Iraq Guerra - its impact on Muslims

Muslims and Christians have a history of conflict. Over the past decades when United States was wanted by the Nations of the Middle were thought to reduce conflicts. But the full support of United States that Israel has become suspect in the eyes of Muslims in the world. What impact on the Iraq war had Muslims around the world?

The war in Iraq was initiated with the purpose of finding the destruction en masse. It ended with the death of Saddam Hussein. After the United States decided to have democracy in Iraq. But didn't know how to do it. Can export democracy? Tried to United States of. It is still trying to. But it is only resulting from the war between Shiites and Sunnis. As a result Shiites and Sunnis around the world are blaming United States for the deaths of the Muslims. United States is known as an enemy of Muslims for no reason.

Muslims around the world have allegiances that cross the borders of the nation. Muslims empathize with others. Call for Jihad and are willing to kill those who believe that they are destroying Islam. Why educated Muslims be confused about the West is always an enigma for me.? What they want from the West is unknown to me. If you ask Muslims about what exactly they want from others, you can get confusing answers. The right path to must be live peacefully with others. But because some of them believe that West want to destroy Islam who are fighting a war.

The correct idea must be so that the United States make a Council of Muslim Nations and ask them which resolved the problem in Iraq. But it is easier said then done. The common Muslim think differently from the rulers. Also the rulers around Islamic countries do not want to splash in Iraq. If the new President can create peace in Iraq will be worth watching. It seems difficult.

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The impact of the envy of health, motivation and happiness

Is it a coincidence that, in Western society, the green color is associated with money and also with envy? After all, capitalism is based on the assumption that the success is defined by doing better than others and on the financial acquisition. Entrepreneurs are encouraged to reach for that 1% higher income, in order to realize the American dream. To be in the top 1%, it must climb on the other 99! This is does not mean that it is bad trying to succeed. Instead, it is trying to rise above others, that is the problem, and envy is the root of this cry of "wins the green".

In 2007, Dr. S. H. Kim and Dr. r. Smith published a document entitled "Understanding the envy" in psychological bulletin, which examined the role of envy in our lives. Envy, it seems that it has a significant impact on our lives in countless ways, from physical health to the motivation for mental well-being. Of the three, the most common Association is the negative correlation between the envy and the happiness and peace of mind.

Envy universally is viewed negatively by all religions. In Islam, envy can destroy good deeds of a person. In Christianity, one must reject the envy to be stored. In Hinduism, anything, including envy, which leads to an imbalance in life will cause misery, while in Buddhism, taking joy in the good fortune of others it is considered to be the antidote to envy. However, envy is one of the predominant emotions in all of us.

Advertisers often seek to stimulate feelings of envy, to encourage us to buy. Unfortunately, attach to this destructive force euphemisms: labels, such as desire, or unit, or want to or need to. Do "we need" clothing designer labels, the cars, the home of largest and so on?

The Division of property is essential to the process of divorce and lawyers thrive when each partner covets objects acquired during the Union. Very often, this desire for a certain element is less driven by attachment to the element which is the need to beat another former partner.

As a Canadian, I often hear other Canadians lament the fact that cheaper buy at United States, that life is better, that the American across the artificial border has more individual freedom, lower taxes, greater choice and so on. Apart from the fact that this is false, many of our colleague envy of Canadians and time for the life of an American citizen. However, while some things are cheaper (fuel, for example, is about 8-15% cheaper), insurance, premiums for health, education, many foods and a myriad of other acquisitions are priced higher in Canada. At the same time, wages are generally lower for the average person to United States, social security and welfare networks are less vigorous and so on.

Many of the prejudices and biases in the world are borne by the resentment and envy, often exacerbated by the lack of true understanding. How do many in the Middle East United States aversion due to envy and ignorance? How many of us do not like the Chinese and envy of his economic power perceived due to envy about what we feel are unfair trade advantage?

Studies have consistently found that envy and jealousy leads to stress and ill health. Many other studies have concluded that envy and schadenfreude (taking pleasure in the misery of someone) are components of and contributors to health problems mental and occasionally manifest in violence and dishonesty against each other. Some develop overwhelming need to get revenge, destroy others or "Downing them."

