Mirriam Webster defines art as “the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects”. It is a broad definition‚ because nothing about art is specific. Art has many different meanings‚ takes many different forms‚ and achieves many different things. Culture‚ including religion‚ greatly influences art. The artistic works of a culture may reflect a lifestyle‚ language‚ religion‚ or belief of said culture. Some would consider the heart of art in our modern
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Hezbollah is a Shi’a Islamic terrorist organization. They had emerged in Lebanon in the early 1980’s as a consolidation of other Shi’a militias. Their early activities in the 1980’s had mainly focused on the Lebanese civil war acting against American and Israeli forces. This came about due to the Israeli’s occupying Lebanon for eighteen years up until 1990. Hezbollah waged an asymmetric war using guerrilla tactics such as suicide attacks against the Israeli Defense Forces. Hezbollah is regarded
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J Bus Ethics (2013) 112:257–270 DOI 10.1007/s10551-012-1246-1 Bringing Work Back in Islamic Ethics Bayu Taufiq Possumah • Abdul Ghafar Ismail Shahida Shahimi • Received: 18 January 2012 / Accepted: 7 February 2012 / Published online: 22 February 2012 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 Abstract Religion and work are seldom discussed. The two have caused scholars to question the religion’s role with work. This paper reviews research on the integrate between religion and work
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one of the cornerstones of political thought among intellectuals. Populism was one of the components of the ideology of the Committee of Union and Progress‚ which was the party in power in between 1908-18. Etatism emerged as practical and pragmatic economic policy during the First World War. That is to say‚ Mustafa Kemal was not the creator of these principles; instead‚ he was the political leader that systemized them as a political program tobe implemented for the transformation of Turkey into a modern
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The 9th century Islamic philosopher Al-Kindi is largely acknowledged as having a major role in the translation and introduction of Greek philosophical thought into the Islamic world. In his work On the Intellect‚ Al-Kindi gives a very brief exposition and interpretation of Aristotle’s theories of Intellect as presented in De Anima. In this short exposition‚ Al-Kindi presents several metaphysical quandaries which I‚ an utterly confused and overwhelmed freshman‚ will attempt to interpret and critically
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Storyline 1: 337th Munitions Squadron Line 8 thru 13: PA01 Airmanship Synopsis: A1C Hamburg is forced to wake SrA Ratner in order to avoid being late for roll call and it’s the third time in a week SrA Ratner overslept. Ratner references partying and drinking the night before. I: The lesson principle illustrated in this instance is an Emergent Leadership issue‚ Wingman Concept more specifically. D: A1C Hamburg practiced appropriate use of the wingman concept ensuring SrA Ratner was awake in order
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A DISSERTATION ON “ISLAMIC BANKING IN INDIA-WHAT IS THE FUTURE POTENTIAL?” Introduction: The basic principles on which the Islamic banks function are prohibition of Riba i.e. collection and payment of interest and prohibition of investment in organization involved in unethical and socially harmful activity. the profits earned by a bank from its activities and returns made by a bank to the depositors shall be (a) from sharing of risk in the project and (b) profit-share agreements
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you think you are suited to this role: * I am applying for the Senior Associate‚ Term Finance role at the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector. I am a British Government Chevening Scholar and a recent MBA Graduate from Manchester Business School in England and have also completed an exchange program with McGill University in Canada. The ICD‚ member of the Islamic Development Bank Group‚ is the multilateral financial institution that supports the private sector in in the
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three decades ago. Iran’s boldness on sensitive international political and economic issues such as refusing to trade oil in Dollars‚ challenging the major world powers on NPT rights over its Nuclear programme‚ supporting the rights of Palestinians to return to their homeland and advances in various areas from farming to space technologies‚ all despite some 30 years of sanctions brings the question of background to the Islamic Republic of Iran formation. My analysis address the four principle issues
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much controversy within the Islamic community arises over the display of artistic expression‚ art couldn’t be hindered. Islamic art has been carefully woven into the culture and belief system. Many periods and events have contributed
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