more than he did gravely. India would not be in the shape it is today without Asoka’s leadership and rule. After Asoka’s warriors had conquered Kalinga and its people‚ he wanted to know why people in his empire were suffering. The ruler went on a pilgrimage‚ trying to discover answers and enlightenment. Whilst on his mission‚ Asoka: a ruler whose legacy and leadership made him the founding father of India. He ruled the Mauryan Empire over 2‚000 years ago‚ and helped to spread Buddhism in and around
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Hans’ will. They are pious to the mother of God and they are willing to put off the clergies and nobilities. The way they can go through the spiritual process is to go on the pilgrimage to the shrine‚ Niklashausen‚ to get purification and releasing. Another rule‚ which determines Hans and his followers to do the pilgrimage‚ is because of their poverty‚ the economic rule. A peasant can barely get their work by enough harvest to support a family‚ be prepared for next year. The basic need is also
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INTRODUCTION: World is becoming multi-faith day by day. There isn’t any single country in the world occupied by the people of a single belief. Each country has different faiths in the form of minorities and majorities. People of different communities are living with each other around the world and coming closer day by day. This is an era of globalization which calls for “interfaith awareness and understanding”. A basic understanding of the diverse range of cultures‚ faiths and their histories has
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Context The Canterbury Tales is the most famous and critically acclaimed work of Geoffrey Chaucer‚ a late-fourteenth-century English poet. Little is known about Chaucer’s personal life‚ and even less about his education‚ but a number of existing records document his professional life. Chaucer was born in London in the early 1340s‚ the only son in his family. Chaucer’s father‚ originally a property-owning wine merchant‚ became tremendously wealthy when he inherited the property of relatives who had
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al-Adha begins with a prayer followed by a sermon. Eid al-Adha is celebrated annually on the 10th day of the 12th and the last Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah of the lunar Islamic calendar. Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the Hajj‚ the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide. The date is approximately 70 days (2 Months and 10 days) after the end of the month of Ramadan. Ritual observance of the holiday lasts until sunset of the 13th day of Dhu al-Hijjah Reading Comprehension
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father of a Muslim family and his teenage son on their way to the Mecca for pilgrimage. The central characters encounter memorable strangers along the way‚ for example‚ a mysterious old lady who insists on getting a ride from them and a con man who at first helps them at a boarder crossing. In the autobiographical reading of Malcolm X‚ it is noted that he too had encountered many people of different aspects. The pilgrimage to Mecca ids not a simple trip but a journey that embarks on many encounters
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The Real Motives Behind the Crusades The Crusades were more the result of ulterior motives of benefit‚ rather than the desire to wipe out the Muslims. The Pope at the time‚ Pope Urban‚ wanted the Crusades for his own benefit. The knights and had also gone on the Crusades for themselves. Everyday laymen also went on the Crusades to benefit themselves. Merchants went to profit themselves as well. Christians and Muslims at some points in history were even able to live in harmony. The Crusades was
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owning monastic lands were unlikely to embrace a return to Catholicism (Household‚ 2008). Henry made changes in traditional religious practices. He ordered the clergy to rebuke superstitious images and relics‚ and to preach against miracles and pilgrimages. “The catechism of 1545‚ called the King ’s Primer‚ left out the saints.
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government‚ more than 5‚700 people were "presumed dead." [3] This total included 934 local residents.[4] Destruction of bridges and roads left about 100‚000 pilgrims and tourists trapped in the valleys leading to three of the four Hindu Chota Char Dham pilgrimage sites [5] [6][7][8] [9][10] The Indian Air Force‚ the Army and paramilitary troops evacuated more than 110‚000 people from the flood ravaged Origin From 14 to 17 June 2013‚ the Indian state of Uttarakhand and adjoining area received heavy rainfall
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The five pillars of Islam is when Muslims practice their worship for Allah which is the God of Islam. These five pillars are the basic work or building block for Muslims. The five pillars are belief‚prayer‚charity‚fasting‚ and pilgrimage. The Muslims are supposed to believe that there is no true god‚ but a God that has to be worshipped and that doesn’t have a son or partner. This is called shahada or belief which is the most important pillar for Islam and its people. These five pillars are expected
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