Muslim Article Reviews Samples For Students

Summary

Islam is the dominant religion in most parts of Malaysia. Most people have managed to balance both physical and spiritual developments in this religion. This culture was recently marked during the previous celebrations of the inception of Islam Hadhari. According to the Prime Minister, it aimed at maintaining the set morals and ethics of the religion. However, media has a great role in achieving civilization to all in the Islam community, in the country.
However, tension still prevails between nationalism and globalization. Nationalism is bound to promote the modernity in every society while globalization encourages use of the recent ...

Social media technology played a pivot role of support to protesters in Egypt, Iraq, and Tunisia. I had discussed and described the issues in a report titled ‘Arab Springs’ hoping it would support the cause of protesters. Arab Spring had an excellent use with Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in the mission. User-friendly approaches made active users to come together for organizing protests in humongous volumes. Cutting across language barriers voice from different languages got translated through ‘transliteration’ technology to reach across the world. Anonymous peaceful supporters extended their support giving worthwhile ideas. Based on worldwide response through the power of media, ...

article reflection
Jackson Diehl, deputy editorial page editor of The Washington Post specializing in foreign affairs within his article “Tunisia boldly embraces democracy” (2014) questions the outcomes of the Sunday election in Tunisia whether they can transform this country into the first Arab democracy by the end of this year. The provided interviews with Tunisian politicians and economists on the economic background and political twists and turns in Tunisia give a clear image of this country as though of the turbulent standing on the international arena and within bilateral relations with United States.
Firstly, Diehl points out that ...

Awkward relations

The first article talks about the relationship between America and Saudi Arabia and describes how they depend on each other in certain matters. America has its troops in the Gulf and depends on the Saudi oil. The Saudi also rely on the “American might” as the Arab spring caused alarm and dismay in Arabia. The author defined how the relationship between the two countries is a complex one as both of them depend on each other reasons. On the other hand, the author also mentioned the problems within both countries that might lead to other internal political problems. I would ...

The article by Antony highlights the future implication of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and its effect on the countries under it. The most significant idea from the article is the issue on the isolation of Egypt. Before the five members of GCC together with other Arab countries prompt to relieve Egypt from the two most important Arab and Islamic Organization, and it resulted into a drastic aftermath. The article shared that history will not likely repeat itself since the countries involved learned their lesson by paying a great price. Egypt was important in the maintaining of Bagdad’s effort to preserve ...

People are always reminded that in order to understand the present and even foresee the future, people must first understand the events in the past. William Cleveland, in his interviewed reiterated this very saying for other people to grasp the development and rise of the Middle Eastern History. In the interview Cleveland shed light on why people are invested into studying the Middle List. He said that events such as the September 11 bombing and the constant news about the Palestinian- Israeli conflict have caught the attention of the students. He again stressed the significance of the historical knowledge ...

Protests have over the years been used as a means of people expressing their disapproval of certain issues within societies. The protestors undertake to organizing demonstrations in a bid to enable them show their dissatisfaction through objecting to events that are of a particular nature of which they find different from the ones they are comfortable with (Denver, 42-67). Protests do take place at different levels and in different places. These include places like social organizations, schools and even the general population that might undertake to demonstrate against the elected authority. This paper looks at the concept of protest with an aim ...

Muhammad Zafrulla Khan in his book talks about honor and dignity by Islam to women. He highlights the spiritual equality of women with man. In his opinion all situations about women’s position have been reflected in Qur’an. First of all it is about her economic position. As he pointed Islam has been foremost in assigning to woman a position of economic independence. Islam has made an assignment in women’s role in family life. The author talks about women’s rights and freedom. Some people, especially in Europe think that woman in Muslim world has no rights and ...

Comparison of Law of Search (USA vs. UAE)

Comparison of USA and UAE Laws
Law is very important especially in our modern times in which it is being regarded as the supreme basis of government. Law provides the system, which regulates individual and social behaviors. Two strong nations, the United States and the United Arab Emirates, have their own laws to sustain their own government in terms of providing rules and regulations in achieving system over the government.

Constitutional, Administrative and Executive Laws

United States as well as the United Arab Emirates has sources of their own laws. One source is their constitution. In the United States, the constitutional law constitutes distinctive ...

