Women covering their faces‚ shops closing five times a day for prayer‚ polygamy being legal for up to four wives. These are all the characteristics of the country I was born in. It is the very country where Islam came into existence‚ run by a monarch who rule by Islamic law. This is important‚ because this is the country that shaped how I thought‚ who I was‚ and who I’ve become. With its strict religion‚ and strong tradition and culture‚ in blunt words‚ it brainwashed me. Up until the seventh grade
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| Judicial System on Gay Marriage | His 303: The American Constitution | | Tara Van Zummeren | 7/14/2013 | | Article III of the United States Constitution establishes the judicial branch of the federal government. The judiciary is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law. The judiciary also provides as a device for the resolution of disputes. With our courts we are able to make decisions for our country‚ states‚ and county’s on all legal matters. One of the
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Bibliography: Ahewar‚ 2008. Campaign to stop polygamy in Kurdistan-Iraq. (updated December 19‚ 2008). Available at: http://www.ahewar.org/eng/show.art.asp?aid=671 [accessed May 2‚ 2009] Bobbio N.‚ 2006 Christiano T.‚ 2006. Democracy. (Updated Jul 27‚ 2006). Available at: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/democracy/
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Dowry system in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia ’s quality standards. The specific problem is: reference formatting. Please help improve this article if you can. (March 2013) In India‚ dowry (Hindi: दहेज‚ Dahēja in Hindi)[1] is the payment in cash or some kind of gifts given to bridegroom ’s family along with the bride. Generally they include cash‚ jewellery‚[2] electrical appliances‚ furniture‚ bedding
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Divorce (or the dissolution of marriage) is the termination of a marital union‚ the canceling of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and the dissolving of the bonds of matrimony between a married couple. Divorce is unlike annulment which declares the marriage null and void. Divorce laws vary considerably around the world‚ but in most countries it requires the sanction of a court or other authority in a legal process. The legal process of divorce may also involve issues of alimony (spousal
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T. S. Simey and his team in the 1940s described Afro-Caribbean families as dysfunctional. Drawing on the work of Caribbean theorists‚ evaluate this statement in light of contemporary Caribbean family forms. Define family George Peter Murdock (1949) defined family as “a social group characterized by common residence‚ economic co-operation and reproduction.” According to Murdock‚ the family includes adults of both sexes‚ at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship and
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between the matrifocal families and the Caribbean Society than any of the other mentioned family patterns‚ This family form prevailed according to Herskovits (1958)- Consequences of African Retention. Africans brought their cultural practice of polygamy
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country with a large Hindu majority Due to the influence and the conquest of foreign force like the Mughals or the British‚ who had brought their own culture with them‚ the conditions of women were greatly affected and changed. The Muslims practiced polygamy as part of their religion and pushed it on the Hindus. To protect the women‚ “Purdah” system was introduced. But because of the establishment of this system‚ in which the women had to cover their body‚ their freedom was narrowed‚ which “lead to the
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African-Americans who oppose gay marriage will become the new Ku Klux Klan?” (Forman‚ 2011) I disagree with this‚ there is no such thing as traditional marriage. Given the prevalence of modern and ancient examples of family arrangements based on polygamy‚ communal child-rearing‚ the use of concubines and mistresses and the commonality of prostitution‚ heterosexual monogamy can be considered "unnatural” in evolutionary terms. (Pro & Con Arguments: "Should gay marriage be legal?" 2011) The second
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Afghan Woman Prisoner Ethnocentrism is the practice of judging another culture by the standards of ones own culture (pg. 54). Ethnocentrism is also the belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethnic group or culture. There are different levels of ethnocentrism such as: equality‚ sensitivity‚ indifference‚ avoidance and disparagement. Ethnocentrism leads to conflict‚ cultural shock‚ stereotyping‚ discrimination‚ and prejudice that lead negative attitude towards a person because of a group
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