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Natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods can often come at the least expected time. Others, such as hurricanes and cyclones are increasing in severity and destruction. Typically, the poor are the worst hit for they have the least resources to cope and rebuild. A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard such as flood, tornado, hurricane, volcanic eruption, earthquake, or landslide. It leads to financial, environmental or human losses. ...
Human rights are relevant to terrorism as concerns both its victims and its perpetrators. The concept of human rights was first expressed in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which established recognition of the inherent dignity and inalienable rights of all members of the human family. The innocent victims of terrorism suffer an attack on their most basic right to live in peace and security. The suspected perpetrators of attacks also have rights, ...
Terrorism is on the minds of everyone in this nation today. It is also more prominent in the minds of people all over the world as well. Since the attacks on America in September of 2001 many people have wondered why terrorism is so intense that it would come to America. Many claim that the attacks on America are clear indicators that there is a powerful rise in terrorism. We forget, however, that terrorism is a reality that has been in existence since perhaps, ...
Globalization, though not a new phenomenon for the Muslim world, holds added significance in view of the position it is assuming as a framework for the re-ordering of the world. The speed, the spread and the scope of contemporary globalization, in the wake of revolutionary technological advancements, have turned the planet into a village. Relations between communities and nations are being redefined.
Globalization is not new. As far the Muslim ummah is concerned, ...
The Study of women in Islam investigates the role of women within the religion of Islam. The complex relationship between women and Islam is defined by both Islamic texts and the history and culture of the Muslim world while men and women have different roles within Islam some argue that the Quran makes it clear that they are equal however the Qur'an states in 4.34 Men are the protectors and maintainers of women because Allah has made one of them to excel the ...
The exact origins of archeology as a discipline are uncertain. Excavations of ancient monuments and the collection of antiquities have been taking place for thousands of years. Tentative steps towards archaeology as a science took place during the age of enlightenment, also known as the age of reason, in Europe in the 17 and 18 centuries. Archaeology in the Middle East began with the study of the ancient near east by Muslim historians in the medieval Islamic ...