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…under the Ayatollah Khomeini and Iran became a theocratic republic. Its legal system is inspired by the Koran and conservative Koranic teachings govern many aspects of social and political life. Iran is a country still rebuilding after a withering eight-year…

…Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Saud founded modern Saudi Arabia on September 23, 1932 under the constitution of the Holy Koran. During King Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Saud’s reign the nation began a long and prosperous period of economic growth, thanks in part…

…is shocked to find out that nowhere in the Koran does it state that one race is superior to another, contrary to what Nation of Islam teaches. This same year Malcolm leaves the Nation of Islam and becomes a Sumni Muslim, which is an orthodox sect of Islam. On Feb…

…Testament. While on the other hand Muhammad was the only one responsible for the teachings of Islam, and also to the moral and main ethical principles. This is shown in the idea that the Koran, the sacred book of Islam, contains the teachings of Muhammad…

…old Korans and lower level windows must be blackened to prevent males from inadvertently catching women in compromising states. In order to guarantee that men and women observe the new rules, the Taliban have employed a moral police force (Agents…

…they donate 2.5 percent of their net wealth to the poor. A passage from the Koran says, "They feed with food the needy wretch, the orphan, and the prisoner, for love of Him, saying, 'we wish for no reward nor thanks from you.'" (The Holy Koran, Qur'an, 76.8-9…

…for many years. Student I.D. N While not all Islamic countries force women to wear that hideous mobile prison the burqa there are some that do. This is repression, it doesn't say in the Koran that women must wear them, but it is yet again a small group…

…. It is totally incompatible with the freedoms Americans take for granted; such as the concepts of equality, human rights and equality for women. The religion doesn't believe in democracy, since the Koran (book of religion) should be the highest level of authority…

…the ninth month of the Islamic year and is ordained by the Koran, the Islam holy book. The fasting begins every morning at dawn and ends immediately at sunset. Muslims cannot eat, drink or smoke at all. In the evening, regular activities resume. The Islam…

…. The will of Allah, to which man must submit, is made known through what the Muslim people call the sacred scriptures, the Qur'an (Koran). They believe that Allah revealed the Qur'an to his messenger, Muhammad. According to Islamic beliefs, Muhammad is the last…