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The division between Sunnis and Shiites is at the largest scale and oldest in the history of Islam. This article compares the differences between the two. There are number of reasons of conflict between them. We will discuss these conflicts in a general form. Initially the difference between Sunni and Shiites was merely a question of who should lead the Muslim community. Today there are significant differences in the structures and organisation of religious leadership in the Sunni and the Shiites communities. There is a hierarchy to the Shiites clergy and political and religious authority is vested in the most learned who emerge as spiritual leaders. These leaders are transnational and religious institutions are funded by religious taxes called Khums (20% of annual excess income) and Zakat (2.5%). Shiites institutions abroad are also funded this way.

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is the newest form of Arabic language, which is used in writing and in formal occasions. It is derived from classical Arabic, but there are many differences in both forms. So many things have been reformed in Standard Arabic, especially in the field of vocabulary. But the fact is also there that as both forms are of same language, i.e. Arabic, so there are more similarities than variations. Both variants of Arabic are referred by Arabs as al-lugha al-arabiyya al-fuS-Ha or just as al-fuS-Ha or fus-Ha.

Islam is a growing religion and it is a religion that has become quite popular after the attack on the Twin Towers. People were enraged by what happened on 9/11 and they wanted to know why some Muslims would do such a thing. This is when people started to take interest in Islam to learn what it was all about. There were many people that started off by learning about Jihad and understood that Jihad is not something horrible. People have just made this word horrible by depicting it in a negative sense. Individuals in the West went around saying the word "Jihad", but had no clue about what it actually meant. This is when many of them started their own study about Islam. They started reading books, the Qur'an, and so much more so that they could get a better understanding of Islam. One thing led to another and there were many people that wanted to continue with their study.

Islam is a great religion that teaches an individual how to live their life. There are new followers of this religion every single day. However, Islam is losing its true meaning in the minds of many people. People go around calling themselves Muslims, but they do things that totally go against Islam. The Islamic values are deteriorating because people have become so disillusioned by Western ideas. There are so many things exposed on television, songs, and through life experiences that it becomes difficult for a person to discern between right or wrong. Individuals in Muslim countries and even in the West are exposed to so much that it is hard for the Muslim to actually live their life according to the teachings of Islam.

The American forces when did not achieve the required result in the war against terror in Afghanistan, they got panicked and start taking some wrong decisions. One of them is their policy of making drone attacks to make a targeted attack on the main culprits who are hiding in tribal areas of Pakistan. As for the purpose of making target, the required Taliban who was hiding in the tribal territory, it was successful at the start of their doing pin pointing attacks at the exact location of Taliban hideouts and their compounds. After the initial successful attack against al-Qaida and their allied groups, now the Taliban has changed the strategy of continuously shifting their position and also hiding themselves in the public area and making the civilian public as their protective shield against attack from drones. Though it is the responsibility of the general people public not to allow the Taliban to get mixed up in the residential area, but due to the tribal area customs and having there no such organized setup general public is being suffered due to drone attacks. In these attacks a lot of civilian public is being killed and victimized due to these attacks. By this way there has been a lot of chaos and sense of hatred against the drone attacks. The purpose of a drone is being spoiled as the killing of unnecessary civilian public due to these attacks.

The battle of mautah was fought in the fifth of the month of the Islamic calendar in 629. It was fought near the river Jordan at a place near the village named as mautah. According to the Muslim history this was fought to take the retribution from the chief of Ghassanid for killing an emissary and it ended equal for both sides and was a safe retreat for both of them. But according to the Christian history the battle was a victory for the Christians. History and background There was a truce between the Muslims who lived in Medina and the tribe of QURESHIYAETS who belonged to Makah by the treaty of the HUDAIBIYA. Therefore the PROPHET PBUH can freely move to the north area to give the knowledge of Islam to the people over there. The PROPHET PBUH sent the emissaries to the tribes of BANU SULAMAN and other north area and they were killed. Therefore a large Muslim army was raised to take the revenge from the non-Meccan.

The meaning of this phrase (there is no power and no strength except with Allaah) is a person's admission that he is unable to do anything without the help and support of Allaah. No matter how great his power, energy and strength may become, a person still cannot do anything without the help of Allaah Who is Above all of His creation, the Most Great, compared to Whom nothing else is great. Every strong person is weak when compared with Allaah. Every great person is insignificant and weak when compared with His Might. This sentence is uttered when some serious matter befalls a person that he cannot cope with, or there is something that it is very difficult for him to deal with.

Nationality has nothing in Islam, there is no master race, no superiority given. God (Allah) says in Qur'an 49:13 (Al Hujurat, 13th verse); "O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted."

Fatwa is very important to the Islamic law and Islamic law. Fatwa Islamic scholar of public opinion on a particular topic in the light of Quran and Sunnah. Now days many Muslims Ulam similar fatwas issued criticized by Western human rights activists and lawmakers. Recently thought the Darul Uloom, Deoband, India, to reduce it commendable work, which is also to fatwas on women to a status that is lower than that of a man. Even fatwas on Talaq are also criticized. Such rulings and fatwas are issued because some lawyer or the other way had hundreds of years ago without a thoughtful social conditions and local time. Many of these fatwas on the controversial Hadith / Sunnah and there is no Ijma (consensus) in such cases. These researchers see only medieval sources and follow taqlid (mechanical ventilators), because it was considered safe by many Islamic scholars.

