The Middle Islamic Period: Power, Culture, and Diversity
This is a five page paper about history, and the history of the Muslim world in particular. It is only based on one source, but the information included is global and is not unique to that source. The source in question is Egger, V.O. (2007). A History of the Muslim World. Pearson. The paper addresses the nature of the Middle Period of Islam, and discusses Timur, the Mamluks and other things.
Islam in the Age of Globalization: Challenges and Identity
Thus, it is not really a matter of whether globalization will continue to affect the Islamic world – that is a given fact. In 2003, for example, over 900 Muslim scholars and theologians met in Malaysia to ponder a simple question: what is the role of Islam in the era of globalization? Over 70 countries were represented, and through three days of intense debate and scholarly presentations one theme emerged: globalization has forced Islam into a crisis of introspection and the necessity to proactively deal with the Western world
Religious Ethics in Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam Compared
The three religions critiqued and reviewed in this paper are Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. The point of the paper is to compare the ethical values and considerations of those three. In the process the paper highlights each faith's ethical values based on the literature. While there is a great deal of contrast between the three, there also are many similarities in terms of how life should be led and how ethical believers should be.