However, the desire to achieve and acquire, often associated with greed and power, are not of themselves, negative. The desire to achieve and be the best person that one might also are at the heart of democracy and capitalism. The effort to improve the circumstances around us, satisfied with the prevailing conditions is not a negative. Envy is different from the need to be better, but based this ambition near his heart when that need is better than another person, solely for the purpose of uploading over that individual or group. "Black power" and both feminism attempted to improve the lot of these different groups, while the efforts of the Aryan Nations are aimed at belittling and break down groups that unlike white supremacists involved in that movement. Clearly, the desire of the two first is improve self or the lot in life, while the second is intended, not to be better by improving, but forcing the others down.

Some people claim that any ambition is negative. This, to me, is simply an excuse to be complacent, indifferent or indolent.

Envy is better repelled taking joy in the success, good fortune and welfare of others, and perhaps, following their examples. Jealousy is best deleted or rejected by recognizing and celebrating our own uniqueness, strengths and abilities, but does not use the benefits to take advantage of others.

Joy and inner peace does not come from failing to meet the challenges, but to embrace these challenges, overcome them and savoring the feeling that they have improved ourselves and it has been considered of others in the process.

The greatest athlete, after all, not so much compete against each other as he or she competes against and challenge himself to equal to the occasion. The most telling mark of a true champion is the way with regards to the competition after winning (or losing) competition. Very few better energy waste of envy. Why should then ourselves - weaken our physical health, our mental well-being or drive to be the best we can be - by allowing the jealousy which govern us?

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The Positive Impact of Islam on Europe

The Ottoman Empire started conquering Europe in 14th century and by 15th century had most of Eastern Europe under its kingdom. Although traces of Islam have been found a long before Ottoman Empire but Islam flourished appropriately when the Ottoman Empire ruled Europe. Historians are of the point of view that Islam laid the foundation of modern Europe and it is in fact the reality. History has noticed Europe dominating the world in the past centuries through its knowledge and power but if we study the early invention of mathematics, physics and astronomy, not surprisingly; all the credit goes to the Muslim world of science. Muslim mathematicians worked in every field of mathematics such as Al-Jabir founded algebra. Galileo and Newton, the great scientists of their time, would never have been able to formulate the modern theories of mathematics and physics without the basic and important tools invented by Muslim scientists.

Plato and Aristotle laid the institution of classical writing and texts in ancient Europe but these sculptures were lost in the history and were almost doomed during the Dark Age. It was again Muslims who acted as the caretakers of those important writings and preserved them. Even some of that work was present only in Arabic. Ibne-Rushd, a Muslim, known as Averroes in Europe, had a major name in this regard.

European explorers are famous for their voyages and explorations but it was only made possible by the accurate maps produced by the Muslim mapmakers. These maps paved the way for European explorers to discover new worlds in minimum time span.

This is only the tiny amount of donation made by Islam to Europe directly or indirectly. According to global news, there are about 53 million Muslims in Europe. Islam has become the fastest growing religion in Europe and all over the world, there has been establishment of new mosques all over Europe and even non-Muslims are visiting these mosques. The rate of conversion to Islam shot in the recent years especially after 9/11 attacks when Muslims were accused of it. It was the time when non-Muslims especially Christians were more interested to find out about Islam, Qura'an and the teachings of Holy Prophet (PBUH). Although Islam was manipulated to be the religion of extremism and terrorism but when these individuals studied Islam, their views changed and they found Islam to be the complete code of life and the best religion of the world. So they adopted it after their vast researches. The Muslim immigrants from the Muslim world to Europe living there for decades are clear symbols of peace loving Muslim culture.

Today media, in Europe especially, talks a lot about the the disrespect given to women in Islam, but in fact, this is not true. Islam is the only religion that has raised the prestige of women from one of the poorly humiliated creature, in Western culture, to that of a respectful being possessing equal rights to man. Under the wrong ideological concept of child marriage by the non-Muslims, the Muslims have been criticized by the western media but in fact there is no concept of child marriage in Islam and such incidents are purely restricted to few old custom tribes.

As many historians have revealed Islam to be the past of modern Europe we believe that it would be the future of the European world as well.

Jim Fry, Editor, Email: jim@islamtribune.com,
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