The newest Gallup poll (released on December 24th) chronicles the continuing decline of religious influence in America. In 1952, 75% of Americans said religion was very important in their lives. Today, only 51% report this to be true. In addition, most Americans now believe religion is losing its influence on America. In 1957, only 14% of would have made such a claim. A dramatic shift has taken place in America related to the way we view religious beliefs. Hidden in the data from the Gallup research lies a clue to the reason for this change in public opinion. Why do fewer Americans think religion matters? The answer lies…

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted on Thursday to end American military assistance for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen in the strongest show of bipartisan defiance against President Trump’s defense of the kingdom over the killing of a dissident journalist. The 56-to-41 vote was a rare move by the Senate to limit presidential war powers and sent a potent message of disapproval for a nearly four-year conflict that has killed thousands of civilians and brought famine to Yemen. Moments later, senators unanimously approved a separate resolution to hold Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia personally responsible for the death of the…

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The mujaddid also performed islah and tajdid in educational aspect. They focused on the process of creating and strengthening the Muslims’ intellectualism power as an important fundamental in rebuilding the Islamic civilization (Rahimin Affandi Abd. Rahim in Mohd Fauzi Hamat et al., 2004, p. 218). They stressed out that for the Muslims to rise again, they must possess the expertise in both knowledge areas; religious knowledge and worldly knowledge, because originally both of these knowledge belong to Allah SWT. This matter has also being highlighted by Badiuzzaman Said Nursiwho stated the importance of learning science knowledge and religious knowledge in…

The downfall of Islamic civilization also witnesses the rise of Western civilization that dominated other civilizations from every angle. However, the rise of that civilization does not merely bring an impressive advancement in science and technology, instead behind the greediness to build a civilization, they also heightened the humanity crisis happening nowadays. History indicated that the Western civilization built its civilization through oppression, tyranny and threat to humanity which happened in more sophisticated manner. They produced advancement in science and technology that puts humans’ minds in a huge confusions and disorder (Ahmad in Bahari & Ibrahim, 2009). The consequences of…