In metaphysics, Aristotelianism had a profound influence on philosophical and theological thinking in the Islamic and Jewish traditions in the Middle Ages, and it continues to influence Christian theology, especially the scholastic tradition of the Catholic Church.

Scholars such as Dierk Lange attribute the decline of ancient Ghana to numerous unrelated factors, only one of which can be likely attributable to internal dynastic struggles that were instigated by Almalvorid influence and Islamic pressures, but devoid of any military conversion and conquest.

These developments gave rise to the Islamist and Islamic movement opposed to the increasing communist and Soviet influence over Afghanistan.

In Europe a similar liquid process in open-topped crucibles took place which was probably less efficient than the Roman process and the use of the term tutty by Albertus Magnus in the 13th century suggests influence from Islamic technology.

With the emergence of Christianity and the rise of Islam, Constantinople became the last bastion of Christian Europe, standing at the fore of Islamic expansion, and repelling its influence.

While western Cairo is dominated by wide boulevards, open spaces, and modern architecture of European influence, the eastern half, having grown haphazardly over the centuries, is dominated by small lanes, crowded tenements, and Islamic architecture.

Religious food laws, such as Islamic dietary laws and Jewish dietary laws, can also exercise a strong influence on cuisine.

Later, in modern history ( 18th and 19th centuries ), many Islamic regions fell under the influence of European Great powers.

Global interests in Islamic regions, international conflicts and globalization changed the influence of Islam on the 21st century.

He also developed the principles of equilibrium states and centers of gravity, ideas that would influence the Islamic scholars, Galileo, and Newton.

Islamic culture has had a profound influence on the Malay people, but has also been influenced by them.

The Albanians, because of the higher degree of Islamic influence, their internal social divisions, and the fear that they would lose their Albanian-populated lands to the emerging Balkan states — Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece — were the last of the Balkan peoples to desire division from the Ottoman Empire.

African art, Islamic art, Indian art, Chinese art, and Japanese art each had significant influence on Western art, and, eventually, vice-versa.

African art, Islamic art, Indian art, Chinese art, Korean Art, and Japanese art each had significant influence on Western art, and, vice-versa.

It carefully considers the interests of Islamic solidarity in its foreign policy decisions but generally has been an influence for moderation in the OIC.

Saudi Arabia attempted to compensate for its loss of prestige among these groups by repressing those domestic Islamists who attacked it ( bin Laden being a prime example ), and increasing aid to Islamic groups ( Islamist madrassas around the world and even aiding some violent Islamist groups ) that did not, but its pre-war influence on behalf of moderation was greatly reduced.

His National Islamic Front first gained influence when strongman General Gaafar al-Nimeiry invited members to serve in his government in 1979.

* The design of minarets in many early Egyptian Islamic mosques followed a similar three-stage design to that of the Pharos, attesting to the building's broader architectural influence.

Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil said Libya would become an Islamic democracy in the wake of Gaddafi's death, though the extent of Islamic law's influence would be determined by elected lawmakers.

In January 2008, Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella launched an attack on Fraser, after a speech he gave at Melbourne University on " the Bush Administration ( reversing ) 60 years of progress in establishing a law-based international system ", claiming errors and " either intellectual sloppiness or deliberate dishonesty ", and that he tacitly supports Islamic fundamentalism, should have no influence on foreign policy, and that his stance on the war on terror has left him open to caricature as a " frothing-at-the-mouth leftie ".

According to Islamic tradition, the history of Mecca goes back to Abraham ( Ibrahim ) who built the Kaaba with the help of his elder son Ishmael in around 2000 BCE when the inhabitants of what was then known as Bakkah had fallen away from the original monotheism of Abraham through the influence of the Amelkites.

Largely because of Songhai's influence, there was a blossoming of Islamic learning and culture.

Mahfouz had personally known Sayyid Qutb in his youth, when the latter was showing a greater interest in literary criticism than in Islamic fundamentalism ; Qutb later became a significant influence on the Muslim Brotherhood.

`` What is the point '', Charles Adams reports the Pakistanis as asking, `` in demanding an Islamic state and society if no one, not even the doctors of the sacred law themselves, can say clearly and succinctly what the nature of such a state and society is ''??

Since the minting of coins was a prerogative accorded in Islamic practice only to a sovereign, it can be considered that Osmanli became independent of the Mongol Khans.

This tendency effected the narrowing field of artistic possibility to such forms of art as Arabesque, mosaic, Islamic calligraphy, and Islamic architecture, as well as any form of abstraction that can claim the status of non-representational art.

Human portrayals can be found in early Islamic cultures with varying degrees of acceptance by religious authorities.

A Chinese Islamic restaurant ( 清真菜館 mandarin: qīngzhēn càiguǎn ) can be similar to a Mandarin restaurant with the exception that there is no pork on the menu and is primarily noodle / soup based.

Details about these issues can be found in the traditions of Islamic prophet Muhammad, so Qur ' an and Sunnah are in most cases the basis for.

One of the rare examples of Islamic fresco painting can be seen in Qasr Amra, the desert palace of the Umayyads in the 8th century Magotez.

In nations where Islamic law is not the basis of law ( as is the case in various Asian and African countries ), different mujtahids can issue contradictory fatwā.

* The resurgence of Islamic devotion and the attraction to things Islamic can be traced to several events.

Averroes ( Ibn Rushd ), in his treatise on Justice and Jihad and his commentary on Plato's Republic, writes that the human mind can know of the unlawfulness of killing and stealing and thus of the five maqasid or higher intents of the Islamic sharia or to protect religion, life, property, offspring, and reason.

They can take the form of a Christian minister on a Sunday morning, or an Islamic Imam or Da ' ee on a Friday afternoon.

Classic Islamic law details many aspects of the act of prayer, including who can pray, when to pray, how to pray, and where to pray.

* Reformers believe that new Islamic legal theories can produce modernized Islamic law and lead to acceptable opinions in areas such as women's rights.

The " Islamic influence on the development of an international law of the sea " can thus be discerned alongside that of the Roman influence.

There are a multitude of scholarly opinions in each field ; however, these can be summarised as either derived from the four major schools of thought ( Madh ' hab ) or from an expert scholar who exercises independent derivation of Islamic Law ( ijtihad ).

The Zanzibari court system parallels the legal system of the union, and all cases tried in Zanzibari courts, except for those involving constitutional issues and Islamic law, can be appealed to the Court of Appeal of the Union.

Residents of Jerusalem can choose between either Vatican, Israeli or Islamic judicial law.

The Council of Guardians, considered part of the executive branch of government, is responsible for determining if legislation is in line with Islamic law and customs ( the Sharia ), and can bar candidates from elections, and greenlight or ban investigations into the election process.

Many arabesque patterns disappear at ( or " under " as it often appears to a viewer ) a framing edge without ending, and thus can be regarded as infinitely extendable outside the space they actually occupy ; this was certainly a distinctive feature of the Islamic form, though not without precedent.

Islamic Sharia Law regarding hunting is the same as Jewish law, in that only non-preying animals that can be considered halal for food can be hunted, but only for food and not as blood-sport.