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The United Kingdom and the United States sound like they are the same, but if we go deep to explore the realities, we realize that there is an immense difference between both countries. People like me can’t identify the difference between both of them. They have to visit both to finalize an opinion about them. Well, it is not easy nowadays to have an immigration visa to the UK or the US as it requires thousands of bucks which personally I don’t have… LOL!

So while drafting this piece of writing, I am relying on many of other fellow writers who have shared their views about America and Britain. They see that Americans are much more humorous and friendly than Britain. There are numerous differences between the UK and the US culture, language, lifestyle, fashion, reactions, attitudes and accent. If you are planning to visit these two countries then you must know their cultures and traditions so that you don’t face any issue while residing there.

A common believe is that the Americans are somehow more friendly than the British because the Americans get frank with the unknown people in bars, roadsides and in workplaces. While the British mind it, if someone try to ask a personal question. The citizens of the US don’t feel shy to ask and share their personal matters with their friends and colleagues. It is also observed that they are reliable people that you can trust easily without any hesitation. The US residents are very humorous people, if they don’t understand the humor of a person, they ask for an explanation and then laugh along with that person.

On the other side, the British are more civilized and punctual people than the Americans. It is seen that the US citizens start drinking alcohol at the age of 21. While the British don’t consume to much alcohol.  The Americans are famous for their hard work. You will always find an American student studying in the library because they are sincere in their work and studies.

It is noticed that the Americans believe in the importance of tipping to the lower class. If anyone doesn’t give a tip to the waiter, car drivers, hairdressers and etc, it is considered a very rude attitude. The Americans pay 10% tip for the poor services, 15 and 20% for the high-quality and excellent services. If you ever enjoy the service of your luggage lifter then don’t forget to pay a tip.

The people of the United States do eye contact with their fellows, if they want to say anything to their friends in an emergency, While the British feel uncomfortable on this act. Moreover, the American accent is different than the British accent. The Americans speak faster than the British. While Americans use gesture and move their body accordingly.

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As a clear evidence that Islam is spreading across different nationalities more and more around the world on a daily basis, a list of one hundred foreigners of various nationalities converted to Islam in Algeria, since the beginning of this year 2012 and especially during this holy month of Ramadan.

The Algerian Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments Media Advisor Adda Fellahi said, “The conversion to Islam increased after the country Algeria experienced a state of stability and openness to the outside nations who discovered the nature of the Algerian society and with the increasing number of foreign workers.”

He added that the cases of those who converted to Islam from other nationalities in Algeria rose to 16 cases between years 2006 and 2007, then to 78 cases during the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, bringing the number of adherents of Islam since the beginning of the current year, 100 foreigners.

It was also reported that Aisha Wangari Kamenju, one of the women who converted recently to Islam and now is studying during her second year at the Faculty of Sharia in Al Azhar Univesity, had stated that the rate of women who convert to Islam in Kenya is nearly about three women per day during the holy month of Ramadan, and could increase in some days to ten women.

Aisha Kamenju who currently works at an organization that is responsible for taking care of the new Muslims said that she is trying to help new Muslims to understand Islam and to identify its rituals and pillars.

She added that she works in a group of 20 Muslim women who visit remote places in Kenya to call women out there to Islam through lectures and lessons, direct and open meetings.

She stressed that there are many challenges facing the work of Muslim women in Kenya. She summarized these challenges by saying: “we lack everything, there is no special school to train Muslim advocates, and not a school for the new Muslim women to even teach them Islam, no support is ever received by the organization to help in doing its mission.”

This shows that despite the spreading ‘’Islamophobia’’ like happening in France, Anti-Islam moves like the demonstrations in Sweden,  Anti-Islam Advocates like Robert Spencer and even lead by governments massacres like happening in Burma, Islam is still proving to be the religion chosen by many nationalities and  people across the world.

