Muhammad Yunus

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Muhammad Yunus, Founder of the Grameen Bank is often hailed as the architect of microfinance lending and has been praised around the world for his work and even awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 2006. The concept of microfinance is to lend small portions of money

Quran View on Religious Pluralism Submited by: Muqadas Ghumman Submitted to: Mame Amat-ul Rafi Subject: Quranic View of other Religions Introduction While Islam stresses on the unity of humanity, it also recognizes human diversity and gives valuable principles to deal with ethnic, racial and religious differences in society. This paper discusses Religious Pluralism in the light of Quran and Hadith. Islam gives rights to all citizens of Muslim state; granting

And far is He above the partners they ascribe (to Him)!” (Surat: Yunus, Qur’an 10:18). Due to their ignorance, they also possessed a sense of arrogance. Allah warns us that he does not like those who are arrogant because it in turn leads to ignorance. The disbelievers did not feel ashamed of themselves when they associated

Table of Contents Letter of transmittal …………..………………………………………………….pg i Executive summary ………………………………………………………………pg ii Introduction ………………………………………………………………………..pg 2 Blasphemy laws in Pakistan Offenses relating to religion: Pakistan Penal Code…..pg 4 Critique ……………………………………………………………………………..pg 7 Cases ………………………………………………………………………………..pg 12 Recommendations …………………………………………………………………..pg 17 Bibliography ………………………………………………………………………..pg iii Introduction The blasphemy laws under

ISLAM (THROUGH THE EYES OF WESTERN MEDIA) By Jasmine Bhangoo The worldwide Islamic revival of the 1970s and the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States have prompted many to predict that the two cultures are on a major collision course. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the West. Nevertheless, the West has many stereotypes and misconceptions about Islam that are due to the media, prejudice, and ignorance. Islam is often looked upon as a "extremist", "terrorist"

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American University of Sharjah Department of Arabic ARA 301 The Maghazi Literature Name: | Lieth Al-Fityani | July 21, 2011 Abstract Arabic was chiefly a spoken language with an oral literature of elaborate poetry and, to a lesser extent, prose. It is certainly known that the revelation of Quran had an important impact on the development of the Arabic literature. In the pre-Islamic era, both poetry and prose dealt with a restricted range of topics; however with the rise

Garrett Waidelich October 8, 2012 Islamic Civilization Dr. McGrath How to be a Good Muslim In the Quran and the Hadith of Bukhari there are many descriptions of what it takes to be a good Muslim. God gives very specific details to Muhammad about what Muslims need to do and what they can’t do if they want to get to paradise. The five pillars of Islam created a base for Muslims to follow in order to be a good Muslim. The five pillars are that there is no god but God, to offer prayer, to give charity

also a claim in The Bible that the "Mountains of Ararat" as the resting site of Noah's ark. Conversely, "Al-Judi" is where Noah's ark can be found according to The Koran. In short, the Prophet Noah was given commandments by God just as the Prophet Muhammad was after him. Christians argue that the reason for similarities between the two stories is because