Sharia College Essays Samples For Students

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The politics affecting Middle Eastern countries has a direct impact o world economies and politics. Yet, the political system of Muslim countries greatly differs from modern Western concepts, leading to misconceptions about the morality of such a system and doubts about its feasibility in the modern democratic world of politics. In this paper, I will be firstly be discussing how religion and politics in Islam cannot be separated. I will further discuss the rationality behind Islamic politics existing in the modern democratic scenario.
Unlike Christianity, Islam does not consider its clergy and its political rule to be different and to ...

Q2.Mustafa Kemal’s on the abolition of a caliphate and Hassan Al-Banna’s text “towards the light text” on political life.
Mustafa Kemal and Hassan Al-Banna are two important figures in the history of the Arab world in terms of their influence to nationalism and the current state of their nations. To begin with, Mustafa Kemal was an author with a liberal mind that made his works and line of thought free from the influences of the situation at the time where people had limited line of thought owing to the forms of leadership and religion. While he did ...

We live in a time when more people refuse to believe in the existence of God. The ethical guidelines given in divine revelations are being implemented to much lesser degree than ever before. Yet, the religion of Islam is growing each year at an astounding rate and Muslims are known to practice their religion in day to day lives. The ethics and morality preached through religious texts can be considered as legitimate only if they are considered to be of divine origin. The same reasoning applies to the religion of Islam too. Muslims around the world believe that the laws ...

Islam is a religion, which started in the 7th century in the Arabian Peninsula, precisely in Mecca. Its believers trust in the existence of Mohammad. It is believed to have originated from Prophet Mohammad, who was visited by Angel Gabriel for about 23 years. In this period, he received revelations with which the Quran is composed. In general, the Islam religion is revealed to mean ‘the one who submits to Allah' (“What Is Islam? - Political Islam”). Most importantly, they believe in the five pillars of faith, prayer, giving, fasting and pilgrimage. It is also a monotheistic religion, but ...

Introduction

Although the legal system of the United States of America is one well-known in the world due to its extensive depiction by the media, basic familiarity of other legal systems, and, relevant aspects of international cooperation issues is an indispensable element of a law enforcement professional expertise.
This research discusses the differences in substantive and procedural law, judicial review, policing systems and international police cooperation between the United States of America and the United States of America.

Substantive Law

Substantive law matters in the USA and the UAE are dramatically different. Thus, both civil and criminal substantive law provisions in the ...

Jane Doe

Abstract
An article published in Human Fertility, a medical journal, titled “Assisted Reproductive Technology: Islamic Sunni Perspective,” is the article that is summarized, analyzed, and reflected on in the following paper. Artificial Reproductive Technology (ART) has brought the advent of allowing pregnancy in situations that were once impossible. Couples with fertility issues could turn to ART as an option to conceive. Islam’s position on allowing any ART is set with a particular guideline. As far as the relevance of the article to the class content, there is clearly a strong correlation in ART and the rules and regulation ...

Gender inequality is a predicament of all women, especially the Muslim women, but musawah, an Islamic movement, is on the right path of rescuing Muslim women from this bondage via encouraging them to make their own interpretation of the Quran- will the movement succeed in bringing gender equality? The musawah movement was coined with the intention of enlightening Muslim women in order to achieve gender equality. The movement has adopted several, relevant, mechanisms that will aid in the achievement of its goal; for example, providing education programs that are intended to enlighten the Muslim women as well as encouraging ...

General Aspects of Indonesian Culture

Indonesia is an Asian country that comprises over 17,000 islands and with a population of around 256 million people. The country’s population implies diversity in the ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious domains. Being an island means that Indonesia is basically multi-ethnic with small groups occupying geographic enclaves. Indonesia comprises over six hundred ethnic groups grouped into 31 broad categories based on the 2010 census publication with the majority being the Javanese (40.2%) followed by Sundanese (15.5%) and Bataks (3.6%) (Utomo and McDonald, 2014, p.7). Indonesians speak various languages and observe varying customs and religious beliefs, however, there ...

