... related to family planning is the misunderstanding about contraceptives. Many Arab women believe that contraceptives will adversely affect their health (Kridli, 2002). To demonstrate culture competence, the nurse can teach the Arab woman about different methods of contraceptives emphasizing the minimal risks associated with the use of contraceptives. The ... an abortion to preserve the life of the mother (Lawrence, 2001). There are three types of pressure to have children in the Arab culture. The first type is traditional pressure based on the tradition of having children to help work in...

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... are correlated because beliefs help us understand knowledge on the truth. Beliefs exist because one may not agree with a practice and believe that it should be done a different way. I define Culture as is the ideas, beliefs, and values which are shared with a group of people or are carried on through many generations. People may have distrust in these concepts and therefore ... they create their own beliefs. Therefore, people will modify their beliefs based on their views of the culture they happen to being going against. In order to obtain knowledge, we need to know the controversial v...

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... cultures have many similarities. The United States practices the freedom of speech, media, assembly, and petition. Not all of these freedoms are practiced in the Indian culture; in fact the Indian sub-continent practices many different ideas. They, unlike the US, take a strong stand behind non-violence and that everything you do in ... this life will reflect on the life of your spirit afterwards. Most of the Indian culture believes in either Buddhism or Hinduism, the two major religions of that area. These religions believe in Karma, or whatever you do in this lifetime will ... the wo...

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... interested in its exoticism and extravagance. Watching the film with 21st century eyes and ears, one might imply that the film's imagery of Islamic culture was one of exaggeration and typical of the time period. As suggested by Edward Said in his writing, Orientalism, people viewed Europe as peaceful ... Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a U.S. secret agent who saves the world by stopping Arabian terrorists from buying and using nuclear weapons. The images of Islamic culture in this film are very similar to that of Son of the Sheik. In Son of the Sheik, Jasmine's father and the other men ......

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Early culture There are many accomplishments that I find remarkable from earlier cultures. The boats of ancient groups for travel. The bows and arrows, chiseled spearheads, & fish" nets for hunting. The woven baskets ... ...

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... what is acceptable and what is not can mean the success or failure of a public relations plan. Egyptians have different views on time than Americans do. In the Egyptian business culture, punctuality is not a priority. The pace of business is much slower in Egypt than in the west. Business is not conducting on Friday. This is the Muslim holy day. Usually ... ...

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... locations, the cultures as a result are also different. Yet students are united as graduates, hence they all toss their caps regardless. To continue explaining what culture is, I will use my own personal experiences to shape my definition and continue exploring its significance. As a young Muslim male in Canada, I find ... consider myself really lucky because I have found a proper place to pray and I made friends with a lot of Pakistani people so we all share same culture. We can discuss our upbringing and the different memories we have. We also have a Muslim Students' Association that u...

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... in the lives of Muslims world-wide. Indeed, one fifth of the world's population is Muslim, and yet the influence of Sufi music on Western culture has, until very recently, been negligible. Qawwali is, therefore, just one form of Sufi music - today associated with the geographical region of Pakistan and ... present time, research into Sufi music largely remains confined to a number of individual studies. • The significance of the Sufi Music for the Sufi Culture: A closer look at the birth of the Sufi music would reveal that its purpose was to preach and spread the message of Islam throu...

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... than other religions; Christianity for example. It does seem though that one possible reason may be the fact that Muslims tried to incorporate more Chinese culture into their daily lives and thus were able to show their sopport more outwardly. Whatever the case, Muslims are greatly accepted in a much more ... was brought into the country in full force. (Islam 3) The government attempted to smother the Muslims, thus pushing them away from the Chinese culture. They would do this by sending mass amounts of Chinese people to their areas and replacing the Muslim leaders with Han Chinese peopl...

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... organization has ties to an Islamic group. The world Trade Center and Pentagon attacks are often seen in light of a culture clash between a Christian oriented culture and Islamic oriented culture. This paper will both disagree and agree with this statement by examining both cultures. Islam is a religion of unity, uniformity ... be stimulated nor should morality be called into question or weakened. One's character must be unhealed in clothing and in adorning one's body. Islam culture believes very highly in Personal relations. An Arab will do almost anything for someone he likes. Honor is...

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... , grocery and clothing stores. The last similarity is that they both have bars, where they play games and have fun. Here are some differences between the American and Middle East culture. The first difference is that some women in the Middle East wear head coverings, because their husbands don't want their wife to look attractive. The second difference about these two ... cultures is that often the Middle East pray outside on the street, which causes traffic. The third difference is that the Middle East culture eat dinner sitting altogether in a circle on the floor. What I would like to ...

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... today. Modern Examples would be Bosnia and Lebanon. There were not only military clashes but political as well as economical. Although, the rivalry was incredibly intense, ironically, Arab or Islamic culture managed to severely influence the Christian kingdoms. However, Christianity used all the advantages provided by Islam to their advantage and through that they managed to keep the Arabs at bay ... the two until recently when the Arabs revolted against the new state of Israel. ( Jacobs, Fisher, Einzholdt, Islamic Heritage, Pp 192) There were times when Islamic culture actually managed...

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... needed in many places. Unfortunately, our company should not do business in the country of Jordan. Many factors have contributed in this reasoning mainly income and culture. The actual size of Jordan is basically the same as the state of Indiana to give you a rough estimation of how big the country is. ... summer we can sell white cotton caps. This would be our only other option as a consumer besides the 3% high class. (Famous touring spot in Jordan) Culture is a system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world a...