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The youth is an important part of any society, they are full of energy, motivation and encouragement pave their way towards success. It is true that they all just need proper guidelines to excel in every field of life. Once they select the right path then the results will be fruitful for the society. It is important for the Muslim parents to grow their child under Islamic values and tradition and tell them about the youth of Sahaba’s. They must follow the right path to be successful in life. It has been observed that youth of recent era is living an aimless life, they are just running after money and fame, they are ignoring the Islamic values and that is why Muslim youth is behind the youth of other religion.

Youth must have an aim of life, living the life for a purpose is much better than aimless life. When the life is aimless than youngster will try to commit frauds, crimes and other fraudulent activities. Youth has played an important role in the Wars and movements, in the recent revolution in Egypt you can find young blood behind this revolt. History is full of examples.

Now we will discuss the role of young Muslims in each and every field of life.

Role as an Imam: Prayer is the most important pillar of Islam and we all know that Muslims have to offer prayer 5 times a day so we need to select a person as Imam of Masjid and the person nominated(young) must possess qualities to act like Imam.

Role as a teacher: Islam has given great respect to the teacher and they are regarded high as they have to serve a very noble cause. As a teacher it is the duty of a person to do justice to his profession and taught the students with full devotion. As a teacher a person should teach his or her student to follow the right path, stay away from the sin, contribution to the Islamic cause and the teacher must have an exemplary character so that students can follow his steps.

Role as a Doctor:  The role of the doctor is very important as he has to serve the patient. The doctor must do justice to his profession and not work only for the money but also serve to community for free.

Role as a leader: As a leader the Muslim should adopt the right way so that people follow them. The personal character is very important for the leader, he should keep himself away from illegal work. He must stay away from the illegal source of earning. As a leader he must be honest, hardworking and clever. He must declare his assets and must pay tax with accordance to the law of that country.

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The History of Arabic Language goes a long way in time when the holy prophet (PBUH) was on earth and although it was not a major tribe then, it was used in the Quran. This is the same language used now it this is a simplified version and some of it is as a result of trade, migration and mixing up with other cultures, this has made it one of the global languages all over the world but it is now more easier to understand it. The Arabic language borrows heavily some of the words from the Swahili, Amharic, and Morocco language and this has made the people of these areas to identify with it well. This is one of the reasons, why one needs to find out more on the culture, and the language.

One of the channels of learning the History of Arabic Language is going to school either when young or aged. This plays an important role in enabling the children and grownups to have a deeper understanding of how trade played a major role and Islam participated in the spread of the religion, and how it formed currently. This is not only ideal for people who learn the Arabic language but all those people who desire to find out more on the history of the people. This is available all over the world and one will end up finding that all the languages connect one way or the other.

Another way to find out on the History of Arabic Language is through the online channel and this will enable one to compare the different sources and end up with appealing results. This makes one informed and able to participate in different online forums to contribute their knowledge. The online world is the global village and very easy for one to gather the information they need. From this source, you have the ability to find out some notes from scholars, who have gone back in time to know more on the history of the language and the way it was formed. Some go back in time before the holy prophet (PBUH) and others claim that the religion of Islam was the one that enabled it to spread all over the globe.

Learning the History of Arabic Language is easy when one gets to understand more on linguistics. This is the science on the formation of the different languages and how they are connected to each other. Many years ago, the Arabic language was not dominant and it had a very deep accent compare to what it is currently. When the spread of Islam started, the Arabs started using this language and it became mixed with other languages as they were spreading the gospel. This has resulted to what it is now and it is heavily borrowed from Swahili, Amharic, Urdu, and Persian. Some of the symbols from the way of writing come from the Amharic and Chinese ways of writing. This is what brought about the sixth famous language in the world.

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The happenings of the modern world have created ambiguity in the minds of people about the true meaning of jihad and modern world consider it as terrorism. The meaning of the term jihad means struggle and striving to fight evil. By doing jihad the Muslims can promote the Islamic teachings in their life and can create a Muslim world around them. It is mentioned in the Quran to do jihad of any kind so that they can be a good Muslim. There are two kinds of jihad that are normally discussed by the Islamic scholars one is the internal jihad and the other is the external jihad. The internal jihad is done with oneself to stop oneself from evil doings and the external jihad is with others that are done by stop the evil of others who are doing something against Islam.

