...him, my name is Khan… and I’m not a terrorist”; that was Rizwan Khan pleading to the officer of Dept. of Homeland Security, after he was detained by authorities at Los Angeles Airport who mistake his disability for suspicious behavior as he was reciting prayers in Arabic in his own way. Rizwan, A Muslim who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism that complicates socialization, embarked on an extraordinary journey to meet the US president to clear his and his son’s name, when his teenage son was killed in a racial violence after the 9-11 terrorist attack. It’s not a real life story; it’s the plot of the world-renowned movie “My Name is Khan”. Unfortunately real life tragedies of Arabic speaker in everyday life don’t always have happy endings like Rizwan’s, in that movie. After 9-11 Arabic speakers were blacklisted, shunned and suffered losses, and some were killed; In the catastrophic event of 9-11 along with the religion Islam, the language got agonized, anyone who speaks it, anyone who is directly or indirectly attached to it – Arabic, the most misunderstood, misjudged and unappreciated language of current Western world. The aim of this essay is to discuss the negative stereotypes of Arabic speakers portrayed in western society with examples given in relation to the role of the media and the effects of religious racism on average everyday life of users of this language. Religiously and ethnically diverse societies produce a range of constantly changing...
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...practicing solicitor, best known for his 1734 translation of the Quran into the English. It is known that he trained as a solicitor in his early years but took time off from his legal pursuits, returning at need to his profession. Sale was an early member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Sale became seriously ill for eight days before his death, and died at Surrey Street, The Strand, of fever on November 13, 1736. Sale was buried at St. Clement Danes. His family consisted of a wife and five children. Sale reputedly spent 25 years in Arabia, thus acquiring his knowledge of the Arabic language and customs; this was the basis of Voltaire's statements in the Dictionnaire Philosophique (articles ‘Alcoran,’ ‘Arot and Marot’). On the other hand Harold Lyon Thomson, writing in the Dictionary of National Biography, stated that he never left his native country.[1] In 1734, Sale published the translation of the Qur'an, dedicated to John Lord Carteret. Sale's translation of the Qu'ran has been reprinted into modern times. In January 2007, Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress, was sworn in using a 1764 edition of Sale's Qur'an, sold to the Library of Congress in 1815 by Thomas Jefferson. In November 1733 the first translation of the Quran from Arabic into English — a copy of which Jefferson would eventually purchase — appeared in London. Its author, Sale, had learned Arabic in his spare time and had never visited a Muslim...
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...2.0- Abstract This report is based on benefits of establishing an Islamic University in Maldives. It highlights the developments and prosperity that an Islamic University would bring to its citizens. Also focus on how other countries benefits by having an Islamic Universities. It is concluded that establishment of such a University would be a boom to our society. 3.0- Introduction The purpose of this report is to present a view on establishing an Islamic University in Maldives. Also how it would affect each individual in the society. Among the Muslim nations around the world, Maldives is one of the smallest countries with a 100% Muslim population. Even though, we are small, less in population, and probably the lowest in terms of academically and financially it doesn’t mean we have to be weak. (Sun.mv, 2012) As we look around us, we see a lot of things that needs to be changed. As Muslims, it’s everyone’s responsibility to save our Islamic ummah from the western ideas or other things that are destroying our beautiful ummah. We should all take a stand and be the change that we want to see in the world. So it is very important to establish an Islamic University in Maldives as it can provide us with real Islamic knowledge. 4.0- Benefits of establishing an Islamic university in Maldives The following are some ideas of how an Islamic University would benefit. 4.1- Increase in number of scholars First of all establishing an Islamic university would enlightens...
