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    Koonya Cult Circle

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    PROMPT 3 – ‘Sometimes people find themselves living in a world created by other people’ They raided our island in the lifeless of the night‚ the ones whom were meant to protect us. They attack the islanders‚ and kill the men‚ all to capture my father‚ Captain jank’s‚ leader of the Blood Hound Gang‚ his men are the most ferocious and powerful pirates in all of the north. Although my father was the captain‚ he was no evil man. He had come to visit his wife (my mother)‚ as she was sick and on her deathbed

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    The New Left Movements of the 1960s and 1970s were successful in their aim to influence the government to withdraw Australian troops from Vietnam; however‚ it was not the only defining factor. The New Left Movements (also referred to as social movements) were successful in seeking social and political change in the rapidly changing era of the 1960s and 1970s. Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War spurred from its national interests‚ not only combating the threat of communism but to align themselves

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    Religious Tolerance

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    Religious tolerance in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was very rare. However‚ there were many people and movements that led to an increase in tolerance and protection for all different religions. Among the many influential people of this time‚ John Winthrop‚ Roger Williams‚ and the Puritans stand out. Another major reason for the increase of toleration is the Maryland Toleration Act. People came to the colonies in search of religious freedom and the right to express themselves freely. Eventually

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    What Was The Satanic Cult

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    Subculture: Satanic Cult The Satanic Cult derived from the belief of Satan‚ a biblical figure in the Christianity religion. Satan is the complete opposite of Jesus. The Bible explains that God created Satan as a cherub‚ the most powerful of God’s angelic helper. Also‚ Satan is often referred as “Lucifer” in the Bible. He was originally created as a perfect being and described as being wise and completely righteous. However‚ pride caused Satan to fall. However‚ Satan desired to be a God instead

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    Shoshana Charlot POLS 3837 October 8‚ 2015 Midterm Exam 1. Civil rights and legal mobilization movements all start from a root. The root being a grievance in which a person’s fundamental rights are being compromised whether it be a right that is explicitly written in the constitution or an enumerated right. The Fundamental rights are rights that are recognized by the Supreme Court as being fair and legal. The fundamental rights are illustrated in the first amendment. As it reads “Congress shall

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    A cult‚ an unorthodox religious sect whose members distort the original doctrines of religion‚ they are not always dangerous or destructive‚ they can just be `variations of religion. However certain cults such as‚ Children of God‚ Aum Shinrikyo‚ and the People’s Temple‚ practice destructive devotion to a belief. These cults share one belive‚ the apoclypes is coming‚ they use this fear of doomsday to scare members into conforming to beliefs and customs. These beliefs border on illegal and terrorism

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    Religious Tourism

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    Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific   ii Copyright © 2011‚ World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Calle Capitán Haya‚ 42 28020 Madrid‚ Spain Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific ISBN-13: 978-92-844-1380-5 Published and printed by the World Tourism Organization‚ Madrid‚ Spain First printing: 2011 All rights reserved The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinions

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    the cult of violence draw their inspiration from a grossly twisted and misfounded inter-pretation of saint Tulsidas’s lines‚ ’Dhol‚ Ganwar Shudra Pashu Nari‚ Sakal taran ke adhikari’ (Drum‚ lout‚ untouchable‚ beast and woman‚ they

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    The Religious Right

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    The Religious Right Who are they and what are they doing to America? In the past three decades‚ there has been a major shift in the Republican Party. While the Republicans have represented the economic conservative side for some time‚ they only recently became the party of socially conservative policies. This is in large part due to their absorption of the Religious Right Party. The Religious Right‚ a faction of the conservative movement‚ is a group of individuals who feel that government and

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    Religious Fundamentalism

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    1962-1982‚ Croom Helm‚ London‚ 1984. Clarke‚ Magnus‚ The Wars of Iraq‚ Deakin University‚ Geelong‚ 1995. Dessouki‚ Ali E. Hillal (ed.)‚ Islamic Resurgence in the Arab World‚ Praeger Publishers‚ New York‚ 1982. Esposito‚ John L.‚ The Islamic Threat; Myth or Reality? (2nd ed.)‚ Oxford University Press‚ New York‚ 1995. Irfani‚ Suroosh‚ Iran’s Islamic Revolution‚ Zed Books‚ London‚ 1983. Kamrava‚ Mehran‚ Revolution in Iran. The Roots of Turmoil‚ Routledge‚ London‚ 1990. McWilliams‚ Wayne C. and Piotrowski

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