria”, is replaced with the term, "the Levant". At a certain level, one gets the impression that ISIS just emerged from nowhere. Body The organization was not a presence in Iraq when the United States was actually engaged

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    The exterior of the New Brunswick Islamic Center is incredibly misleading. The outside appears similar to a factory, yet, it’s the inside that suggests something holier. The inner appearance of the religious center is not very extravagant either, yet, it has a respectful atmosphere to it. Everyone acknowledges each other with a warm greeting, and everyone acts friendly. The building itself only was composed of a lobby and a musallah¸ or ritual hall. The women sat separated from the men, and everyone

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    Terrorism by the Egyptian Islamic Jihad Brandin P. Lea SCTY 488 – Terrorism and Homeland Security December 26, 2010 Professor Eric Witcher Abstract It has been the case that over the duration that mankind has graced the planet there has been group’s hell bent on enacting their beliefs and values upon the rest of the world. As time has passed there have been many times that these groups have changed the face of the planet permanently. You can look at any organized religious group and

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    language of Islam, but there is no culture for Islam. But because of this misconception, most people assume something is Islamic simply because it looks Arabic. Although most have a mental image of what we deem “Islamic” architecture to be, there is in fact no style of Islamic architecture, as Islam did not force any culture onto the people it reached. The designs of Islamic buildings were usually influenced by the culture of the societies the religion reached, and the only similarities these building

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    Pakistan to India, is about the size of the U.S. state of Wyoming, contains over half of Pakistan’s population, and is home to an immense amount of Pakistani culture. One particular city in Punjab, Lahore, is described as Pakistan’s “cultural capital.” Islamic extremists known as the Taliban are now trying to dismantle the so-called “cultural capital” in hopes of assuming control of the country. Over the past couple of years, the Taliban have assaulted the province with waves of terrorism. The National

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    Radical Islamic terrorism and is one of the greatest threats faced by the western world today .From threatening our life styles to killing our fellow citizens ,Islam underpins and erodes our laws and institutions in the name of their stalling 6th century ideology and holy book. Angered by transgressions long past and considering all foreigners and non believers infidels and non human, Radical Islam unless stopped in its cultural subversion and terrorist actions will soon become to much to be handled

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