The article by Njamabadi is an engagement on the state of women studies in the 21st Century. It takes an Islamic perspective as it carefully but strongly interrogates the challenges and hurdles faced by Muslim women as scholars as compared to their male counterparts. One of her concerns at the beginning of her article is the misconception she perceives to come from those who invite her to make a presentation at “The Politics of Interdisciplinary Location: Teaching and Learning Intersections” conference. It is clear from her arguments that her status as a Muslim woman makes it difficult for her to choose ...

Article Review

Leon T. Hadar writes that the Arab Spring consists of uprisings against the government which are triggered by economic hardships (Tunisia and Egypt), religious and ethnic tensions (Syria and Bahrain) and tribal rivalries (Yemen and Libya). He opines that the elections which would take place in Egypt and Tunisia would enhance the power of the Islamist parties and thus propagate the tension between Christian Copts and Muslims. The economic liberalization of these two nations has been threatened by demands of imposing governmental control over parts of the national economy. Tribal clashes in Yemen, Libya and sectarian tensions in Syria ...

Article Critique:

1 Introduction
Emotional intelligence is a concept that has fast gained popularity in the corporate world. Where once, Intelligence Quotient or IQ was given predominance when judging a person’s leadership ability, today, Emotional Quotient or EQ is considered to be equally important for one to be a good leader. Wechsler defined intelligence as “the aggregate or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with his environment” . Emotional intelligence, earlier referred to as social intelligence, is associated with the relationships that one develops with the constituents of one’s environment. To date, the ...

The birth place of Judaism is in modern day Iraq. It has been known by many names throughout history. In ancient times it was called Sumer the positioning of Ur of the Chaldea and the birth place of Abraham. Tigris and Eu-prates meet at a place with a very famous name Babylon. Where the rivers part is known as Assyria not to be confused with modern day Syria. This region is the birthplace of civilization. The civilization that developed and were highly advanced in terms of mathematics and even law. The religious culture was very pagan that included human sacrifice.

It ...

In the op-ed piece "A Festival of Lies," Thomas Friedman of the New York Times raises some interesting points about the military intervention of the United States in the Middle East. Responding to other pieces noting the lack of effectiveness in the US interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq and others so far, Friedman thinks that we need to reevaluate the reasons why we are there. "What the Middle East needs most from America today are modern schools and hard truths, and we haven't found a way to offer either" (Friedman, 2012). Instead of legitimately offering humanitarian aid, we often place ourselves ...

ISLAM

Part 1
The discussion in the first part of the article discusses the reinforced vigor in the Muslims living in Central Asia. As stated in the first line itself, upon being asked if they are Muslims the reply was ‘Al-hamdulillah I am’. This clearly shows respect and admiration that Muslims have towards Islam in the Central Asia.
Furthermore the article discusses how Muslims in Central Asia have managed retain their identity and have created a unique culture. Even though Islam prevails in Central Asia right from the 8th Century, the religion has accepted modernism in many aspects. No ...

This report was written after the terrorism acts of 9/11, where Madrasas Schools were said to be promoting militancy and Islamic extremism and were acting as terrorism field of training. Madrasas Schools promoted Islamic education, Madrasas Schools are distributed in so many parts of the world and the oldest was established in the 11th century (Blanchard, 2008, p. 1). These schools offered education that prepared the Islamic children for future careers, though the curriculum differs from one place to another. In the 19th and early 20th century during the Western Colonial Rule the Islamic education was being taken over ...

The nature of the communities living in a country, forms of land ownership, the government characteristics together with the laws enforced are not crucial if a right perception of Muslims across the globe is to be set. However, there are ways that Muslims need to conduct themselves to live Faithfully in the contemporary world. The main reason behind the need to come up with these ways is that political and colonialism actions that define forms of “protection” have led to significant transformations in Muslim nations. Economic, as well as political factors, have forced many Muslims to migrate to western ...