'Salat' means five daily prayers prayed regularly in Muslims religion. Its vital meaning is 'supplication'. The prayer indicates various relations with God. Salat is the second pillar of Islam among the five pillars in which Islam based on. It comes after the Kalama, the very first pillar of Islam. The Muslims do their prayer five times in a day. Salat has much religious importance and it saves one from indulgence and horrible work. Student life is the best time when one should learn to control over his evil wants. So, for Muslim students it is must learn the teaching of Salat, for his religious and social welfare. Salat can purify man's life. The Salat's benefit is not only for the individual man but it has also much significance upon society. When the Muslims go for Salat, there gathered many people at a time. That time they are able to communicate with each other. That builds a good relation between them. According to Prophet Mohammad (Sm.) "Salat always detaches a man from indulgence and horrible work, and it is obvious". Among the Muslims a greater part are students. At present, For a Muslim student during their school hours also one or two times have to need prayer for the change of the season and school schedules may be midday and afternoon. For Salat a suitable place should be chosen. Because if they can fulfill their obligations. In the public school, the teacher should also provide to the Muslims students those are hard working to fulfill their prayers in a short time throughout lunchtime or afternoon for this purpose in the break. Salat is not only a religious bondage; it is also a physical exercise.

The majority of the world's billion-odd Muslims are Sunnis. Approximately 10 to 15 percent of all Muslims follow the Shiite branch (pronounced Shiite, Shiites or Shia). Beyond that, it gets slightly complicated. Both of them live in different parts of the world. Sunnis form the overwhelming majority in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. Shiites form the majority only in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, and Azerbaijan, but they constitute sizable minorities in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Yemen. Now the question arises, where the both sect differs? There are many reasons,

Being the part of Semitic Language family Arabic Language has its own history and background. As formal language Modern Standard Arabic is used; which has its own grammar rules and collection of vocabulary. For informal language there are many spoken varieties. They have their own terminologies and full system of grammar, rules and regulations.

The young girl, by the name of Malala, who the Taliban wanted to have dead has not only survived, but is now capable of walking. She is one of the survivors and there are not many like her who have been able to live through such vicious attacks. According to the authorities, 15-year-old Malala's ordeal is not over yet because she will have to be readmitted to the hospital in late January for cranial reconstructive surgery. Malala left the hospital just a couple of days after the vicious gunmen attacked a van in the Pakistani Swabi District around an hour away from Islamabad. The gunmen attacked around six women and a man that worked in the children's community center. Around five teachers were killed along with two other health care workers in the area.

Sami al-Hajj, released from Guantanamo Bay in 2008 after being held there for six years without charge, recently sat down for an interview with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now. He was arrested in Pakistan in 2001 while traveling to Afghanistan on a work assignment, and then transferred to U.S. custody. While in U.S. custody he claims he was beaten and tortured, being attacked by dogs, hung from the ceiling, waterboarded, and sleep deprived. He now heads Al Jazeera's Human Rights and Public Liberties section, a position specially created for him.

Rape is something that is a huge problem in developing countries like Pakistan and India because the government is weak. The laws are not stringent enough in these countries and no one does anything to stop the madness. It seems like the police and politicians are bribed or they are just not paying attention to this major problem. There are thousands of women that are victims of rape each year. The thing that one must understand is that these countries are poor countries. The women that are targeted do not have any choice. They may not have the means to hire a lawyer or may try to conceal the fact that they have been raped.

These days there are numerous Muslims that are having a hard time finding love. When it comes to marriage they either have the choice of allowing their parents to find a partner for them or finding someone on their own. Whenever we talk about the arranged marriages it is usually the parents that have to find someone for their daughter or son to marry and join into the bonds of marriage. These sorts of arranged marriages are becoming less and less popular in the western countries and more young Muslim males and females are looking to find love on their own.

In each country, we always meet different cultures that specify other. With that, he always has a story that mark so that it can move over time and reaches its destiny or even during your trip. It is only by turning to the side of Turkey, we encounter another world which is unusual. Is that among the other countries of Europe and Asia, she does not like the war, even if there is no country that is immune from war, she did everything to keep him away this case. Is that Turkey wants peace in his country over, it

According to Pakistani journalist Aakar Patel Sharia laws are necessary and if you completely remove these laws, it is going to cause complete pandemonium. His contention is that the law ensures people live according to a legal discourse. In the absence of law, there is going to be no protection for the accused and anyone with a grudge will be free to take matters into his or her own hands. Presence of Sharia law ensures that people, instead of taking the matters into their own hands, follow a procedure. It allows the accused a chance to d

Many people believe that in the Old Testament, salvation was reserved primarily for the Jewish people, with maybe a few scattered Arabs here and there. In fact, the prevailing view among many is that in the Old Testament, the Israelites were the good guys and the Arabs were the bad guys. However, if you have been following my articles, I hope you are beginning to see that this is simply not true.

In Burma's Rakhine province, more than 20,000 Muslims have been killed, tortured and displaced by the extremist Buddhist. For many years, the worst killing has been going on in Burma. The violence of that place is responsible for the Muslim killing over there. In a day, the Burmese people kill 30 to 70 innocent Muslims without having a reason. The Burmese burn the living beings, their houses and destroy their whole families. According to a report, around 2,500 houses in Burma have been burnt down.