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particularly in regards to gender and governing. A strong sense of the divisions for both Qutb and al-Ghazali come from their vastly different intellectual and cultural contexts. Sayyid Qutb, the author of some of the most influential writings in the Muslim world, was a highly educated theorist,

How do they impact each other? According to Wikipedia 2014, “Religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence. It is also the most intensive and comprehensive method of valuing that is experienced by humankind”. Religion is often difficult to identify or define because it overlaps on many different boundaries

hot debates around the intersection of Islam and politics in the modern world. I organized my reading list at five parts that match the scope of my doctoral research as well as expanding my expertise within political sociology. My subfields consist of (1) the overview of political sociology, (2) Islam and Muslim politics, (3) Islam and modernity debates (4) multiple modernities, and (5) religion and immigration: Islam and Muslim in the western societies. These subsections will be particularly useful

implement Islamic law (Sharia) in both the public and private domain. Islamism is often mobilised in existing political issues, and has become “a vehicle and vocabulary for the expression of many different agendas in the Muslim world”. It is the most dominant ideology in the Muslim world. While not all political Islamism is violent, it is undeniable that violent extremism occurs in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. In this essay, I analyse the phenomenon of violent political Islamism,

The Misconceptions About Women in Islam While people in the west think that women in Islam are oppressed, they do not know that Islam liberated women from oppression. There are many people who have opinions about the religion of Islam, but mostly about the women who follow it. Westerners have this idea that women in Islam are disrespected, mistreated and oppressed. In actuality, these allegations are incorrect. Women in Islam have rights and are not oppressed. The veil is widely misunderstood

of today’s world, as the religion of peace. In saying so, it is implied that Islam, as a religion, is opposed to warfare, extremism and terrorist activities. On the contrary, in the realm of political science, democracy is the system of government that is set up on a high pedestal. Democracy is not only portrayed as inherently virtuous, but is also a system that ensures peace and harmony in any region. Both democracy and Islam thus claim the right to peace, however, the fact that Muslim majority countries

There are many modernities, not only one single patter of modernization. These developments forced sociologists for a paradigm shift in the dominant one-side understanding of western modernity. In this context, Islam and the discourse of western Muslim intellectuals have gradually gained visibility through the continuing migration and the growth of new generations in the western societies. Western Islam also has emerged in the hearth of modernity; yet did not follow the same patters of classical

spirit of Islam. His deep study of Muslim thought and culture gave his poetry a Muslim flavor. He looked forward to Islamic fraternity being more far-reaching, in the long run, serving as a workable basis of human unity. Almost all his poetic thoughts and themes were colored by Islamic creed. His poetry of this period is replete with symbols drawn from the Semitic lands. There are innumerable references in his poetry to Islamic history or religion. The word Muslim occurs quite frequently in his writings

advent of Islam and the years following the Arab conquest. Today, the Islamic world spreads from the corners of the Philippines to the far edges of Spain and Central Africa. Various cultures have adopted the Islamic faith, and this blending of many different cultures has strengthened the universal Islamic culture. The religion of Islam has provided a new meaning to the lives of many people around the world. In the Islamic world, the religion defines and enriches culture and as a result the culture gives

The true images of Muslims, Islam, and Arabs are never taken into account and that is where the prejudice, hate, and discrimination originate. The positive stories are nowhere to be found about the Middle East region. The American public sees violence, war, and poverty associated with the Middle East region. Others might associate all Arabs as being rich because there is oil in the Middle East. People lump in all Muslims and all Arabs as all being the same but this