recent post 9/11 developments affected the strength of al Qaeda? Abdullah Rifai Student Number: 600012806 Word Count: 2171 More than a decade after 9/11‚ a great lack of consensus exists over the assessments of al Qaeda’s current situation. Some analysts’ say that al Qaeda is ‘on the ropes’ (John Brennan‚ 2011)‚ that the United States is ‘within reach of strategically defeating al Qaeda’ (Panetta‚ 2011 in Bumiller‚ 2011)‚ and that al Qaeda’s core could be degraded to a mere ‘propaganda
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world’s tallest hotel‚ the Burj Al-Arab off the coast of Dubai. Megastructures heads to the tiny desert kingdom of Dubai to explore the remarkable engineering behind the seven-star Burj Al-Arab Hotel. Five years in the making‚ this striking building stands like a gigantic white sail off the shore of Dubai. As this programme reveals‚ a refusal to compromise on the part of the hotel’s young designers ensured that the project pushed the boundaries of design. The Burj Al-Arab was envisaged by Dubai’s
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Al Hilal Bank‚ an Islamic bank‚ provides banking products and services in the United Arab Emirates. It offers personal banking‚ including deposit accounts‚ finance facilities‚ credit cards‚ safe deposit lockers‚ and the financial mall; and wholesale banking‚ such as project‚ contract‚ asset acquisition‚ asset‚ working capital‚ and trade finance. The company also provides treasury products to institutions and government entities‚ as well as high-net-worth individuals. In addition‚ it offers foreign
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What is ALS? Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ other name is Lou Gehrig’s Disease‚ is a neurodegenerative disease. It affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Nerves are involved in the process of thinking‚ memory‚ and of detecting sensations (such as hot/cold‚ sharp/dull)‚ and others for vision‚ hearing‚ and other bodily functions. Basically‚ motor neurons provide voluntary movements and muscle power. As motor neurons degenerate‚ they can no longer send impulses to the muscle fibers that
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COMPEPTITIVE ENVIRONMENT "o"oFOR DUBAI AND ITS BURJ AL ARAB HOTEL INTRODUCTION Hotels are world-beaters. They provide people comfort and luxury with over the edge technology. How do hotels function in this vast competitive market of travel and tourism? How do hotels operate by inculcating all the diversity and varied factors of globalisation? How do they develop themselves into a successful establishment by gaining an edge over its competitors? Dubai and its Burj AL Arab hotel are certainly successful cases
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AL-TADQIQ AL-SHARI’E 1. First line of defence describes the controls an organisation has in place to deal with the day-to-day business activities and operations. Controls are designed into systems and processes and assuming that the design is sound to appropriately mitigate risk‚ compliance with process should ensure an adequate control environment. There should be adequate managerial and supervisory controls in place to ensure compliance and to highlight control breakdown‚ inadequacy of process
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Core Concepts and Principles of Marketing at The Burj Al Arab Hotel‚ Dubai Introduction Hugh Taylor from Edwardian Hotels stated that ‘Marketing is not an elusive art‚ it is more a science of identifying customer needs and wants and presenting a package that answers these needs’ (1993‚ pp.16). I am going to be investigating the core concepts and principles of this ‘science’ and how it applies to the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai. The Burj Al Arab‚ also known to some as The Burj‚ is the landmark
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The dignified prophetic narrator Imam sayyed sheikh Muhammad Mahdi Al-Sayyadi Al-Rifai Al-Husseini‚ famously known as Al-Rawwas—please refer to his biography at the end of this book—in his poetry collection Mishkat Ul-Yaqeen (The Niche of Certainty)‚ said the following concerning the Rifai way‚ the bit of its conditions‚ and its secrets and news. Our way is a means of extraordinariness‚ and a ladder towards refraining from all existences. Our way‚ whoever were of a sincere heart in it‚ Became by
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In Dagoberto Gilb’s story “Al in Phoenix” the narrator feels that Al is treating him unfairly. The narrator believes that Al thinks of him as a guy that is living loose and not bothering to get a job (Gilb 75-81). The narrator being the inductive thinker thought that Al was being unfair to him because of the way he was being treated. Al on the other hand‚ uses deductive thinker because he just based his facts about the truth. Al based that the only reason the narrator is at the garage getting his
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Al-Ghazali Reflection The section of Deliverance from Error in the readings of The Path to Sufism is very fascinating to me. The way Al- Ghazali speaks in his teachings is very different from that of Boethius and Aristotle. Al- Ghazali expresses his support for mathematics almost as an exact science‚ he shows that it cannot be used to support religions whether they be Islamic or not. This type of truth is called Apodeictic‚ which can be defined as truth by definition or necessity‚ which can also
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