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... students would do the same in their turn. Thus, Sufism was passed on from generation to generation. (Islam: World Religions; Islam: Faith, Culture, History) By the 12th century, Sufi centers could be found in cities, towns, and many rural areas throughout the Middle East and Africa. ... Following his death, his closest students continued to teach his ideas and open Qadiriyah centers throughout the Middle East. (Islam: World Religions; Islam: Faith, Culture, History) Other orders were also established during the 12th and 13th centuries. The Suhrawardiyah order, for example, took its name...

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... French took a decidedly different approach in governing their colonies. The French decided that the best way was the French way. Therefore they decided to immerse their colonies in the French culture, language, and way of life and store the concepts of "evol e."" This meant that the people of their vast land holdings in Africa, particularly West Africa had to change all ... make the people believe that they had to learn and respect all things French and in that way realize the inferiority of their own culture and civilization. The missionaries passed on to their pupils their dislike of ...

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... to raise one of the gods of a polytheistic society so high above the rest that the others are eventually forgotten. Another would be that maybe a culture had started out as monotheistic. However monotheism started, it has made a major impact on society, but where did this idea arise. From a Christian ... perspective, the best source of information on origin of monotheism is the Hebrew culture. As we know, the Hebrew culture wasn"t always consistent in there observance of worship to one God, but they were supposed to be. The Hebrews had a problem with always ... wanting to worship the go...

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... all religions. Even religions that are completely opposite share many of the same traits and ideas. For example in the Hebrew culture it is believed that there is only one God. God created everything and controls everything. In the Greek culture there are several gods which each have their own special region to control like the sky, sea, earth, etc. These two ... the Greek beliefs in literature. These two books have short stories, much like the The Bible as/in Literature, that illustrate the beliefs of the Greek culture. One of the main differences in the Greek culture's belief system i...

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... to the media of the Western world. Reporters who cover the Muslim world often know very little details about it. The media then develops a distorted image of Islam that Western culture adopts. Due to the events surrounding September 11th, a general interest in all things dealing with Islam have risen. This increase in interest represents, on many levels, peoples need to ... be found among all backgrounds of race. (Orens 7). Salem says "It's a global religion, believers are not from one specific culture. Orens writes that, "A majority of Muslim populated states are authoritarian style go...

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... whole religion being degraded. I for one was really very shocked to hear that they attribute FGM to Islam. Susan Okin (1999), states that the more a culture involves women with domestic life, the less chance she has to be of equal status to men (p 13). Men control women and it is them who require ... has to marry the girl raped or she is treated as "damaged goods" (p 15). In some primitive cultures if the women have been raped the culture even condones them to kill the girl or force her to commit suicide to restore the family honour (p 16). This is another reason why the women ... wan...

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... necessarily get the same answer in India, England, China, South America or anywhere around the world. This is because every country, community and culture has different beliefs about religion. Some cultures believe in different symbols or people existed in the past as their God. "Religions, by which ... Al-Nawawi's Forty Hadiths." Both these religions have similarities as much as differences. The way these two religions operate shapes a person's identity and culture. The fundamentalism exists in the belief systems of these two religions however they differ in the way and which the conserv...

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... lost while under soviet rule. Former president ordered that Islamic teachings be taught in public school and that is only one way they were getting the culture back. Another way the government have helped is they have got more religious places appear, the current president wrote his own religious book and it ... the Qur'an standards. The book is called Hadith and written by President Niyazov. Another religion that is a very small but important part of the culture is the Baha'i faith it is still part of the daily lives of some in Turkmenistan but it was one of the large religions even bef...

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... Salat, are unacceptable inconveniences to the majority of Americans. But the truth remains that regardless of how the world views those who practice Islam, the Muslim culture is spreading - quickly - with millions of new converts every year. Islam is planting deep roots in more countries, extending it's reach into Australia, Canada ... and other acts of violence against Muslims. Some Americans are increasingly allowing the extremists of the Muslim faith to steer their beliefs of the culture as a whole. These Americans feel that their stereotypes are justified after the events of September...

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... world through in the name of Jihad, which is any religious struggle. Muslims would set out military campaigns in the name of Allah to convert other nations to Islam. Islamic Culture: Islam is an assimilation of many cultures and people that have differences not only in there language but in there ... culture. So the term Islamic is a term to represent the culture of geographically diverse regions, either Arab or not. Scholarship in the Islamic World: Muslim scholars preserved hundreds of ancient Greek and Latin works. Not only did they reproduce the works ... most popular were the one...

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How have immigrants changed American culture? All throughout history millions of immigrants have flocked to America for many different reasons. Such as religions, foods, and languages help our country to become what it is. Over the ... with them, so our country over the years have developed classes, schools, or courses so we can learn there languages. That's why there are so many different languages in our culture. Nearly every religion in the world has adherents or organized institutions in the U.S. Immigrants bring over there religions from there Birkhead pg. 3 countries, and practice them...

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... in the blending of cultures, math and science, and arts and literature. All this made possible the a semblance of the House of Wisdom, a combination library academy, and translation center. Muslim culture was centered around its four social classes. It included the born Muslims at the top. Converts were in the next class and had to pay higher taxes than the born ... greatly excelled in. Ibn Haytham was the person to discover that rays pass from object to eyes. Literature was a strong tradition to the culture All literature stemmed from things such as bravery, love, generosity, and hospi...

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