The term cult describes a group of people who share a religious variation and are devoted greatly to an idea, movement or person. Cultism also describes religious movements that have a non-traditional flavor of an established or a new religious group altogether.
The Five Percenters considered themselves as suns while their girlfriends as earth. Here, they exhibited irrational thinking that can only be depicted by cultists. The Five Star movement was founded by Clarence 13X. He considered himself to be Allah. The five stars are considered cultic because it was a new group and its leader considered himself as ...

Article: Does the Need to Belong Moderate the Relationship Between Perceptions of Spirit of Camaraderie and Employees’ Happiness?

Authors: Amernio Rego, Solange Souto & Miguel Pina e Cunha
What research question (s) or hypothesis did the study address?
The main purpose of the authors for formulating the paper is to highlight how the perception of spirit of camaraderie can explain the 5 different dimensions of the employee’s affective well-being and how the mentioned relationship is moderated with the help of the employees’ need to belong (Rego et al, 2009). In line with the main purpose of the article, the authors listed the following hypothesis that they aim to address in the study: (1) Employees with ...

Hospitality and Tourism Industry: A Summary

Muslim Tourist Perceived Value in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry: A Summary
The study entitled “Muslim Tourist Perceived Value in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry” conducted by Eid & El-Gohary (2014) and published in the Journal of Travel Research presented relevant information pertaining to perceived value from the perspectives of Muslim tourists. The objectives of the study are two-fold: “(1) identify MTPV constructs and develop scales for measuring these constructs andv(2) carry out an initial investigation of the relationship, if any, among the MTPV constructs” . The achieve these objectives, the authors initially delved into a review of literature on ...

This news article is about the anti-Islam rally, which was held in Dearborn, Michigan. The public protesters assembled to complete one of the planned 20-weekend rallies near mosques across the United States. It was a protest over their opposition to the coming of Syrian refugees, as well as against what they claim to be the danger brought about by the Muslim faith. The rally was met with counter-protest that made the city officials concerned about the event because both groups “brandished AK47 or AR15 rifles”(Warikoo). Nevertheless, the protest went on peacefully and the message that stuck came from ...

The article discusses the underlying psychology that can result in acts of terror that utilize suicide as a primary component. These acts are intrinsically associated with the capacity of a culture or society to implement specific values or perspectives that dramatically change the mentality of those involved through the use of interpersonal and group-based practices. The purpose of the research is to provide insight to experts in the psychology of terrorism that can help them to better understand the mental health conditions of these individuals. In doing so it is hoped that a basic understanding of the processes that ...

This study of the Quranic and the hadith texts it gives a very clear idea of the intensity of the force with which Muslims have stimulated the humanitarians action. It is both a ritual and also an obligation. If the Muslims undertake a humanitarian action, they do so primarily as an act of worshiping and also to be nearer to God. They expect to be rewarded in this life or in hereafter.
They cannot declare themselves believers if they don’t come to the aid of their fellow men. In their eyes piety is in dissociable from pity. They ...

Article Memo

The research is aimed at answering the question: Does Hard Work Help Students to "Make the Grade"?
Does the article use nomothetic or idiographic explanations? Explain how it does this to show that you understand the concepts.
The article uses nomothetic explanations; this is because the explanations seem to be based on the statistical concepts and laws that govern the fields of both qualitative and quantitative research. It uses the concepts of regression and correlation as in the statistical analysis to determine whether hard work help the students make the grade. The nomothetic methods as used in the ...

One of the major wars which greatly impacted on the history of Israel is the Six Day War fought between the 5th and 10th, of 1967. As examined in this journal, it involved Israel and its Arab neighbors including Syria, Egypt and Jordan. Although Israel emerged victorious, the region has never known peace since then. There has been a very big conflict especially between Syria and Israel. Although deliberate efforts have been made by the international community to negotiate peace, not much has been accomplished since each of the wrangling parties have different and divergent stance (Gerner, D.J., 2004).
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Summary

The clash of civilizations is a treatise in which Samuel Huntington radically argues for a shift in the geopolitical landscape of the world. According to the author, the world societies are likely to differ not based on the ideal nation state. Rather, the ground of differentiation lies in the civilization orchestrated by the religious, ideological and idealistic forces that determine nation states. However, Huntington is cautious not to presuppose the death of nationalism. He outlines a reasonable ground for ideological clashes of civilizations. He insists that the western set of reasoning would always be in competition with Asian, African and other regional ...

