Islamic Impact on City/Town Planning Course : Muslim Heritage and its Global Impact (Spring 2013) sec. 02 Date : 3/19/2013 Table of contents 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THE CITY 2.1. PRE-ISLAMIC PRECEDENTS 2.2. FORMATION OF URBAN MODELS 3. DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF THE ISLAMIC CITY 3.1. NATURAL LAWS 3.2. RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL BELIEFS 3.3. DESIGN PRINCIPLES STEMMED FROM SHARIAH LAW 3.4. SOCIAL PRINCIPLES 4. MORPHOLOGICAL COMPONENTS OF THE ISLAMIC CITY 4.1. THE MAIN MOSQUE 4.2. SUQS 4.3. RESIDENTIAL
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Art History I December 17, 2012 The Influence of Different Religions into the Development of Art The development of the relation of religion to life has been parallel to the development of art. Art always and everywhere has been a medium through which people have sought to express their religious beliefs, or a vehicle through which societies have sought to have their religion represented. Most part of the artworks produced in the past thousand years and more have had a massive religious content
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the activities of the religious community to be most important. Coming to Islam, is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated by the Quran, a text considered by its followers to be the word of God and by the teachings and normative example of Muhammad, considered by them to be the last prophet of God. An adherent of Islam is called a Muslim. With over 1.5 billion followers or over 22% of earth's population, Islam is the second-largest and one of the fastest-growing religions in the world
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Effects of Religion Religion definitely affects people in many different ways and even includes the lack of religion in my opinion. I have always seen religion as a base or back bone for a persons up bringing. I think that our values and morals all stand on the base of religion as many times if not most everything we do is in some way tied to our own personal religious backgrounds. This can be something as simple as feeling guilt for not donating to charity to making life and death medical
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Buddists seizing a baby from a mother and literally throwing it in a fire. Millions of Muslims throughout the globe were watching these scenarios on tv yet no action was taken. There was a time period when Muslims were really close to their religion Islam. As a result they were God-fearing and followed the teachings laid down in the holy Quran and acted upon by Prophet Muhammad(P.B.U.H). The Prophet (P.B.U.H) said, "God does not show mercy to those who donot show mercy to others." "The best of people
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Bernard Lewis West and Islam are drastically different and the conflict between them started centuries ago. Historically both of them have a past of violence against each other. During the middle age the Muslim empire invaded part of Europe in order to convert and spread Islam to Europeans “infidels”. Decades after the Christian Europeans kingdoms went on a Holy War, known as the Crusades, against the Muslims who controlled Jerusalem. In fact the Muslim empire and the Islam civilization considered
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Christians view peace it is imperative to understand the source of the teachings for each religion. The principles teachings of peace for Both Christianity and Islam are primarily found in the sacred texts of both religious traditions. Christianity looks to the bible and specifically the New Testament for teachings about peace, whereas Islam focuses’ on the Qur’an and Hadith to guide their beliefs of peace. These sacred texts guide the individual adherents of each religion to achieving inner peace
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STORY WATER A story is like water that you heat for your bath. It takes messages between the fire and your skin. It lets them meet, and it cleans you! Very few can sit down in the middle of the fire itself like a salamander or Abraham. We need intermediaries. A feeling of fullness comes, but usually it takes some bread to bring it. Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it. The body itself is a screen to shield and partially reveal the light that’s
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Judaism and Islam: Not So Different After All Unfortunately today, Islam and Judaism are seen as two conflicting religions that will forever be in turmoil and conflict. Little do many people know the many similarities between the two religions. Of course, the two faiths have many major, distinct differentiations. If they didn’t, they would be the same religion. However the two religions share many of the same principles and beliefs, both through the written teachings themselves and the practice
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Pennsylvania vs. Pakistan Pakistan vs. Pennsylvania? Are the two places comparable at all? Pennsylvania, a state of the United States, and Pakistan, a country of the Middle East, may be very diverse and similar in many ways statistically speaking. The people that reside there; the terrain and climate; and the religions and languages practiced. Pennsylvania is a state located in the United States; it’s about 45,308 square miles. The capital of Pennsylvania is Harrisburg home to 49,528 people.
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