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    islamic death ritual

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    though they are subject to regional interpretation and variation in custom. In all cases‚ however‚ sharia (Islamic religious law) calls for burial of the body‚ preceded by a simple ritual involving bathing and shrouding the body‚ followed by salah (prayer). Cremation of the body is forbidden. Common islamic burial rituals include Bathing the dead body‚ except in extraordinary circumstances as in battle of Uhud. Enshrouding dead body in a white cotton or linen cloth. Funeral prayer ( صلاة الجنازة )

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    The main argument of this article is that the rituals that the TSA do to check and make sure everyone is safe are violating our personal civil rights. It says that when the TSA officers do the screenings or pat downs that we lose our right to personal privacy. The main point discussed in this article is that since the attacks of September 11th‚ 2001 most people have become more worrisome and fearful of things like 9/11 recurring. According to the article this has caused them to lose trust in counter-terrorism

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    Nathan Whittingham Professor Mariana Philosophy 120 12 October 2014 The Fallacy of Cultural Relativism The diversity of beliefs and ways of life is a conspicuous phenomenon that occurs within the human race. For example‚ what Satanists find right and reasonable is damnable to Christians‚ and vice-versa. Additionally‚ the ancient Aztecs practiced human sacrifice for reasons that today‚ we find totally illogical. And just as we‚ in America‚ now look back upon our history regarding slavery with

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    Chinese Mourning Rituals

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    CHINESE MOURNING RITUALS In premodern China‚ the great majority of people held beliefs and observed practices related to death that they learned as members of families and villages‚ not as members of organized religions. Such beliefs and practices are often subsumed under the umbrella of "Chinese popular religion." Institutional forms of Buddhism‚ Confucianism‚ Taoism‚ and other traditions contributed many beliefs and practices to popular religion in its local variants. These traditions‚ especially

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    grandparent’s house in Mansfield‚ Ohio for a great Thanksgiving celebration. During the two-hour car ride from Warren‚ Ohio to Mansfield‚ Ohio‚ my family listens to the Sirius XM Holiday Music Channel. We partake in the “premature listening to Christmas music ritual” because as my dad expresses‚ “My girls are home from college and I made my cranberry dressing‚ it feels like the holidays to me.” Under this reasoning‚ my family deems it acceptable to prematurely listen to the holiday music. As we arrive at my grandparent’s

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    them still live in their minds and hearts. In one particular place in Indonesia called Tana Toraja‚ specifically in a regency in South Sulawesi the dead still continues to walk on earth. It is known that they have the most complex death ceremonies/ritual in the world. The population of the Toraja is approximately 650‚000‚ or 450‚000 still live in Tana Toraja. Over there‚ everyone has different religions such as‚ the majority Christian‚ some are Muslim‚ and a few still believes in a local belief called

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    Apache Death Rituals

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    Jonnie Yarborough Mrs. Parrish PSY-241-NO1 12-05-09 Apache Death Rituals There are many Native American tribes but I decided to write on the Apaches and their approach to death and how they went about burying their dead. I didn’t realize that it would be so hard to find information and just how much of a secret their death rituals were. I did find out that if a squaw dies‚ they don’t honor her death. If it was a woman they considered her death of no account. They bury their dead in the cover

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    Cultural Relativism

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    (Rachels 618). This claim is known as Cultural Relativism. "Cultural Relativism‚ as it has been called‚ challenges our ordinary belief in the objectivity and universality of moral truth. There is no such thing as universal truth in ethics: there there are only the various cultural codes‚ and nothing more. Moreover‚ our own code has no special status‚ it is merely one among many" (Rachels 618). It is clear that the answer to the question of ethics is‚ Cultural Relativism. The subject of murder is probably

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    The Christian ritual of Baptism Many forms of Christianity unite in their belief of performing the ritual of Baptism. But it is seen that these Christian denominations differ widely in their teachings about Baptism. While some consider it a rite of passage into the family of God‚ others strongly believe that without Baptism one cannot truly attain heaven‚ as it accomplishes the “washing away of sin”. There are others that teach it as an important step in the believer’s life without it having the

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    Lakota Tribe Ritual

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    The Sundance‚ or known to the Lakota as Wiwanyag Wachipi‚ is one of the most fundamental and sacred rites of the Lakota people. It is also one of the more complex rituals‚ as it is a dance aligned with the sun for three days and two nights and there are numerous small details that must be done before the ritual can take place. Created as a means of bringing together the Lakota people and providing community during hardship‚ the Sundance is the largest and quickest pan-Indian movement up to date.

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