NON MUSLIM MARRIAGES INTRODUCTION • Govern by LRA from 1st March 1982 • Status of marriage solemnized before the LRA - Customary marriages/ common law marriages - Marriage according to various Ordinance *if valid under custom or Ordinance – automatic governed by LRA from 1st March 1982 – deemed to be valid under LRA – Section 4 • Not all marriages were monogamous & not all need to be registered – Section 33 LRA voluntary registration • Variety of laws governing marriage‚ on 4 February 1970 the
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East is East We’ve been looking at East is East; it’s a film about a Muslim family (although the mother is English) living in Manchester. The Khan family are an untypical of a Muslim family because Ella‚ the mother‚ I white and an atheist. George the father tries to arrange marriages for his three sons but they rebel against his strict Muslim upbringing preferring Ella’s non-religious way of life. George is the boss in their relationship; he makes all their decisions. He controls the family
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Evolution and growth of Muslim society in the Sub-continent Although Islam spread rapidly in the world as soon as it surfaced in the world‚ but it established its foothold in the Indo-Pak Sub-continent in the beginning of 8th Century A.D. It was during the rule of sixth Umayyad caliph‚ Walid bin Abdul Malak (705-715 A.D)‚ when an overarching incidence of ship looting occurred near Debal‚ a sea port. The ships‚ carrying widows and children of deceased Arab soldiers‚ sent by the king of Ceylon (present
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Censorship and Literature: Term Paper Ours is an age of information and technology‚ convenient‚ and readily-available. Any piece of information‚ opinion and critique is all but a mouse-click away. Like most advancements in technology‚ this is both a boon and a bane‚ a double-edged sword. The age of the Internet‚ in which we all reside now‚ has brought forth its fair share of controversies over the past few years. From the leaked sex tapes of Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian‚ to the relatively more
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An Successful Enlighten Thinker: John Locke John Locke (1632-1704) is a Philosopher and Physician. He was known as one of the most affective Founding Father of Enlighten movement. Because of his past occupation‚ who used to persuade to become a doctor‚ he understood how people’s lives‚ and what was the best form of government that they need. Locke’s theories in the Second Treaty of Government and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding‚ and his State of Nature‚ for examples‚ have influenced people
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Enlightenment leaders strongly believed that by using the scientific methods developed during the Scientific Revolution‚ they will be able to continue to explore and prove the laws of society and human nature. Influential thinkers from the Enlightenment period include Thomas Hobbes‚ John Locke‚ Baron de Montesquieu and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Hobbes believe that all humans are naturally selfish‚ greedy and wicked. Locke wanted to figure out the purpose of government. He wanted
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A Day in the Life of a Muslim Teenager Wednesday‚ September 5‚ 2012 Dear Diary‚ My name is Walliyah. You don’t know me but soon you will know everything. I am Muslim‚ 15 years old‚ and going to Eagle Rock High School. It was my first day today. Everything is so different. The people here in America don’t pray 5 times a day. I tried to but it was hard without being made fun of. During lunch and nutrition I went into the garden to read a little bit of the Qur’an and pray to Allah‚ but I could
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CAUSES OF THE DOWNFALL OF MUSLIM EMPIRE The Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent in the time of Aurangzeb Alamgir‚ but it collapsed with dramatic suddenness within a few decades after his death. The Mughal Empire owes its decline and ultimate downfall to a combination of factors; firstly Aurangzeb’s religious policy is regarded as a cause for the decline of the Mughal Empire as it led to disunity among the people. Although the policy did lead to weakening of the empire but the major cause of
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INDIAN POLITICAL THINKERS DURING THE INDEPENDENCE STRUGGLE TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION………………………………………………..6 CHAPTER II: POLITICAL THOUGHT OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE………………………………….11 CHAPTER III: POLITICAL THOUGHT OF SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE…………………………………..15 CHAPTER IV: POLITICAL THOUGHT OF GOPAL KRISHNA GOKHALE……………………………….25 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION............................................................................32 BIBLIOGRAPHY.........
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Plato‚ or Aristocles as is his real name‚ was one of the most influential thinkers of history. Plato set up a school called the Academy in Athens in 387 BC. He wrote down his ideas in the form of dialogues‚ or discussions between people. The dialogues explain Plato’s metaphysics or ideas on subjects such as politics‚ law‚ science‚ education‚ art‚ and the nature of knowledge. One of the best known dialogues is The Republic‚ in which Plato describes his idea of an ideal‚ or perfect‚ government. All
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