The Handmaid’s Tale is a classic example of satire as the author employs this approach to ridicule various issues that she raises concerns about in his society. Atwood utilizes satire to highlight palpably comedic sets up of reality. The idea also includes, the utilization of exaggeration and irony to bring out an argument— the category in which the Atwood’s story fall. In particular, satire poses exaggerated situations, irony, and humor to criticize the society absurdity or values especially in respect to the contemporary politics and other sensitive issues. Through Handmaid’s Tale, Atwood has provided a creative ...

Multi-party System in Egypt

Introduction
A discussion on party systems is based on the distinctions that exist between dominant one-party, two-party, and multiparty systems. Party families such as socialist, Christian democrat, agrarian, liberal, conservative, regional and ethnic parties, and other new parties characterize democracies of the world (Deth and Newton 276). Party systems have similar features as party families because they are based on the social and economic structure of society. Party systems such as two-part system, multi-party system, dominant one-party system exist as part of party families (Deth and Newton 276). Multi-party systems are evident in countries where governance is based on ...

Islam and Christianity

The paper describes differences between Christians and Muslims within America. Additionally, the paper analysis of how spiritual views of Christians or Muslims affect the relations of the two groups. Some of the traits considered negative when practised by Muslims or Arab Americans but positive when practised by Christian Whites are discussed.
Muslims consider Jesus as an upright Prophet of their faith but not God as Christians regard Him. This is the main message by Mohammed that is to tell followers of Islam to worship God. According to Quran 112: 1-4, God is considered unique and provider of everything. God ...

Introduction

The Mughal, or also known as the Mogul, is an empire that reigned in India and Pakistan, between the 16th and 17th Centuries. It was discovered in the year 1526 by prince Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur, who was a Chagatai Turkic prince at that time. The Moghul Empire started in the city of Kabul in Afghanistan, which also became the first base of the empire. The rise of the empire was a result of the perpetuating political strife that its founders and leaders had, having an abundance of wealth during their reign. It was an empire found and built upon ...

Introduction

Dubai is considered to be the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is one of the seven emirates that make up the UAE. It has been mapped on the Southeast Coast of the Persian Gulf. Among the seven emirates, it is only Dubai and Abu Dhabi that have the veto power over matters of national importance. Over the recent years, Dubai has been gaining economically and it has become an established transport hub for passengers as well as cargo. In addition to transportation, it is rich in oil whose revenue started to flow since 1969. ...

Sociologist Emile Durkheim defines religion based on its function and purpose in society; specifically, religion fulfills a fundamental part in preserving and reinforcing social structures and hence was crucial to the continued existence of society. According to Durkheim, society remains cohesive because of shared traditions, values, and ideals of which, customarily, religion had been the facilitator. Through the values, rituals, and sacraments of religion, it creates a feeling of belongingness to a bigger social group or institution with claims upon the person. It effectively brings and holds people in a group together, thus building social cohesion, meaning, and social ...

Introduction

Secular states are based on the need to separate the state from religion. Secular states are neutral and do not support any religion. On the contrary, Islamic countries are based on the need to introduce Islamic law within political systems. Religious laws restrict democracy and respect for freedoms and rights as part of secular states restricted by religious laws. The true political rule should be based on divine laws such as Islamic laws. This discussion is based on case studies of Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) and Jamal Abd alNasser, Egypt’s Liberation, 1953. In Iran, case studies ...

Gender inequality has become a major issue in the society today with countries, governments, organizations, and gender activists, both men and women, joining the fight against gender inequality. Gendering starts early in childhood and is embedded in our institutions and family set ups. Role models in the society treat boys and girls differently from infancy and this becomes the onset of gender inequality which then proceeds on to maturity. Gender inequality is more prevalent in some societies than it is in others. The Muslim community has been on the frontline of gender inequality with most women being subjected to ...