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...The Arab Language History Arabic belongs to the Semitic family of languages, which also includes Hebrew, Syriac, Aramaic, and several languages of Ethiopia, such as the Amharic and the Tigrinya. Arabic and Hebrew are the only Semitic languages that are still used today both in their writing and speaking forms. Arabic is widely spoken on two continents, from North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula. It is the official language of twenty countries with more than 220 million inhabitants, placing it among the top ten languages of the world in number of speakers. The numerical, political, cultural, and religious status of the language was formally recognized by the United Nations in 1973 when Arabic was made the sixth official language of that body (the others are Chinese, English, Russian, French, and Spanish). Most people know that Arabic is the written and spoken language of the 220 million people of the Arab world, but few realize that the Arabic script is used by approximately one-seventh of the world's population. Its alphabet, with some modification, is used to write non-Semitic languages as well, such as Persian, Urdu and Kurdish (i.e. The Arabic Zaa' with the addition of two dots, becomes the sound 'Zhe' as in Zhivago; the Arabic Faa' with the addition of two dots, makes the 'V' sound and so on—sounds that do not exist in Arabic, but do in Kurdish, Persian and Urdu). The Turkish language employed Arabic script until the 1920's. Several African and Asian languages, such...
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...connotations. For instance, an individual’s citizenship or residential status has no direct correlation to what background or culture they identify with. This makes this method of profiling merely a tool for the outside world to use as a way to easily identify others of a different cultural background. Inherently, personal entities cannot be categorized by a certain culture, or race, because there are no quantifiable guidelines to abide by that can truly define who someone is. An individual’s identity is what he or she would fundamentally identify him or herself as. Rodinson does not take into account as to how Arab individuals would define themselves. He simply takes into account his own perspective of what he considers an Arab: one who speaks the Arabic language, upholds historical, cultural and religious traits of the Arabs, and personally claims the Arab identity. Rodinson is signifying that these three criterion are what sets apart who is Arab and who is not, however, the Arab identity certainly cannot be limited...
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...student. For year 2011-2012, 1432-1433 H. Even if its late became of Allah’s will. We cannot or will not do anything without Allah’s will. We thank Allah S.W.T who uses me and my wife and other teacher to educate and teach these children. The language of Quran some of the children after the bounty of today Allah and hard work for years. We are celebrating with them the completion of Juzz Amma and other children who completed the Arabic letters and making words and start learning, reading the holly Quran. Allah S.W.T compares those who know and those who know not. Also on the other hand not only the children are rewarded in this life, but also in the next life ( ). For the one whom Allah used to teach them For the parents or guardians Allah S.W.T in the life will be rewarded as same as the teachers and the children and Allah S.W.T will bless them in this life and the next life. The parent will be crowned by Allah with a beautiful crown made of gold, pearls and murjaan just because they teach their children the Quran. For children, you will have the big reward in this life. For not every surah or ayah but for every letter you read. In the next life Allah will ask to read the Quran and Allah will keep raising you up in the jammah till the last...
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...Information System for Holy Quran Using QR Codes 1King 2Jordan Heider A. Wahsheh1, Yarub A. Wahsheh2, Reem A. Wahsheh3 Khalid University/ College of Computer Science, Computer Science Department Abha, Saudi Arabia heiderwahsheh@yahoo.com University of Science and Technology / CIT Faculty, Network Engineering & Security Department Irbid, Jordan y_wahsha@yahoo.com 3Yarmouk University / Faculty of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction Irbid, Jordan reem_ahmad_wahsha@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Quick Response Code (QR code) is a matrix barcode that can be read using smart phones, increasingly used in education, industry, virtual stores, product tracking, item identification and advertising. In educational fields a collection of resources can be encoded using QR codes, mobile devices can be used as an effective educational tool in the classroom. It can contain additional resources supporting multimedia, URLs and other related information. One special type of education is the Holy Quran learning. In this paper we propose novel educational information system that attaches QR code labels to each page in the Holy Quran, with specific proposed structure to help in Holy Quran education, linking the hard copy pages to audio streaming links, translation, interpretation and other related information. QR codes can contain control data and even parameters for database searching in the Holy Quran. 1 INTRODUCTION Holy Quran is the religious book of...
