Hamas, Palestine
The Hamas is an Islamist movement which the creation of an independent nation-state Palestine aims, and for that with a military sub-organization against Israel fights. […]
Middle East
Judaism Overview 2
Jewish services take place in so-called synagogues. Synagogues existed in places with a Jewish population as early as the 6th century BC. When the temple […]
Judaism Overview 1
The Judaism (Jewish religion) is the oldest world religion with a belief in only one God. The Jewish religion developed around 4000 years ago in […]
Judaism Religious Life
In the evening and in the morning a Jew recites the scheme (“Hear Israel”) and prays the Amida, which is prayed a third time in […]
History of Judaism Part IV
Enlightenment and emancipation: The shock caused by Sabbatianism prepared the ground for a later Enlightenment in Judaism in Central and Western Europe (Haskala), whose goals […]
History of Judaism Part III
Middle Ages: After the Arab-Islamic conquest, the so-called »Omar Treaty« offered the »book religions« Judaism and Christianity (Ahl al-Kitab) a limited tolerance, which enabled the […]
History of Judaism Part II
Despite all religious exclusivity and demarcation, Judaism opened up in large parts of Hellenistic culture. Greek-speaking Jewish settlements sprang up throughout the Mediterranean, the largest […]
History of Judaism Part I
Beginnings: According to Jewish tradition, the history of Israel begins with the patriarchs. Abraham moves from his homeland to the land that is to be […]
Judaism Definition Part II
Basic doctrines Traditionally in Judaism the doctrine of faith takes a back seat to the doctrine of behavior. Fundamental, however, is the confession of the […]
Islam since the 19th Century Part II
The high income of the religiously conservative-oriented states on the Arabian Peninsula from the sale of oil forms the financial basis on which all-Islamic organizations […]
Judaism Definition Part I
Judaism, term for the religion of the “people of Israel” and for all of those who belong to it as an ethnic and religious community. […]
Islam since the 19th Century Part I
Almost all areas of Africa and Asia inhabited by a majority of Muslims came under the influence or rule of European powers since the beginning […]
Historical Development of Islam
As the Islamic community grew, so did the internal differences, the beginnings of which already existed at the time of Mohammed. The rapid expansion of […]
Origin and Expansion of Islam Part II
Under Muhammad’s successors, the caliphs Abu Bakr (632–634) and Omar I. (634–644) began the rapid expansion of the Muslim Arabs, whereby in less than ten […]
Origin and Expansion of Islam Part I
Islam [Arabic “devotion” (to God)], term for the monotheistic world religion founded by Mohammed between 622 and 632 in Medina (first community order), to which […]
Arabic Spring
Arab Spring, Arabellion, term for a wave of protests against existing power relations, which from 2011 onwards led to radical political upheavals in several countries […]
What is Islam?
The Islam is the founded by Mohammed World religion. According to phonejust.com, “Islam” means total submission to the will of the one God Allah. The […]
Doctrine and Main Features of Islam
The two-part Islamic testimony of faith (Shahada) includes firstly the confession to the one God (Allah) and secondly to Mohammed as God’s messenger. Islam is […]
Buddhism Part V
The Buddhism is the v of Buddha in the 6th or 5th century. World religion founded in BC. It is most widespread in Asia, where […]
Buddhism Part IV
The even more extensive literature of northern Buddhism is only available to a limited extent in Sanskrit and Middle Indian dialects, but numerous scripts originally […]
Buddhism Part III
The teaching forms the common basis of the major Buddhist schools, presumably going back to Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha. It is likely that the […]
Buddhism Part II
In Cambodia, In Mongolia and the traditionally Buddhist areas within the Russian Federation (Russia), Buddhism experienced a rebirth after the collapse of the communist state […]
Buddhism Part I
Buddhism, which is based on the work of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha (“the enlightened”), in the 6th or 5th century BC. Declining religion in the […]
World Religions
World religions, designation for those religions that claim universal validity in the sense of universal religions with their message, operate supraregional (worldwide) missions and / […]
Globalization Part V
Cultural tendencies In addition to goods and money, it is not only people who cross borders, but also images and messages, ideas and ideologies that […]
Globalization Part IV
According to biotionary.com, changed economic structures in the course of globalization lead to contradictions, as can be seen from the debate about the role and […]
Globalization Part III
Innovative companies are pushing their way onto the world market with new products at ever shorter intervals in order to be able to survive in […]
Globalization Part II
Economic drivers: The economic influencing factors can be divided into macroeconomic and microeconomic factors. The most significant macroeconomic driving force is the increase in the […]
Globalization Part I
Globalization, a complex term for several interrelated but distinguishable structural changes in the international system due to a deeper global economic division of labor, specialization, […]