Yes, the leader-follower relationship and definition of socio-cognitive paradigm according to the article do share similar thoughts on leadership as a process of interaction with others. According to the author of this article, Gazi Islam, the cognitive views on leadership to some extent emphasize follower-based leadership theories It is this psychological process that leads people to give recognition to leaders and also follow those leaders who exhibit leadership qualities and attributes. The author argues however that recently the socio-cognitive paradigm has become more pronounced in as far as leadership ideals are concerned. The only difference inherent in these approaches ...

“Elbanna, S. 2013. Processes and impacts of strategic management: Evidence from the public sector in the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Public Administration, 36(6): 1-14.”

In this article, the author investigates the processes as well as impacts of the strategic management in the United Arab Emirates public sector. In particular, the article surveys how public organizations in United Arab Emirates formulate, implement, and assess their strategic plans. According to the author, the fluctuating effectiveness and popularity has affected strategic management negatively in its numerous guises. It was very popular from mid-1960s to mid-1970s but suffered a ...

The Resurgence of Chinese Power and the Coming of Islam

In this article the author argues that: “the establishment of the Ming dynasty constituted an age of Chinese ascendancy, largely the result of the aggressive foreign policies of the early Ming emperors and their successful reassertion of the tribute system” (181). The main point is that there were lots of impressive decisions and discoveries made that promoted the authority of the emperor to the highest level as well as lots of pity mistakes that diminished the possible gains. From the author’s point of view and as human experience suggests, no people’s hegemony lasts forever and the Chinese ...

Us Foreign Policy towards Egypt

Introduction
The United States of America and Egypt enjoy a good relationship politically, with no cases of tense situation existing between the two states. However, the political havoc hitting Egypt call for the United States to react. The foreign policy of the country may suggest that they use force and army reactions to the revolution. However, this might spoil the relationship between the two countries. Any move that will interfere with the relationship between the two countries should nit feature in the plans of the United States of America. The prosecution of people involved in the interference with the ...

Turkey’s Accession to EU

Smith (2005) stated that the European Union had finally allowed the formal talks on Turkey’s bid to the EU on October 4, 2005 despite Turkey’s initial application sometime in the 1990s. The news of the negotiations was met in two ways: positively (by Britain and Turkey) and negatively (by most Europeans, Germany, France, and Cyprus). The opposition saw Turkey as a non-European nation that may affect the EU’s total growth and interest, while the supporters saw Turkey a benefit and a crucial step to Middle Eastern affairs, opening new doors for the Europeans . Regardless of the opposition’s sentiments ...

The paper looks at the UAE stock exchange industry and the mergers between DFM-ND and ADX. The article further evaluates the risks and the business implications. According to the article, the security exchange market has grown to be a potential investment for many people in the world. Large players in the market such as the NYSE look at mergers with smaller security exchange markets in order to boost their revenues. The public stock exchanges have moved to acquire models that are for increased profits and cost effectiveness. As a result, there has been a growth in competition between the ...

Laird's article covers the social and the cultural life of the Arabic Miswak. The author aims at exploring how the Muslims kept and maintained the information about the indigenous medicines and the various forms that the people passed the information about their famous drugs. The article as well touches on how they maintained their oral hygiene. It focuses on brushing stick among the Somali community. Somali incorporated their hygiene with their social life. The uncommon tooth problems among people of Somali origin is attributed the famous adage. The knowledge about the adage was passed from one generation to another. ...

Racial prejudice and discrimination are issues that have occupied American social circles for the last four centuries that this nation has been in existence. American life has been characterized by race and class where a section of the population is deemed superior and others inferior. Racial discrimination is a historical issue that has seen people of the higher class discriminate against those of, the lower class, hat led to the historical slavery. The African American and other minority groups have often been depicted as underdogs and history have it that they have always been on the receiving end regarding ...

Introduction

Methodology
Watching DVD educational baby media program and parent-teaching condition was the independent variable in the study. Children`s learning of new words was the dependent variable. The type of methodology was experimental. There were four groups formed for the study. Three groups were experimental groups and one group was a control group. The general sample of the study included 72 children in the age between 12 to 18 months.
Researchers who conducted this study designed four conditions for participants of the experiment. The first condition (the first group) was video-with-interactions. This condition meant that parents could watch the ...