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...JTV’s Program “NGAJI BLUSUKAN” in Sociolinguistic Perspective When I start to write this paper, I felt that it is very interesting for me to write about something that I like. There are many things came to my mind when the assignment was announced. In this paper I want to write about Ngaji Blusukan, one of JTV’s programs, in sociolinguistics perspective. Ngaji Blusukan is a program broad casted By JTV every the Monday to Friday at 5 pm. It is a religious monologue show and some time it is broadcasted lively at night. The speaker is KH. Aad Ainurussalam who lives on Jl. Sambi Arum Tandes Manukan 23 Surabaya. I choose this program to discuss simply because it is very interesting show/program. Beside, this program does not only give the audience knowledge or information but also entertainment as well. This program also aroused the the popularity of KH. Aad Ainurussalam (people usually call him Yai Aat). Because of this program, more people know Yai Aat and the rank of this program is also rising. We can see in DVD or VCD retailers that there are many of Ngaji Blusukan or Yai Aat’s Pengajian sold there. That is why in this opportunity I want to discuss it in sociological perspective. And since it is a paper to accomplish the final assignment, hopefully I can get god mark and enjoy writing this paper. First of all I would like to write about the speaker, in this case KH. Aat Ainurussalam. KH. (KH. Means Kyai: the degree given to someone who leads Pesantre and Haji: the tittle...
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...Diglossia In Arabic. The Arab world has 22 countries and all of those countries use Arabic as a source of their first language. However, Arabic language can be used in both Colloquial Arabic and Classical Arabic. This means that every country in the Arab world would have their own way of talking and communicating informally, which is why the Aaamiya or Colloqiol language exists. Diglossia can be defined as a language that has two versions; the high, prestigious and formal version (Classical) and the low, informal, easy to use daily version (Aamiyya, Colloquial). The Classical Arabic language is known to be a language that is with high prestige and cannot be taught to non-speaking Arabs as easily as one might think. It is to the degree that Arab speakers themselves find the Classical Arabic difficult to use in which this why they prefer to use they’re Colloquial version instead. Islam’s Holy book, The Quran, is written in the Classical Arabic and linguists strongly believe that The Quran’s language is like no other. It is definitely unique and different from the other holy books of other religions in terms of the way of writing. Another good example of a country that faces diglossia as well is China. China has been using the Classical Chinese for over 2000 years. But now, Modern Chinese is the informal way of talking, however, like Arabic, they would tend to use Classical Chinese to write or when formal occasions occur. The everlasting question that is ongoing is whether...
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...Portfolio Student Name: Ida N Johnson Course Code and Description: GS210 W14 6WKB / Midstart Section 2 Term: 2014-03-03 Winter 6 Week B/ Midstart [pic] How has this course benefited me in my career? The class benefited me in my career because it will help me predict the behavior of the masses. People behave a certain way and how the behavior is determined by science. Also by studying sociology, it provided me with the educational background needed for managers to understand their employees and customers. [pic] What specific skills have I learned in this class? The specific skills that I have learned in this class is communication, interpersonal, leadership, analytical, statistics and research design, computer literacy, cross cultural understanding and business sense. [pic] Instructor Comments regarding my performance: Excellent job Ida! Terrific topic, Ida! Well done Ida! Good start to your paper, but no reference are listed. Be sure all information used from sources is paraphrased and given citation in text and on a reference page. Nicely done Ida! Well done Ida! [pic] Course Paper/Project: Ida Nesbeth Johnson GS210 Sociology Course Project 6 April 9, 2014 11:55 pm Miller-Motte College Online Chapter 2 Culture Moroccan Culture The Moroccan culture is much different from the American culture. There are things that Americans do that would disrespect the culture of Moroccans. Moroccans are extremely hospitable...
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...For several thousand years, the Berber language, Tamazight, has gradually been transformed into almost thirty languages and hundreds of dialects, not to mention several others who disappeared a long time ago, as Guanche said in the Canaries. Although the Berbersprache is basically oral, Berber has at least 2,500 years his own writing system called Libico-Berber. At present, this alphabet is used by the Touaregs, but the Latin alphabet with some variations and the Arabic alphabet are the most...
