Essays on Mufti

Saudi Arabia is one of the richest country in the world, specifically because of its oil-rich land which drives its economy. It has also one of the highest per capita income in the world. In 2008, the per capita income was estimated to have been US$ 24,000. Along with its economic and financial growth, the country has also invested largely in healthcare services, specifically for its constituents. As a testament to such, the World Health organization has ranked Saudi Arabia 25th, out of 190 countries (The Patient Factor, n.d.). The country first forayed into public health in 1925. ...

There are bonds that, when formed, transcend the normal definitions of what it means to be family. Just as men have their “band of brothers”, women too enjoy a feeling of sisterhood that is undeniably strong. The connection that is formed between women goes far beyond bloodlines and lineage; it serves to envelop all women in a manner that goes beyond most social boundaries. Sisterhood is an ideal from which all women can learn, and a bond that every woman feels. While the bonds that are formed from this idea are not all-inclusive amongst women, the idea itself is ...

The Muslim movements after the Caliphate

After the abolition of the Ottoman Empire, and later the Caliphate in 1924, in the modern Muslim world began "non-Caliphate" period. This process was historically logical, because the theocratic form of government suffered a crisis in the Muslim world, where national movement and bourgeois relations were growing. Nominal power of the Sultan still existed, but only in name. In this situation, the Sultan resorted to Pan-Islamism policy, however corrupt administrative apparatus, a weak army and a weak economy, led this policy to the failure. By the early twentieth century in the country were rapidly spreading European ideas and values, ...