Rashidun Caliphate

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    The global threat of Al Qaeda and ISIL, increase Sunni-Shia conflicts and voice in Middle East, Africa. Europe and around the world and has posed challenge to government in the region and the global. Some scholars argue that the clash of civilization or culture war between the Muslims and the West relations. The public discussion of Islam and violence have raised question about the relationship of Islamism in regards to violence and terrorism. Many critics’ believes that doctrines like Jihad and

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    Terrorism has been an evident problem in the throughout the world and in the U.S. and has been a point of strife and grief amongst the affected families and the community. It affects the Nation and the citizens within. The same goes for the Islamic and Muslim countries as well. These countries often feeling stronger repercussions because of a larger amount of terrorist activity within the countries themselves. This giving rise to problems such as economic depression and political controversy among

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    ABSTRACT Missionary effort or approach is applicable to invite the public either Muslims or non-Muslims are implemented through various methods. Nowadays, it can be seen that the Islamic banking industry can be used as a medium to communicate and spread propaganda. Through this medium, it will demonstrate the power and advantages of Islamic banking system compared to conventional systems. This can also be seen in the Islamic banking system is not only widely accepted by the Muslim community even

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    The Intellectual Rise of Islam The Islamic Golden age provided the Abbasid Caliphate with an immense amount of political power and influence. The empire controlled lands from West Africa to parts of current day Iran and the new capital, Baghdad, quickly developed to into a large and advanced city . With control over previous Greek, Egyptian, and Persian lands, the locality of the empire set base for the academic, philosophical and medicinal advancement that define the Islamic Golden Age. Several

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    The Ismaili Da ø Wa

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    Historical sources indicate that the embryo of came to be termed as the Ismaili daʿwa began to take shape during the imamate of al-Ṣādiq. Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (114-48/733-65), as well as the succeeding Ismaili imams, lived in a very difficult time. The ʿAbbāsid caliph al-Dawānīqī and his successors were very hostile towards al-Ṣādiq and his household. After the death of al-Ṣādiq, the Ismaili imams lived in hiding. Among them, the life of Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl remains very obscure. Certain early sources

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    At the same time, for the purpose of using the democratic process as a strategy to implement Shari’a law, the Muslim Brotherhood named its political arm as the Islamic Action Front. Both the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Action Front share a similar base of support and membership. Separation between the two was necessary to allow the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood to maintain its control over social services and spreading dawa’a, while on the other hand provide the Islamic Action Front

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    Rethinking Cogs

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    the outcome. That means to stop the car we target all the wheels simultaneously. The Islamic State (IS) is a timely example of an insurgency with multiple COGs. The IS is a hybrid insurgency group with an ultimate goal of establishing an Islamic Caliphate. Their Radical Islamic ideology acts as their ideological/moral COG and their governance acts as their structural/operational COG. We cannot effectively target one without targeting the other. When we target their ability to govern their ideology

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    Al Gazali

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    Al Ghazali was a Sunni and Sufi philosopher of the 11th and 12th century, during the Golden Age, a period of great economic growth and stability and a time when both knowledge and power was at its peak. He was born in 1058 AD in Tus, Persia and impacted greatly upon the Islamic faith, particularly toward Sunni and Sufi members; they know him as ‘the Proof of Islam’. Al Ghazali provided a positive impact upon the Islamic faith and its million of devotees and still continues to do so today through

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    The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, commonly known as ISIS, has frightened the whole world by committing attacks in the Middle East, Paris, and San Bernardino, California. ISIS claims to be the legitimate ruler of all Muslims and it operates the Muslim world. ISIS was able to expand as the result of local groups conflicts with Western interests. Daniel Byman declares that local groups are attracted to ISIS for genuine conviction. Particularly, young men believe that ISIS is the defender and avenger

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    “As ISIS has grown, its goals and intentions have become clearer. Al Qaeda conceived of itself as the vanguard of a global insurgency mobilizing Muslim communities against secular rule. ISIS in contrast seeks to control territory and create a ‘pure’ Sunni Islamist state governed by a brutal interpretation of sharia” (Cronin). The quote shows that ISIS is growing, and will keep growing. They are growing in a very negative and brutal way. In doing so the U.S. does not like their ways of handling situations

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