nowadays centeral asia consists of five following independent republics: kazakhstan, kirghizia, uzbekistan, turkmenistan and tajikstan. this part of the world enjoys an extraordinary situation and natural resources and in the ancient times has been the route of silk road. the muslims in this region caused important changes and while making the scientific centers, established many mosques and en...

In the Tanzanian country town of Rwangwa, a bitter confrontation has developed between Sufi Muslims and Islamist reformers. The Islamists draw on Middle Eastern inspiration, but the conflict arises equally from local, regional and national context, and is cultural as well as religious and political. Situated in an economically and educationally disadvantaged region, access to land and trade for...

I. Basic Beliefs of Islam. Before taking up the subject of Islamic theology proper I should like, by way of introduction, to outline the basic religious beliefs which are common to all Muslims. As you may know, Islam was founded by the Prophet Muh.ammad in the Arabian Peninsula in the first quarter of the seventh century. At the age of forty the Prophet began to receive certain revelations whic...

This paper attempts to demonstrate that it is not only the universal principles of Islam that ground our everyday actions, but also the practical and immediate issues which we confront. Although Islam provides a universal set of principles to make life meaningful, I shall argue that these principles are vernacularized and localized in specific narratives. By offering seven diverse zones of Isla...

the images of muslims in media, literature and politics have been mostly black and white portrayals of a people alien to modernity, technology, civilization and progress. since the end of the cold war and the onset of deadly terrorist attacks in different areas of the world, especially in the united states, these representations show a palpable difference: muslims are predominantly represented ...

the islamic fast during the month of ramadan is strictly observed worldwide by millions of muslims. ramadan is the 9th month of the islamic lunar calendar and fasting during ramadan is the religious duty of all healthy adult muslims. a whole month of intermittent fasting, from dawn to dusk, every year is particular only to islam and considering that islam has over 1.5 billion followers worldwid...

The three Divine Abrahamic faiths i.e. Judaism, Christianity and Islam, revealed to the prophets of God, are divine religions that shape outlook of life, people’s perception, culture and civilization and enhance the relationship between God-man-universe. In this process, people who adhere to a particular religion tend to explore the phenomena through the lens of religion. However, throughout th...

In this article, I examine Charlie Hebdo, under the editorship of Philippe Val from 1994 to 2005, and how it reported on themes related Islam Muslims, both in France abroad, particularly relation satanic breasts controversy Hebron massacre 1994, Kosovo war, 9/11, 2005 banlieues riots France. argue that despite plurality voices within magazine, succeeded through his editorial line establish prom...