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…forgiveness. We know that adultery is forbidden in Islam. The Koran in various instances condemns this ugly act and addresses the believers with warnings and threats against it. But in this case the punishment of the parties is unequal: the man's is limited…

…, where the world is created out of nothing. It's vaguely hinted in the Zoroastrian text Avesta and in the Koran, among the few. In almost all cases, even when nothingness is implied, there is really in the beginning: something. The problem of imagining…

…and that unequal treatment is therefore justified. Obviously, religion endorses sexism and this can be proven if we read through the sacred texts of all religions. The Koran, the sacred text of Islam, declares: 'Men are superior to women on account of the qualities…

…, and a college graduate in a country where most people deemed it enough to be able to read the Koran. He had married young, as was the custom in his land, and fathered two children. But his wife and daughter were dead, killed by rockets fired from a Russian attack…

…and studied plenty of books as well as the Koran and followed strictly the Nation of Islam's dietary laws and moral codes. (Alex 103) After his parole in 1952, Malcolm X undertook organizational work for the "Nation of Islam" under the guidance of Elijah Muhammad…

…of robbery and the local people’s custom of forcing children to learn the Koran by heart. Although he was what the authors believe to be in modern terms “a class act” he had standards and ideals as well. Born in North Africa, Ibn Battuta had instilled within…

…became the messiah of the ghettos of Harlem, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles. Initially a small group, the Nation grew rapidly under Malcolm's leadership. He not only spoke the words of the Koran and his spiritual mentor, Elijah Muhammad, but he also lived…

…of Islamic doctrine and practice are the Koran and the Sunna, or the exemplary conduct of the Prophet Muhammad. There are five duties, known as the "pillars of Islam," and are regarded as cardinal in Islam and as central to the life of the Islamic community…

…Africa ("Men's...", 34), the Middle East, and Muslim populations of Indonesia and Malaysia ("Female...", 1714). Although it seems to have taken root in Muslim and African Christian religions, there is no Koranic or Biblical backing for FGM ("Men's...", 34…

…. The economy was stable but poor because they were not innovative. Yet, they were satisfied with what they had already. There was not an inner drive to be successful like the Easterners. This society was content. The Islamic religion follows the Koran…