Riba, or interest, is banned in Islamic finance, although it is acceptable to sell goods or loan money at a profit markup. Interpretations of Riba Riba is forbidden under Sharia law (Islamic religious law) because it is thought to be exploitative. Though Muslims agree that riba is prohibited...
Sharia is defined as, “ the divine law based on the divine commands and prohibitions, and the principles of verses, hadiths and ijma (consensus) of ummah.” Two things attract attention in the definition. One is the fact that Sharia is “divine commands and prohibitions”. The other is...
During the Tribulation, God’s grace, as we understand it in this Dispensation, is withdrawn. The Age of Grace concludes with the Rapture. The Tribulation Period is the final, unfulfilled week of the Age of the Law. Revelation Chapter 7 describes an event so unique that Jesus devotes an en...
At the root, although there is no ‘catch-all’ that tells the story of every single Jew in all of the Arab lands – it was belief in the supremacy of Islam, rising Arab nationalism and Islamic antisemitism that all played their role. Whilst it is true that Jewish history in the MENA...
From this initial split other divisions and changes occurred within the religious practices and laws of Islam. While both share a belief in the Qur’an and the sunna (sayings or actions) of the Prophet Muhammad there are religious and legal differences. Imams are by the Shia definition the di...
What is the Mughal Empire best known for? What was a vizier in the Seljuk Empire? Who was the founder of the Umayyad Dynasty? What helped the Umayyad caliphs to expand their empire? Which two civilizations allowed Islam to easily spread out of the Arabian Peninsula?
During the Tribulation, God’s grace, as we understand it in this Dispensation, is withdrawn. The Age of Grace concludes with the Rapture. The Tribulation Period is the final, unfulfilled week of the Age of the Law. Revelation Chapter 7 describes an event so unique that Jesus devotes an en...
ISLAM IS THE CREATION of a psychopath, so call what Muhammad started a religion at your own risk. One of the difficulties the world faces in dealing with what he created is that it has blindly accepted Islam’s definition of itself as a religion due to superficial characteristics that make ...
aimed at stopping theIslamizationof America. In this fight,whoever is most organized will win. AFA is opening up in other countries too.Check it out. They provide action alerts for specific actions to take — at the local level and also the national level — that stopscreeping Shariain ...
James Rosenau and Ernest Czempiel launched the aca- demic concept of global governance in their Governance Without Government (1992).3 One comprehensive definition of "global governance" is as follows: the complex of formal and informal institutions, mechanisms, relationships, and processes between ...