An essay about Hijra.
The essay is going to be about Hijra at the time of the prophet Muhammad, then talk about it’s importances in Medina history. There should be intro, body paragraphs and conclusion.
The research paper must be 8 pages long and will cover topics that might deal with political, economic, educational, or social issues of the Islamic world. The period of the research paper should be from early 600s to 1500 CE.
Requirements for Research Paper:
- Use at least five sources; they should be a combination of academic journal articles and books, other than your textbook. In addition to five proper sources, Internet sources may be used ONLY if the sites are edu or org domain.
- The following sites have excellent academic journal articles that are highly recommended. Scholarly Journal Archive (http://www.jstor.org), http://www.questia.com/search, Journal of Islamic Studies (http://jis.oxfordjournals.org/current.dtl)
- Your paper should have an Introduction, Theme, and a Conclusion.
- Your paper should contain a Chicago style bibliography of your sources ( see http://history.hanover.edu/courses/handouts/footnotes.htm)
- Use Chicago style footnotes or endnotes when quoting or citing data (see http://writing.umn.edu/sws/assets/pdf/quicktips/chicago_bib.pdf)
- Do a spelling and grammar check on your final paper.
