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    Ancient Mesopotamia

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    I am a woman living in Mari I am treated different than most men who teach my society believes that I am not smart enough “to master literacy”- ancient.eu. For example‚ male tutors are thought to have a higher level of intelligence and are well compensated by the wealthy. Despite this myself and other women were among the first individuals to become brewers‚ physicians in ancient Mesopotamia before those occupations proved lucrative and were taken over by men. Whereas Women in Egypt are allowed to

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    Muslim’s have always been faced with struggles in their lives‚ especially when entering into the United States. They are a popular minority group in America that is strongly discriminated against. They face every day struggles that make their lives that much more difficult. Muslim women in particular is what I am going to be discussing in my research paper. Women in general‚ are still being discriminated against in the world today‚ but being a Muslim women in America‚ has unthinkable consequences

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    muslim religion

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    rapidly in the world throughout the centuries and it is now one of the largest religions in the world. Muslims have only one book that they cherish and also follow all the teachings from the book known as Quran. The religion has many beliefs such polygamy; they believe that a man should have a maximum of four wives. The belief also has a condition that the man has to have the means to treat all of his wives fairly. They also believe in Jihad which is literally means struggle the Muslim religion

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    A Different Take On Life                                People often become so accustomed to the lifestyle they live‚ that they do not put much thought into the different customs right under their nose. People as a whole‚ frequently become consumed in their own lives‚ forgetting that other ways of life do exist. China is one of the most populated countries in the world‚ yet many people do not know of their unique and interesting culture. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan displays the Chinese culture

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    Worldview of Islam

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    Worldview/Religion Analysis of Islam Harry L. Pitts Student ID: #155179 APOLOGETICS 500 Professor Larry McDonald Liberty University‚ February 06‚ 2011 Contents INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………….. 1 ISLAMIC THEOLOGY……………………………………………………………………… 2 IS THE KORAN THE WORD OF GOD…………………………………………………….. 3 QUESTIONS FOR MUSLIMS………………………………………………………………. 4 What can Muslims do to have eternal life in Christ…………………………………... 5 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………………………

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    Can a person be moral and not believe in God Name PHI 103 Informal Logic Instructor Date of Submission Morality only exists if we believe in God; therefore if God doesn’t exist there is no morality. There have been so many evil acts committed in the name of God that it is difficult to maintain that a belief in God equates to morality. There are situations that happen every day where decisions are made based off of human rights that contradict the word of God. Morality comes from within

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    families are established and the families are the fundamental entity of our society. Furthermore marriage is the only legitimate or halal way to indulge in intimacy between a man and woman. Islamic marriage although permits polygamy but it completely prohibits polyandry. Polygamy though permitted was guarded by several conditions by Prophet but these conditions are not obeyed by the Muslims in toto. Marriage:-Pre Islamic Position Before the birth of Islam there were several traditions in Arab.

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    Personal Law‚ whereas all the Hindus‚ Christians‚ Sikhs as well as other non-Muslim Indians live under other Personal law. The endeavor to respect unequal‚ religious law has made various issues in India‚ for example‚ worthiness of child marriage‚[ ] polygamy‚ unequal legacy rights‚ triple talaq‚ extrajudicial one-sided separation rights positive to some citizens‚ and clashing translations of religious books.[

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    Oklahoma Land Rush Oklahoma Indian Territory 5 civilized tribes –Cherokees‚ Chickasaw‚ Choctaws‚ Creek‚ Seminole Land Rush on “No Man’s Land” – April 22‚ 1889 – white settlers given opportunity to settle far western portion of OK Curtis Act 1889 – formally ended Indian communal land ownership thereby legally dissolving Indian Territory Oklahoma – “land of the Red Man” At the close of the Civil War 360‚000 Indians still lived in Trans-Miss. West.  Most in Great Plains. Plain Indians used guns

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    Legal Pluralism

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    HOW FAR CAN YOU APPLY LEGAL PLURALISM IN MALAYSIA Definition Legal pluralism is the existence of multiple legal systems within one geographic area that‚ in Malaysia‚ occur when – • the law of the British colonial authority exists alongside more traditional Malay “adat‚” Islamic and customary legal systems. • different laws govern different groups‚ i.e. Islamic Laws for Muslim conduct and Common Law for Non-Muslim conduct. • the customary legal systems of the indigenous population

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