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    established by ethnic groups not so much. Another reason for the increase in single parent families is due to greater acceptance in society. There is no longer as stigma that you have conceives a child with in marriage. This is interlinked with secularisation‚ which means the decline in religious practice and thinking. Therefore religion has very little influence over people lives hence they have a wider option in regards to the type of

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    The Iranian Revolution 1979‚ often referred as the Islamic Revolution gives an impression of a religious movement against a non-religious regime‚ especially for having a religion mentioned in its name‚ “Islam” in the “Islamic Revolution”. How correctly does this statement describe the Iranian Revolution? How do we define religious movement and non-religious regime? I would define “religious movement” as the movement or revolution by a religious group to defend their beliefs which were challenged

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    favour of the notion that individuals (like the isolated atoms of Newtonian physics governed only by mathematical laws) can make (or unmake) the family at will. Thus the West has abandoned all sense of the sacred character of the family . This secularisation of the family is the fruit of the atheisation of Western thought. Today‚ with the legal recognition of so-called «homosexual marriages» we have gone a step further. We no longer even recognise the normativity of the natural character of the family

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    factors that predispose people towards fanatical behavior. It also highlights some differences between fundamentalism and fanaticism which can sometimes seem quite similar. Describing fanaticism in its multifaceted nature‚ the article aims to show the reader that fanaticism is a much wider phenomenon than sometimes thought. Key words: fanaticism‚ fanatic‚ fanatical behaviour‚ fandom‚ fundamentalism‚ ideology‚ propaganda‚ mass movements. On April 14th 2010 the lead singer and bassist of gothic metal

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    Introduction: Since the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001‚ ‘Islamic fundamentalism’ has been a rallying cry for the mass media‚ representing what is believed to be the oppressive nature of Islam in its most radical form. This approach to the media representation of Islam has been taken seriously by the Chinese government‚ who frame the political opposition of Uyghur nationalists in the province of Xinjiang as a branch of Al-Qaeda terrorist activities (Fuller & Lipman 340-341)

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    DYING TO WIN: THE STRATEGIC LOGIC OF SUICIDE TERRORISM CPT WILL M. HELIXON The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September the 11th‚ 2001 and still goes on. That terrible morning‚ 19 evil men‚ the shock troops of a hateful ideology‚ gave America and the civilized world a glimpse of their ambitions. They imagined‚ in the words of one terrorist‚ that September the 11th would be the beginning of the end of America. By seeking to turn our cities into killing fields

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    1900s were filled with many new social ideas and changes. New faces arose during this time‚ and many new ideas changed the shape of society. Among these were race relations‚ the role of women in society‚ and the ever-heated modernism versus fundamentalism debate. Relationships between races were very sketchy during the early 1900s. Racism was still very strong in the country‚ and ethnic groups settled in an area and created their own little communities. Harlem‚ New York was a black community

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    The number of divorces since the 1960’s has increased largely from around 40 thousand a year to 150 in 2005. Nowadays‚ 40% of marriages end in divorce. It is an important issue in society as it is common and affects many families. I am going to assess the reasons and explanations behind this increase. Functionalists such as Ronald Fletcher and Talcott Parsons argued that the expectations of marriage have risen since the 1950’s and these changes have lead to increasingly unstable relationships.

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    eliminate terrorism from society but it cannot be rooted out unless some international laws of justice are devised. As a wise man said: “Whenever and wherever‚ there is injustice‚ Terrorism cannot be eradicated.” Narrow mindedness‚ fanaticism‚ fundamentalism‚ intolerance and religious extremism are considered the main causes of terrorism politics and religious extremists do not tolerate their opponents and try to eliminate them. While some culprits do it for temptations of money. It is also a fact

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    justifies the killing of human lives. Hate is the most poisonous conflict of our time. First of‚ we have the White Supremacist Movement in Europe‚ North America‚ Australia‚ New Zealand‚ Latin America‚ and South Africa. Second‚ are the Christian Fundamentalism as an anti-gay platform in The Unite States discriminating against homo-sexual. Third‚ are the Muslim Extremists in the Middle East since the late 19th century‚ Israeli Settlers and Soldiers‚ and US Forces in Iraq (this century). These conflicts

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