Gandhi once said that, “We must respect other religions, even as we respect our own. Mere tolerance thereof is not enough”. The Islamic and Christian religions are those of large quantity and influence the world on a daily basis. The founders, Jesus and Mohammad were leaders of these two very distinct followings and are traced historically, had a huge impact on their religion both in the past and in the present, and were worshiped by many. Their messages are also being carried out through the world
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In Nigeria, the Maliki school is dominant. It is considered a more flexible variant than others, but all four schools adhere, at least on some level, to the punishments for major crimes described in the Koran or the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, including death bystoning for adultery and amputation for theft. Flexibilityarises from the standards of proof involved and the particular circumstances of a crime; a thief who steals out of dire need may receive leniency, for example. In Nigeria, there
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Explain how sacred texts provide understanding of peace is expressed in Christianity and Islam The bible, Quran and Hadith are respected texts and are regarded as the books of truth. Believers take these sacred texts as the revealed message from God – the truth. As such, they are used as a guide to life in the pursuit of peace between people and also between people and God. Jesus and Muhammad had a role in spreading the teaching of peace. To understand how the Muslims and Christians view peace
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Islamic Impact on City/Town Planning Course : Muslim Heritage and its Global Impact (Spring 2013) sec. 02 Date : 3/19/2013 Table of contents 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THE CITY 2.1. PRE-ISLAMIC PRECEDENTS 2.2. FORMATION OF URBAN MODELS 3. DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF THE ISLAMIC CITY 3.1. NATURAL LAWS 3.2. RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL BELIEFS 3.3. DESIGN PRINCIPLES STEMMED FROM SHARIAH LAW 3.4. SOCIAL PRINCIPLES 4. MORPHOLOGICAL COMPONENTS OF THE ISLAMIC CITY 4.1. THE MAIN MOSQUE 4.2. SUQS 4.3. RESIDENTIAL
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Art History I December 17, 2012 The Influence of Different Religions into the Development of Art The development of the relation of religion to life has been parallel to the development of art. Art always and everywhere has been a medium through which people have sought to express their religious beliefs, or a vehicle through which societies have sought to have their religion represented. Most part of the artworks produced in the past thousand years and more have had a massive religious content
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the activities of the religious community to be most important. Coming to Islam, is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated by the Quran, a text considered by its followers to be the word of God and by the teachings and normative example of Muhammad, considered by them to be the last prophet of God. An adherent of Islam is called a Muslim. With over 1.5 billion followers or over 22% of earth's population, Islam is the second-largest and one of the fastest-growing religions in the world
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Effects of Religion Religion definitely affects people in many different ways and even includes the lack of religion in my opinion. I have always seen religion as a base or back bone for a persons up bringing. I think that our values and morals all stand on the base of religion as many times if not most everything we do is in some way tied to our own personal religious backgrounds. This can be something as simple as feeling guilt for not donating to charity to making life and death medical
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Buddists seizing a baby from a mother and literally throwing it in a fire. Millions of Muslims throughout the globe were watching these scenarios on tv yet no action was taken. There was a time period when Muslims were really close to their religion Islam. As a result they were God-fearing and followed the teachings laid down in the holy Quran and acted upon by Prophet Muhammad(P.B.U.H). The Prophet (P.B.U.H) said, "God does not show mercy to those who donot show mercy to others." "The best of people
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Bernard Lewis West and Islam are drastically different and the conflict between them started centuries ago. Historically both of them have a past of violence against each other. During the middle age the Muslim empire invaded part of Europe in order to convert and spread Islam to Europeans “infidels”. Decades after the Christian Europeans kingdoms went on a Holy War, known as the Crusades, against the Muslims who controlled Jerusalem. In fact the Muslim empire and the Islam civilization considered
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Christians view peace it is imperative to understand the source of the teachings for each religion. The principles teachings of peace for Both Christianity and Islam are primarily found in the sacred texts of both religious traditions. Christianity looks to the bible and specifically the New Testament for teachings about peace, whereas Islam focuses’ on the Qur’an and Hadith to guide their beliefs of peace. These sacred texts guide the individual adherents of each religion to achieving inner peace
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