Jihad and modern world are not at peace with each other as the modern world hates the concept of jihad. The modern world hates the concept of jihad because they do not understand the concept well. They think jihad is violence but in real jihad is to oppose the evil violence. The Quran explains jihad as a struggle and terrorism is forbidden if we read Quran. There are translations of Quran available in every language as the Quran is in Arabic language. The people can learn Arabic so that they can read and understand the Quran in its original language.

One can learn Arabic language and read the Quran thoroughly and once one knows what is written in the Quran, the ambiguities between jihad and modern world can be made clear. One can learn Muslim culture and one can learn Islam and understand that jihad is a sacred thing that is as far away from the terrorism as possible. The Islamic teachings tell us that the internal jihad is the greatest jihad to fight with one’s own self to make you right and to keep yourself away from evil and wrong deeds. If this is the greatest level of jihad then which sane mind can consider it as terrorism? The Islam asks its followers to wage war inside yourself so that you do not wage war outside with others.

The teachings of Islam even forbid a Muslim country to wage war against a non Muslim country if that country is not disturbing Islam. The modern world thinks that Muslim academies teach its Muslim students to become terrorists. A true Muslim academy creates a true Muslim; if an academy is teaching its students to become terrorists then that the academy is not qualified to be called a Muslim academy because the teachings of such an academy are against the teachings of Islam. The Muslims learn Muslim language so that they can understand the teachings of Islam. The true jihad and modern world need to come at peace with each other as nonviolent coexistence among Muslim and non-Muslim community is possible. The people who are committing the crime of killing the innocent people are either not Muslim or they do not understand the teachings of Islam. Hence Islam needs not to be blamed about the violence.

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The happenings of the modern world have created ambiguity in the minds of people about the true meaning of jihad and modern world consider it as terrorism. The meaning of the term jihad means struggle and striving to fight evil. By doing jihad the Muslims can promote the Islamic teachings in their life and can create a Muslim world around them. It is mentioned in the Quran to do jihad of any kind so that they can be a good Muslim. There are two kinds of jihad that are normally discussed by the Islamic scholars one is the internal jihad and the other is the external jihad. The internal jihad is done with oneself to stop oneself from evil doings and the external jihad is with others that are done by stop the evil of others who are doing something against Islam.

Jihad and modern world are not at peace with each other as the modern world hates the concept of jihad. The modern world hates the concept of jihad because they do not understand the concept well. They think jihad is violence but in real jihad is to oppose the evil violence. The Quran explains jihad as a struggle and terrorism is forbidden if we read Quran. There are translations of Quran available in every language as the Quran is in Arabic language. The people can learn Arabic so that they can read and understand the Quran in its original language.

One can learn Arabic language and read the Quran thoroughly and once one knows what is written in the Quran, the ambiguities between jihad and modern world can be made clear. One can learn Muslim culture and one can learn Islam and understand that jihad is a sacred thing that is as far away from the terrorism as possible. The Islamic teachings tell us that the internal jihad is the greatest jihad to fight with one’s own self to make you right and to keep yourself away from evil and wrong deeds. If this is the greatest level of jihad then which sane mind can consider it as terrorism? The Islam asks its followers to wage war inside yourself so that you do not wage war outside with others.

The teachings of Islam even forbid a Muslim country to wage war against a non Muslim country if that country is not disturbing Islam. The modern world thinks that Muslim academies teach its Muslim students to become terrorists. A true Muslim academy creates a true Muslim; if an academy is teaching its students to become terrorists then that the academy is not qualified to be called a Muslim academy because the teachings of such an academy are against the teachings of Islam. The Muslims learn Muslim language so that they can understand the teachings of Islam. The true jihad and modern world need to come at peace with each other as nonviolent coexistence among Muslim and non-Muslim community is possible. The people who are committing the crime of killing the innocent people are either not Muslim or they do not understand the teachings of Islam. Hence Islam needs not to be blamed about the violence.

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