However, i ' thar is also still an Islamic ideal to which all Muslims should strive to adhere at all times.

It is a popular Buddhist and Hindu name, but popular also among Muslims in Indonesia.

The letter stated her objections to Muslims in France ritually slaughtering sheep by slitting their throats without anesthetizing them first but also said, in reference to Muslims, that she was " fed up with being under the thumb of this population which is destroying us, destroying our country and imposing its habits ".

There are also some Protestants, Bahá ' ís and Muslims.

During 1992 and 1993, Croatia also handled an estimated 700, 000 refugees from Bosnia, mainly Bosnian Muslims.

However, there is also a minority view within some Muslims that capital punishment is not justified in the light of Qur ' an.

The invading Muslims besieged the city of Toulouse, then Aquitaine's most important city, and Odo ( also called Eudes, or Eudo ) immediately left to find help.

The Ismaili Muslims also stress a distinction between the inner and the outer.

Together with Loyola and five others, he founded the Society of Jesus: on 15 August 1534, in a small chapel in Montmartre, they made vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, and also vowed to convert the Muslims in the Middle East ( or, failing this, carry out the wishes of the Pope ).

During Ramadan, Muslims are also expected to put more effort into following the teachings of Islam by refraining from violence, anger, envy, greed, lust, profane language, gossip and to try to get along with fellow Muslims better.

In the United States, private or cultural intolerance of women wearing the hijab ( Islamic headcovering ) and political activism by Muslims also has been labeled " secular fundamentalism " by some Muslims in the U. S.

The Christian kingdoms to the North had also, at times, treated Muslims harshly.

Over the following decades, Muslims faced the same fate and about 60 years after the Jews, they were also compelled to convert (" moriscos ") or be expelled.

Hobart also has smaller communities of Hindus, Muslims and Bahá ' í, with a Bahá ' í Centre of Learning, located within the city.

Along with the desire for independence, tensions between Hindus and Muslims had also been developing over the years.

Hausa is also widely spoken by non-native Gur and Mande Ghanaian Muslims, but differs from Gaananci, and rather has features consistent with non-native Hausa dialects.

The Council of Europe also created the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance, which has produced country reports and several general policy recommendations, for instance against anti-Semitism and intolerance against Muslims.

The Congress may be viewed as the most secular party with a national agenda ; however, it also practices votebank politics to gain the support of minorities, especially Muslims, through appeasement and pseudo-secularist strategies.

Qutb preached that Muslims must engage in a two-pronged attack of converting individuals while also waging jihad to forcibly eliminate the " structures " of Jahiliyya – not only from the Islamic homeland but from the face of the earth.

Muslims also believe in " the punishment of the grave ," which supposedly takes place between death and the resurrection.

For example, they had to pay the jizya, a per capita tax imposed on free adult non-Muslim males, and they were also forbidden to bear arms or testify in court cases involving Muslims.

In 1951, in Taiwan, the Chinese Muslim Kuomintang General Bai Chongxi made a speech broadcast on radio to the entire Muslim world calling for a war against Russia, claiming that the " imperialist ogre " leader Stalin was engineering World War III, and Bai also called upon Muslims to avoid the Indian leader Jawaharlal Nehru, accusing him of being blind to Soviet imperialism.

Today, more than 15 million Muslims visit Mecca annually, including several million during the few days of the Hajj.

Muslims are encouraged to visit those among them who are sick and dying.

Dying Muslims are reminded of God's mercy, and the value of prayer, by those who visit them.

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims come to Medina annually to visit the Tomb of Prophet. Al-Baqi ' is a significant cemetery in Medina where several family members of Muhammad, caliphs and scholars are buried.

After demanding the expulsion of Muslims from Calicut to the Hindu Zamorin, the latter sent the high priest Talappana Namboothiri ( the very same person who conducted da Gama to the Zamorin's chamber during his much celebrated first visit to Calicut in May 1498 ) for talks.

After the prayers, Muslims visit their relatives, friends and acquaintances or hold large communal celebrations in homes, community centers or rented halls.

" Muslims in these countries will often visit bazaars and shopping malls with their families for Eid shopping.

Seen here in Muar town | Muar, JohoreOnce the prayer is completed, it is common for many Muslims in both Indonesia and Malaysia to visit the graves of loved ones.

Generally, Muslims visit each other's homes on Eid or hold large feasts in mosques or community halls.

Many Muslims will visit each other's homes on the Eid day or the days following to attend designated " open houses " in which everyone is welcome to visit.

When they return home they will congratulate family, friends, and other Muslims and visit relatives across the city.

Jeddah is the principal gateway to Mecca, Islam's holiest city, which able-bodied Muslims are required to visit at least once in their lifetime.

A major issue raised by the Hindu nationalist movement is the implementation of a uniform civil code of India and its opposition to separate legal codes for religious communities, such as the Shariat bill, and the Indian government's subsidy of the travel of Indian Muslims to Saudi Arabia to visit Mecca ( Hajj subsidy ).

At the conclusion of the prayers and sermon, the Muslims embrace and exchange greetings with one other ( Eid Mubarak ), give gifts ( Eidi ) to children, and visit one another.

For example, the episode of Hagar's search for water is emulated by Muslims as they run between the two hills of Safa and Marwah whenever they visit Mecca.

From October 15 – 16, 1994, Mohammed was visited in Cleveland, Ohio by Grand Mufti Abdullah Mukhtar, the leader of an estimated 60 million Muslims at Masjid Bilal, on his first visit to the U. S. On December 9, 1994 he received the Cup of Compassion from the Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Conn.

Bonnke's visit to Kano in Nigeria in 1991 was marred by the outbreak of riots in the city, as Muslims protested over remarks he had reportedly made about Islam in the city of Kaduna on his way to Kano.

Local Muslims may visit a shrine as a form of pilgrimage known as ziyarat.

* 2000: Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip begin the Al-Aqsa Intifada, prompted by Ariel Sharon's visit to a disputed religious site holy to both Jews and Muslims.

It now stands as an important pilgrimage site, which all Muslims are supposed to visit at least once if they are able.

* Kaaba-the sacred mosque that Muslims visit while on the Hajj ( pilgrimage to Mecca ).

They also visit the mound of peace constructed by Hindus an & Muslims soldiers of the two armies.

Local Muslims visit the convent sanctuary on the day of Friday prayers and share in the legends regarding this holy place.