Islam is a works-based religion, and salvation can be achieved – though is not guaranteed – through strict obedience to God’s law and Muhammad’s doctrine. A Muslim’s path to heaven requires following the five pillars: confessing faith in Allah and his messenger, Muhammad; praying five t...
In Christianity, the concept of the Trinity is central, describing God as one being in three persons: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. This concept underscores the unique Christian understanding of God's nature and relationship with humanity. Whereas Islam strictly adhere...
Kawser is a 26-year-old Pakistani graduate student in Ontario. Although born to conservative Muslim parents, Kawser is agnostic. He drinks alcohol, smokes marijuana, and, until fairly recently, used drugs. Yet, “I still think like a Muslim…I still don’t eat pork!”—he said. I can ...
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Many middle eastern women that have religions like Muslim or Islamic are either required or choose to wear a form of veil, whether fully covered or just their hair, but lots of women who have can decide still choose to wear these articles of clothing. The most commonly known veils are burq...
The Republic, if not fatally wounded with the inability of Eisenhower to curb the power of the military industrial complex and with the murder of Kennedy, is certainly dead now. Not by a bullet to the brain but by a thousand cuts. We have now officially entered our age of Caligula. This...
Central to Islamic faith, the Quran is organized into chapters called surahs, each consisting of verses known as ayahs, while the Bible is divided into two main parts: the Old Testament, shared with Judaism, and the New Testament, which describes the life and teachings of Jesus. 9 The Qura...
(Homeland defenders, 1941 June uprising). Luckily three religious buildings which once centered minority sections of the cemetery survived intact and are still city-wide hubs for the Muslim and Russian Orthodox communities. Lithuania's only non-woodenmosque(named after Vytautas the Great) su...
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Abu Sayyaf — a franchise of both al-Qaida and the Islamic State — became the face of Islamic terror in the Philippines, affiliated with a long-running insurgency aiming for the independence of the nation’s largely Muslim southern provinces. Once counting their membership in the ...