Services rendered by Shah Wali-Ullah (1703-62) Shah Wali-Ullah was a great Muslim saint of the 18th century. His real name was Qutbud-Din Ahmed but due to his spiritual virtues he was called Wali-ullah. He was born to a noble learned family of Delhi on 21st February 1703. His father Shah Abdur-Rahim was a renowned scholar of that period. Shah Wali-Ullah showed great promise at an early age. By the age of fifteen he had mastered the major branches of Islamic studies.. After the death of his father
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Jab Milegi Roshni Mujhse Milegi Bottom of Form Here is a wonderful poem by Ram Avtar Tyagi. I see in it a plea for preservation of our culture and the frustration of the poet on the sad fact that it has become necessary to make such a plea - Rajiv Krishna Saxena Keywords: I shall be the source of light‚ pride‚ self worth‚ lamp‚ potential greatness‚ world will follow‚ precious seed‚ sapling Surya ki ab kisiko jarurat nahinBottom of Form In today’s world‚ only falsehood survives
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into a society’s culture. In Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Player Piano‚ the author employs the Shah of Bratpuhr in such a manner. Instead of seeing a society that is better because of its reliance on machines‚ the Shah instead observes that the people of Ilium have become slaves to their machines instead. Instead of observing a society that worships a religious God and looks to him for inspiration and guidance‚ the Shah sees that Proteus’ world instead ridiculously worships and obeys the dictates of the giant
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nationwide. As a matter of fact‚ since 1789 the Chief Justice has been White and this fact still remains true since the current Chief Justice is John G. Roberts‚ Jr. Currently‚ there is only one black Associate Justice‚ Clarence Thomas and one Latino Sonia Sotomayor. There has been progress in the realm of judicial proceedings within the past years thanks to civil right activists‚ but there is still much bias going on. Sometimes certain occasions of racial bias are not heard of because they are kept
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April 27‚ 2009‚ Sonia Sotomayor was informed about the possibility to be nominated as Supreme Court Justice if David Souter were to retire. Davis Souter’s plans to retire we leaked on April 30‚ 2009‚ leading to early attention for Sotomayor’s nominee possibility as the new Supreme Court Justice. Sotomayor was informed of President Barack Obama choice on May 25. He then nominated her on May 26‚ 2009. When Sonia was nominated‚ history was made for the American court system; she became the second jurist
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one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Built under Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal‚ the Taj Mahal is now considered a World Heritage Site and is protected by UN conventions that are designed to recognize monuments with enduring significance to our culture....". Shah Jahan met Mumtaz Mahal at the age of fourteen and fell in love at the first sight. She was a Muslim Persian princess and Shah Jahan was the son of the Mughal Emperor Jehangir. In The Year 1612 they
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but that all changed during the Iranian Revolution‚ when things started going pretty bad. The U.S and Iran used to have a good relationship‚ but things fell apart during the Iranian revolution. Right before the revolution‚ the U.S propelled the Shah Mohamed Reza and replaced him with a charismatic guy called Mohammed Mossadegh. Mossadegh nationalized the Anglo- Iranian Oil company in the year 1951; it was a company that gave Britain billions of dollars every year. This nationalization
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through many changes. In 1953‚ a coup was organized and with Britain and America’s help‚ Muhammad Mossedeq was arrested and taken out of power. With Reza Shah as the main authority in the country‚ he acts as a puppet to Western influence. Shah reigned through fear and force with the help of the State Information and Security Organization (SAVAK). The Shah fled Iran to the United States because of the followers Ayotollah Khomeini rounded up against him in 1979‚ giving the Iranian population a fresh look
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you are no longer recognized as a citizen of the country that you have grown up in your whole life. This is the struggle that many Haitian people in the Dominican Republic are going through today‚ all because of their background. The actions that Sonia Pierre executed throughout her life greatly impacted those of Haitian lineage in the Dominican Republic‚ which can be traced back through her childhood‚ the establishment of the Movement for Dominican Women of Haitian Descent (MUDHA)‚ and the fight
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S. ties with Iran. (Also‚ known as the U.S. Embassy Crisis) During the 25 years the Shah ruled‚ many Iranians feared the autocratic leader. The Shah created the SAVAK police based from the CIA and the Israeli Mossad. Whoever disobeyed the law‚ was imprisoned or tortured. A “White Revolution” began from 1963 through 1978 imposing a sequence of reforms that opposed the traditional system. In January 1963‚ the Shah announced the White Revolution. Enforcing women’s’ rights‚ land reform‚ allowing non-Muslims
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