Muqaddimah Essays

  • Utopia and Il Muqaddimah

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    Utopia and Il Muqaddimah both show the importance of families and social groups in the civilization they live in. Utopian families all have an equal role in the cities they live in; they are a microcosm of their city and its objective to survive; however, in Il Muqaddimah the subjects have the responsibility to help the ruler prosper. Utopians work and in return share what they earn, while subjects work for their survival. Utopians all have an equal work load and subjects hardships depend on their

  • Critique Of Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah

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    The Critique of Ibn Khaldun’s Muqaddimah Nathan Provost History of the Middle East 600-1914 Dr. Serdar Poyraz April 5, 2014 The Muqaddimah is a thirteenth century historical and sociological work that was written by one of the greatest historians at the time, Ibn Khaldun. His work was used all the way up until the 19th century because no other work has given so much in-depth detail to the history and society of the Middle East in the Middle Ages and prior to that. Ibn Khaldun has read more

  • Memories Of Muhammad: Why The Prophet Matters By Omid Safi

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    Memories of Muhammad: Why the prophet Matters is a book by scholar and author Omid Safi. Omid Safi focuses primarily on the life of the Prophet Muhammad and how he created a religion that has lasted since its creation in approximately the 7th century. In addition, what the book does extremely well is giving an in depth look at not only who Muhammad was according to Muslims, but the historical person as well. In light of this, by doing so we are able to see who the Prophet Muhammad was, his ideologies

  • Contrasting Opinions of the Bedouin Society

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    Ibn Khaldun was a historian and a scholar among other things. He was born in Tunis, Tunisia in Northern Africa in 1337. In the first chapter of “The Muqaddimah”, Human Civilization in General, ibn Khaldun describes man as “‘political’ by nature” (45). I found this interesting because what he means by political and what most people think of as political now are very different. Khaldun is simply referring to man actually requiring some form of social civilization. He gives an example of a basic form

  • Talisman And Amulets In Islamic History

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    Throughout, Islamic history there had also been an intuitive and essential human urge to protect oneself of harm from otherworldly misfortunes. One of the most popular mediums to achieve this protection, was the use of talisman and amulets in all forms and sizes. Regardless of talisman’s strong association with Islamic tents, it is still traditionally considered part of the occult sciences, in that talismanic objects invoke the realm of the supernatural for their powers. Therefore, the usage of talisman

  • Imam Abu Hanifah (ra)

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    Imam Abu Hanifah (ra) The book Qamoos al-alam states: Al-Imam al-azam Abu Hanifa's name was Numan. His father's name was Thabit. His grandfather's name was Numan, too. He was the first of the four great imams of the Ahl as-Sunnah Wal Jama'ah. 'Imam' means 'profoundly learned scholar.' He was one of the main pillars of the brilliant religion of Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam). He was a descendant of a Persian notable. His grandfather had embraced Islam. He was born in Kufa in 80 (698

  • Buchi Emecheta's Second-Class Citizen

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    Yuval-Davis, Nira. 1992. Racialised Boundaries: Race, Nation, Gender, Colour and Class and the Anti-Racist Struggle. London and New York: Routledge. 2. Emecheta, B. 1994. Second-class citizen. Oxford: Heinemann. 3. Ibn Khaldun and Rosenthal, F. 1958. The Muqaddimah. New York: Pantheon Books. 4. ‘Racism and Nationalism’, in Etienne Balibar and Immanuel Wallerstein (eds), Race, Nation, Class: Ambiguous Identities. London: Verso: 37–67. 5. Rex, J. 1986. Race and ethnicity. Milton Keynes, England: Open University

  • Modernization in Afghanistan and Iran

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    modern Iran. faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/mborouje/pdfs/triumphas and travails.pdf, pp. 146-147. Harrison, D., 1990. Early Modernization Theory . In: The Socialogy of Modernization and Development . New York: Routledge, pp. 1-32. Khaldon, I. e., n.d. The Muqaddimah. In: An Introduction to History . s.l.:s.n., pp. 98-99; 66-81. Mohammad Akhbari, H. Z., winter 2009. a geopolitical analysis of ethnicity in Iran, with an empasis on challanges and opportunities. Tehran : Archive of SID. Saikal, A., 2010. Modern