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    occurred in the United States on September 11‚ 2001. Armstrong’s observations‚ though often flawed because of her rose-colored view of Islam’s mysticism‚ accurately reveal the impending nightmare of the Taliban. She harshly condemns the Taliban as fundamentalist and contrary to

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    Iran-United States relations (Stalling). The crisis was caused by the seizure of the United States Embassy in Tehran‚ Iran by Iranian students on November 4‚ 1979 (Stalling). The Shah fled Iran and went to the United States. Ayatollah Khomeini‚ a fundamentalist Islamic leader‚

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    As we discussed in class‚ hermeneutics allow people read the same text and come away with a different meaning. A prime example of this is the difference in opinions between Muslims and fundamental Christians. Muslims use science to confirm and further back up their beliefs‚ while fundamental Christians stick to what is in the bible to confirm their beliefs. Muslims believe that “Allah created the heavens and all that is between them in six days” (7:54). While Muslims believe that the universe and

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    In Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale‚” the dystopian world is the concept of using women to conceived‚ without the revival of intimacy. Offred‚ the narrator‚ tells the readers about the conditions she experiences in Gilead‚ the theocratic and totalitarian world which has replaced America. Everything about the novel is a direct assault to the feminine perspective‚ wherein common women‚ such as Offred‚ is used as conceiving vessels without the freedom to love‚ make relationships‚ and make their

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    Introduction Irrespective of geographical boundaries the world has turned into global village because of social media and communication. The technology is the bigger aspect that has promoted it more. Now a day’s media has a great influence in our life and that has been increasing day by day. Young generations in this world are surrounded by social media. Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create‚ share‚ and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities

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    sexuality of these religions are causing people to be more cautious and use protection. Unfortunately‚ throughout history organized religion has also been used as a justification for wars and has resulted in the death of millions of people by fundamentalists and extremists. The “Jihad” or holy war waged by a violent sect of Islam on non-Muslim or Muslim people who support ideals that conflict with their version of Islam‚ is one example of a conflict driven by religious beliefs. Another example of

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    nations infrastructure with continual bombing and missile fire; It creates fear and hatred in the hearts of the common citizens who have lost loved ones in the process; It causes the vanquished to store deep-seated hatred for the enemy; It foments fundamentalist groups of freedom-fighters within the weaker nation being attacked for its resources; It leaves the victor nations citizens with a completely false sense of pride because the dummied down public have’nt a clue their tax dollars and their lives

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    characters against the backdrop of the modern history of Afghanistan‚ sketching the political and economic toll of the instability of various regimes in Afghanistan; from the end of the monarchy to the Soviet-backed government of the 1980s to the fundamentalist Taliban government of the 1990s. The action closes soon after the fall of the Taliban and alludes to the rise of Hamid Karzai as leader of a new Afghan government in the wake of the events

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    they fit into the world‚ and we’ll both differ with an atheist in how we fit into the world. We all say different things and use different words‚ but we’re all trying to answer the same question. This does not make me any more tolerant than a fundamentalist Christian who believes that religion is about salvation through Christ. Beliefs about the correctness or validity of other religions doesn’t make any of us more inclusive‚ or tolerant‚ or sophisticated than other religions that disagree with us

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    life. Fundamentalism is the beginning to King’s journey and one of the oldest beliefs there are. It implies a fundamental belief that whatever is said‚ written‚ or phrased is true to it’s word. For example‚ the bible is taken literally by a fundamentalist Christian. The pessimism towards human nature is a large part of fundamentalism. Everyone is born with original sin and must learn to accept it but only

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