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...Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. The southeast and southern boundaries are not precisely defined. The Middle East, bordering Iraq 814 km, Jordan 744 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km Capital: Riyadh Climate: harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes Population: 25,795,938 including 5,576,076 non-nationals (July 2004 est.) Ethnic Make-up: Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10% Religions: Muslim 100% Government: monarchy Language in Saudi Arabia Arabic is the official language of Saudi Arabia, but English is widely spoken. It is used in business and is a compulsory second language in schools. Among the non-Saudi population, many people speak Urdu, the official language of Pakistan, and other Asian languages such as Farsi and Turkish. Arabic is spoken by almost 200 million people in more than 22 countries. It is the language of the Qur'an, the Holy Book of Islam, and of Arab poetry and literature. While spoken Arabic varies from country to country, classical Arabic has remained unchanged for centuries. In Saudi, there are differences between the dialects spoken in urban areas and those spoken in rural areas. Saudi Society & Culture Islam Islam is practised by all Saudis and governs their personal, political, economic and legal lives. Islam was born in Saudi Arabia and thus is visited by millions of Muslims every year. The Prophet Muhammad is seen as the last of God's emissaries (following in the footsteps of Jesus, Moses, Abraham, etc) to...
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...1001 Nights in Arabic, are comprised of various stories taken from an international culture that developed in the Abbasid Caliphate around Baghdad in the 8th-10th century and the stories come from Indian, Persian, Greek, and Arab sources. One of the largest sources was, in fact, a Persian book called Hazar Afsad. It is not necessarily reflective of the broader culture. It reflects the culture of the court which was a mixture of Persian and Hellenistic influences but at a time when the ruling class who produced this...
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...Contrast between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia Culture is one of the treasured traits the some countries carry on throughout centuries, even during our time today. However, although some countries cherish their culture and value it, humans get so caught up with their everyday life routine that they tend to forget their culture and diminish their traditions. Culture is what makes us different that everyone else. Each country has its own culture and celebrations. For example, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia are two Middle Eastern countries that share the same language. Although these countries have some similarities, there is a wide variety of differences between them when it comes to politics, tradition and religion. Both countries share a common religion: Islam. Moreso, there are plenty of other religions in Lebanon. Islam is portrayed in more strict and conservative way in Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, religion plays a huge role in culture, traditions, and even politics. Religion is used as a way of living more than just a belief. For example, religion is tied in with women’s right and politics. No matter what religion they practice, women have to be covered from head to toes even if they were tourists visiting the country. It is the law. According to the editor Tore Kjeilen, “Officially Muslims constitute 100% of the population, but considering the considerable expatriate community, 90% is a better estimate. Even among citizens, there are non-Muslims, the Isma'ilisare...
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...Rogelio Rodriguez I interviewed someone who is part of a Middle Eastern culture. She gave me a lot of valuable information about the culture and some of her beliefs. Although she was born in the United States, she practices a different culture. Since I am from a different culture than she is, I Middle Eastern culture The countries of the Middle East have some but not all things in common, including a strong belief in Islam and religion is a very strong pillar of this society. The Arabic language is also common throughout the region; however, the wide variety of dialect can sometimes make communication difficult. http://www.livescience.com/21478-what-is-culture-definition-of-culture.html http://www.berichllc.com/html/middle_eastern_culture.html dietary habits- dating/marriage- religious cultures- dress code- dressing conservative, some have the hair wrapped up in a hijab and some do not. Some wear floor length gowns that do not show any skin whatsoever. Some cover up everything but their eyes. As long as they are conservative, they are fine. Religious holidays- uring Muslim holidays or Ramadan, life is affected by ceremonies and everyone is expected to respect those ceremonies while in public. Office hours and business dynamics change in many Middle Eastern countries during the month of Ramadan. It’s highly recommended that one belongs to a formal religion when in this part of the world as well as avoiding engaging in a religion-based discussion or analysis...
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