The politics of religion and blasphemy in Bangladesh | | | | | | It all began with a remark made by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam Dhaka city leader Rafiqul Islam Khan. Since Sheikh Hasina’s government came into office in early 2009‚ it has been thwarting political activity of Jamaat and of its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir and harassing the leaders and activists of these two organizations in the street and in their offices and residences. In such a context‚ in a discussion
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Throughout‚ the years a huge impact aroused by the liberalism philosophy. The main concept of the liberalism is the belief that the government is necessary in order to protect individuals from being harmed. Nevertheless‚ The United Sates has a federal republic government‚ but with the liberalism philosophy arising several people has changed their point of views. The federal republic philosophy and the liberalism philosophy differ in several manners. The problem is compounded when one asks who should
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difference between your civil liberties and your civil rights. Knowledge is power and knowing your rights is important for the protection of your own rights and respect for the rights of others around you; if you don’t stand up for yourself and know your own right then who will? But first to understand what the difference between these two essential parts of our overall freedom and everyday lives‚ we must distinguish and understand what they are individually. Civil liberties are defined “as areas of
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DVA1501/101/3/2013 Tutorial Letter 101/3/2013 INTRODUCTION TO DEVELOPMENT STUDIES DVA1501 Semesters 1 and 2 Department of Development Studies This tutorial letter contains important information about your module. Bar code CONTENTS 1 1.1 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.1 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 5 6 7 8 8.1 8.2 8.2.1 8.2.2 8.3 9 10 11 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME ................................................................................................ 3 Tutorial matter ....................................
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Freedom Freedom is a concept that refers to many aspects of human life. I believe that is defined as the ability that people have to do or not something‚ and do it in a way or another. I also believe that is possible to understand freedom as that state in which a man is not being imprisoned or enslaved by another; it is a concept that refers to all aspects related to independence. This concept is something that has made us think in many ways‚ because many times‚ the do what we want‚ can take us
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establishment of a code of human rights is a relatively recent concept introduced by the United Nations in 1946. However‚ code list is not globally accepted‚ but is upheld and respected by progressive democratic thinking countries. Not all can agree on what constitutes a human right‚ but looking back through the course of history it is clear that there have been countless violations of what the U.N. has presented as human rights. Some of the most prominent violations of these rights stem from tensions between
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From the time of king Hammurabi in 1800BC societies have tried to define human rights. From this time the first official code (set of laws) was made. Throughout history individuals such as Cyrus‚ Buddha‚ Confucius‚ Socrates‚ Jesus Christ and Muhammad have influenced the collective thinking of societies in order to influence their views on the rights of individuals. On the 10th December in 1948 the United Nations brought together the collective thinking of these great leaders‚ wrote them down and
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The universality of Human Rights In the course of history men and women have been struggling to obtain equal rights. Some major results have been achieved: a century and a half ago slavery has been abolished and in almost every country in the world women have voting right. Formally‚ the establishment of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the UN General Assembly in 1948 was a great accomplishment in this struggle. The intention of this declaration is clearly shown by the use of the
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Our rights as a civilization has grown ever since its first ideas of rights. In the eighteenth century‚ many of today’s modern rights were not even thought of. People like as the enlightenment philosophers such John Locke‚ Adam Smith‚ Voltaire and May Wollstonecraft were the ones to start questioning why everyone should be capable of having the same rights. Ideas such as the rights of men‚ how the people should be the ones to choose for the economy‚ the right to choose the religion you want‚ and
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Is Water a Human Right? by GARRETT HEANEY “Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and‚ therefore‚ a basic human right. Contaminated water jeopardizes both the physical and social health of all people. It is an affront to human dignity.” — Kofi Annan‚ prior United Nations Secretary-General … If only the issue of water as a human right was as simple as Kofi Annan’s perspective. A world where humans have a well defined set of undeniable rights is an important goal for this generation. But
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