The majority ofSunni Muslims believe tattooing is a sin, because it involves changing the natural creation of God, inflicting unnecessary pain in the process. Tattoos are classified as dirty things, which is prohibited from the Islam religion. Why is cursing bad? They found that cursing isassoci...
What is meant by the term sectarianism? Sectarianism occurswhen members of different denominations within a faith display bigotry and prejudice toward each other. Examples include the Sunni and Shia within Islam, Orthodox and Reform within Judaism or Protestants and Catholics within Christianity. How do...
Al-Atareb is seen as an important conquest to many because it is in a highly strategic area, both from the logistic and economic point of view, because here one finds the main route of connection between Aleppo and the Bab Al Hawa pass (the only official border crossing with Turkey). Th...
In contrast, a “serious relationship” was largely understood as something quite opposite—an explicit mutual long-term commitment with a compatible partner that is intended to, but might not always, lead to marriage. The assessment of how marriageable a partner is, in turn, based on two ...
What is Talaq? What are Some Myths About Islam? What is the Nation of Islam? Discussion Comments Byanon170076— On Apr 25, 2011 There is mutah and misyar in shia only, but in sunni there is only marriage nikah, but mutah or misyar is considered adultery. I am sunni. ...
“active”, useful political force. Ultimately, this required the reinvention of what is meant by “the people”. There were other known changes that separated the old order from the new. As Marx argued, capitalist modes of production led to unbridled resource accumulation, management, and ...
In June, Obama said that he would deploy up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to assist the Shiites when they were threatened by the Sunni militant group who would come to be known as the Islamic State group. In November, 1,500 troops were sent to Iraq to further combat the Islamic ter...
Protests have also taken place inSistan and Baluchestan, a southeastern province populated by many Sunnis. Those protests have received support from the local SunniImam Molavi Abdolhamid. Arecent studyshows considerable change in Iranians’ religiosity. Around 40 per cent of the participants still se...
I urge everyone who hasn’t already voted to go to the polls on November 6. Only if weallvote, will we know what most Americans want. Remember the term “silent majority”? Well, the silent majority has let the voting minority take over this country. I cringe when I hear any politicia...
European scholars have been the most fervent students of global gover- nance, while some American scholars still imagine that the world leader- ship of the United States is "indispensable" (e.g., Nye 1990). The term "global governance" arose in 1992, when UN Secretary- General Boutros...