... Islam's ability to be an influencing factor in the process of social change. As Christianity influenced the shaping of Western culture, so too will Islamic religious discourses influence the developing shape of Islamic cultures today. Muslims, like people of other beliefs have done a tremendous job of twisting their religion to suit the needs of the more powerful in their society by ... the prefix "fem." This is absolutely not true. Many men engage in feminist activities and join feminist rights groups. Feminism can be considered an approach for examining how different factors shape the...

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... to adopt the exact "sameness and continuity" of the social force. External social forces, therefore, unknowingly mold an individual's identity, and the individual may then expand on these influences and shape their identity at will, choosing to mimic the social forces, cast them off and select an opposite identity, or adopt certain traits and dispose of others. Erikson is well known ... visit England during her youth. Now, however, the decision of further education in England is simply to prove her culture wrong about women. Her schooling then goes on to further shape her identity, as d...

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... throughout Islamic antiquity, would forever taint 'A'isha's image for Sunni Muslims and strengthen Shi'i polemic. The lives of Mary Magdalene and 'A'isha Bint Abi Bakr have helped to shape and deepen Christians' and Muslims' understanding of their faith traditions in virtually every respect. Taken at face value, the controversy surrounding their personas may seem only to alienate each camp ... ...

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... the masnavis of the liberal sufi thinkers like Rumi and Fiafiz provided him with an opportunity to become familiar with pantheistic doctrines of fana and wahdat u'l-wujud that were to shape his policies in the future. It was the latter philosophy preached by Ibn al-Arabi, which taught that all that is not part of divine reality is an illusion, which ... ...

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... that began to "export" the Iranian revolution in the form of extremist actions and terror tactics; it was a moment when fundamentalism started to spread throughout the Muslim world under the shape of international networks that extend through a broad range of religious, economic, welfare and political institutions. These institutions fund military assitance to Hezbollah (the Party of God) in Lebanon (tacitly supported ... ...

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... no further thought. Soon after, a new monk entered our particular monastery. He was different when compared with all the other monks. He was trim and lean, and in top physical shape. At this new monastery he saw all these fat monks getting robbed, so he put them through spring training. Because monks make oaths never to bear arms, that was the ... ...

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... to the sun's heat. The relation between the heat and its properties is believed to be miraculously similar to that of Ramadan. While the heat represents the matter that helps shape, form, and mould virtually every matter, from metal and plastics, to plants and living cells. Ramadan undoubtedly helps a serious believer remould, reshape, reform and renew his physical and spiritual disposition ... ...

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... American colonial process started off similar to the Spanish, with the use of military force to subdue Filipino settlements into submission, their actions after having gained Filipino submission helped to shape the Muslim Filipino identity in less than 50 years more than the Spaniards ever did in three centuries. Believing that the southern areas were the furthest away from civilization compared ... ...

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... that began to "export" the Iranian revolution in the form of extremist actions and terror tactics; it was a moment when fundamentalism started to spread throughout the Muslim world under the shape of international networks that extend through a broad range of religious, economic, welfare and political institutions. These institutions fund military assitance to Hezbollah (the Party of God) in Lebanon (tacitly supported ... ...

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... the world through economic reform programs, known as Structural Adjustment Programs (SAP). From the above not only an understanding of globalisation should have materialised but also the forces that underpin, shape and direct globalisation should have become apparent. Globalisation will continue to be prevalent, making it imperative that the true nature of this phenomenon is understood. The reality and the true ... ...

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... find room for the principles of their religion? The answer comes with the fact that a global network of Islamic banks, investment houses and other financial institutions has started to take shape based on the principles of Islamic finance laid down in the Qur'an and the Prophet's traditions 14 centuries ago. Islamic banking, based on the Qur'anic prohibition of charging ... ...

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