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Islam - Essay - Fundamentals and History

There are few people on earth today who have not heard something about Islam. Islam is one of the most prominent religions in the world today with at least 750 million people practicing. Islam is a voluntary relationship between an individual and his...

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Islam - Essay - Fundamentals and History

Islam is the second largest religion in the world with over 1.8 billion followers, making up around 24% of the global population. Despite its popularity, there exists a lot of misconceptions about the faith and its adherents. In this essay, we will e...

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Hawala, or The Bank That Never Was

la, or The Bank That Never Was by: Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. I. OVERVIEW In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the USA, attention was drawn to the age-old, secretive, and globe-spanning banking system developed in Asia and known as "Hawa...

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Hawala, or The Bank That Never Was

Hawala, sometimes referred to as “the bank that never was”, is an alternative remittance system that operates outside of traditional banking channels. It is a method of transferring money without physically moving it, and it is particularly popul...

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Mid-East Oil Reserves and the War on Terror.

Mid-East Oil Reserves and America's War on Terrorism.01/25/2005 There can be said a number of reasons why we have gone to war in Iraq, but that isn't the purpose of this short essay. The approach to the problem of Iraq and its effects on t...

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About Time: Somali Woman Flogs Islamic Leader

An Islamic woman in Mogadishu finally did it: she inflicted eleven lashes on an Islamic leader for threatening to flog her for selling cannabis. To justify the intended flogging of the woman before she turned on the male who had ordered it, the rule...

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Wahabism the Evil roots of Muslim Terrorism

Writing about Wahabism and Salafi-Islam, could fill many books. I will however in this article, try to make clear why it is of tremendous importance in our time. Both movements are considered as the origin of Islamic terrorism. A lot of recent Islami...

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Mid Eastern Muslim Brotherhood

It is claimed that the Arab Muslim Brotherhood is deliberately holding back on its religious message for the moment, in the middle of a people-driven revolt that is purportedly not being determined by either Islam or politics. The organization procl...

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Wahabism the Evil roots of Muslim Terrorism

Wahhabism: The Evil Roots of Muslim Terrorism Wahhabism is a conservative and fundamentalist form of Sunni Islam that originated in the Arabian Peninsula in the 18th century. The movement was founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, who believed in pu...

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Mid-East Oil Reserves and the War on Terror.

The Middle East has been the epicenter of the world’s oil industry for many decades. The region is rich in oil resources, with some of the largest known oil reserves in the world. The countries in this region have become major players in the global...

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