In this article David Senchina tried to show “pitfalls” of herbal supplements that are used by athletes. While products’ sales in the USA in 2011 increased by 4.5% in comparison with previous year, many buyers do not take them according to instructions or know much about side effects. Senchina tried to say that the word “herbal” or “natural” is not a synonym for “safe” and people should take over the counter supplements seriously. He said not all of them are completely “herbal”. This category of supplements contains different products of botanical, bacterial or fungal origin. Author also mentioned that ...

Victims and the Media/ Harold and Kumar/ Article Review

In today’s media crazed world, it can sometimes be difficult to identify the victim in a crisis. Through images on television, the internet, and even or cell phones, we are exposed to too many ideas that appeal to our inner ideals of who the victim may be. The greatest example, of course, is the September 11 attacks. The media scrutinized Muslims, Indians, and anybody else who fit the ideation of the terrorists who launched planes into the WTC towers. That was until the American public and many around the world were sure that the entire Middle Eastern population at ...

Dear Dr. Xu:

Henceforth is my reflection on how the course affected my knowledge in writing; hence, proving that the goals and objectives – the course outcomes - of English 131 are fulfilled in me. Taking the course has, indeed, improved my writing style by making me more conscious and aware of my mistakes in writing. In order to showcase this improvement, I would be using my four previous writings: Arabic Spring, Liminals: Rhetorical Analysis, the annotated bibliographies submitted on 10 May 2014, and Analyzing Star Trek.
One of the most important lessons that I have learned from taking English 131 is ...

Considering human rights as an issue without culture, diversity, and without complicated frameworks means it is about what it implies – "human" rights. In reality, the question arises why Western ideology of feminism exhibit so many gaps when it comes to the female of the human species. The Western feminist belief about human rights as a means for establishing a commonality among global women empowerment causes limitations in bridging gaps from a global perspective and consequently demands a new way of thinking.
Theorists on universalism and women's human rights including Grewal, Bunch, and Hua provide the textual dialogue for examining this predicament. Globally, ...

The article gives us an overview of the sleeping Eros, which is a Greek goddess of love. Since the discovery of the sculpture, it was transported and put in a museum. People from all walks of life travel just to behold how the original image looks like. This has also seen the modification of the sculpture as many artists come up with what they believe is a modern representation of the goddess. The sleeping Eros has been reproduced through paintings, wood and stone carvings and placed at strategic areas. Apart from its archaeological significance, it also has spiritual significance to the Romans ...

Article review

The article gives us an overview of the sleeping Eros, which is a Greek goddess of love. Since the discovery of the sculpture, it was transported and put in a museum. People from all walks of life travel just to behold how the original image looks like. This has also seen the modification of the sculpture as many artists come up with what they believe is a modern representation of the goddess. The sleeping Eros has been reproduced through paintings, wood and stone carvings and placed at strategic areas. Apart from its archaeological significance, it also has spiritual significance to the Romans ...

Introduction

The article ‘IR-Theory and Transformation in the Greater Middle East: the Role of the United States’ written by Koninklijke Brill NV explains the failure US military in accomplishing their goals and objectives during the cold war of the middle east. The article is an analysis of the war’s aftermath and information is collected from several liberal and realist theories and ascertains that US failed in achieving the aim of hitting Iraq. International relationship theory involves collecting theoretical data about how countries relate and how internal policies of a government can be influenced by those of other nations. The author ...

ARTICLE REVIEW

If there has been a recent event that has affected the world greatly after the tragic events of 2001, it has been the Egyptian revolution. Unpredictable, inconceivable and simply unbelievable, the month of February 2011 that marked the uprising of Egyptians for freedom from a seemingly eternity-long tyrannical rule of Hossein Mubarak was a historical moment. How did the Egyptians manage to walk out on streets and display unanimity in opposing to the dictatorship of Mubarak circulated as the million dollar question. It is still a heated debate topic among various political analysts who are still struggling to comprehend this wave of revolution ...