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    Types of qiyas a) ’Analogy of the Superior’ (qiyas al-awla) The effective cause in this qiyas is more evident in the new case than the original case‚ which is why it is called qiyas al-awla. For example‚ we may refer to the Qur’anic text in sura al-Isra’ (17:23) which provides regarding parents: ’say not to them uff [i.e. a single word of contempt] nor repel them‚ but address them in dignified terms’. By analogy it may be deduced that the prohibition against lashing or beating them is even more

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    There is only one explicit mandate in this journey of life. It is embracing the love of Jesus Christ. Without Him‚ there would be no significance of life‚ existence of life and there would be no purposefulness of life. The natural world has an entirely altered perspective of faith in Jesus the Christ. It is perceived that good deeds carries them through the course of their survival. The terminology grace and mercy is foreign to the world. The world opposes the greatness of Jesus and cite vehement

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    Introduction: The task here is to compare the Australian Legal System with the legal system of the country of origin therefore the comparison is with the Pakistani Legal System. The structure of the Common Wealth Government‚ Australia briefed in the constitution is divided into three branches‚ the legislature (Senate “upper house” and House of Representatives “lower house”)‚ executive (the administrative arm of Government) and judiciary (the legal arm of the Government). While in Pakistan the

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    Tajbik Sheikh The Scarlet Letter Intro In the 16th century‚ Puritans immigrated to America from Great Britain in order to escape religious persecution‚ and by the mid 17th century they had erected a well established society based on their theological beliefs. The Puritan religion was one of austerity and geared towards spiritual devotion rather than worldly possessions. Puritans followed rigid laws which rarely changed with time. They also had little tolerance for anyone who broke these laws

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    the Rural Household Economy • Puritan commitment to independence did not include women • A wife’s duty was to “love and reverence” her husband • The courts prosecuted many women and few men for having sexual intercourse outside of marriage (fornication) • Daughters usually received livestock or household goods‚ while brothers were given land • Women assumed the role of dutiful helpmates to their husbands • Bearing and rearing children was a very important task‚ as most women in New England

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    conception. In regard to abortion‚ St Augustine condemned it on the grounds that it broke the connection between sex and procreation‚ not because he saw it as the killing of an innocent life. Abortion was a sin only if it was intended to conceal fornication and adultery. Importantly‚ he and other theologians of his era did not believe that human life began at the moment of conception - the church ’s current belief. He then went on to say that the primary end of marriage is the procreation and the education

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    Adultery • Common Law o Adultery was sexual intercourse with another’s wife o Sexual intercourse out of wedlock was punished by the church as an ecclesiastical offence • MPC o Statutes against fornication and adultery are unenforced; omitted any provisions relating to these offenses • State Statutes o State Statutes vary:  Voluntary sexual intercourse between persons‚ one of whom is lawfully married to another‚ both parties being guilty  Intercourse by a married person with one who is

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    prove to the court that she was faking the whole thing and that she needed to tell them that Elizabeth was innocent and she knew about the needle in the poppet and that she had been lying all along. “Abigail: What will you tell? You will confess to fornication? In the court? Proctor: If you will have it so‚ so I will tell it!" (p. 158). If Miller had let this scene in the Act when John had confessed it would have not made such an impact on Abigail as it did because if she had know he would have confessed

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    Looking at the portraits of some of the most beautiful women in history and reading about how impressed were men and how popular they were‚ it’s pretty hard sometimes to understand why. Perhaps these women were charismatic‚ or perhaps the definition beauty was not the same as our guiding today. If you think a woman looks like today‚ which we consider beautiful and quickly compare with Mary Stuart‚ who became queen of Scotland in 1542‚ we will understand more easily how related concepts of beauty

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    Pressure Groups in Relation to Science Pressure Groups are one way for the population of a country to put pressure on that country’s government to change its thinking‚ policies or to change the law. A political party has a wider appeal than a pressure group‚ appealing to as wide a swathe of society as possible‚ to ensure re-election and power. A pressure group can‚ arguably‚ have a much narrower width of appeal‚ dependent upon what it is campaigning against or for. For example‚ it may have a

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