to the literal meaning of the text. This is made clear in the following dictum of Stratford JA in Bhyat v Commissioner of Immigration 1932 AD 125 129: The cardinal rule of construction of a statute is to endeavor to arrive at the intention of the lawgiver from the language employed in the enactment… in construing a provision of an Act of Parliament the plain meaning of language must be adopted unless it leads to some absurdity‚ inconsistency‚ hardship or anomaly which from a consideration of the enactment
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~ T HE O TTOMAN E MPIRE ~ AND THE W ORLD A ROUND I T ~ For Virginia Aksan in friendship ~ ~ The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It ~ S URAIYA F AROQHI ~ Published in 2004 by I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 6 Salem Road‚ London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue‚ New York NY 10010 www.ibtauris.com In the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan a division of St Martin’s Press 175 Fifth Avenue‚ New York NY 10010 Copyright © Suraiya Faroqhi 2004 The right of Suraiya Faroqhi
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Muhammad Research Task: Report Early Years: History‚ legend and Muslim belief portray Muhammad as a remarkable man and a prophet. He was called to be God’s messenger around the age of 40 in 610 CE. Muhammad was born into the Quraysh Tribe around 570 CE in Mecca. Little of Muhammad’s early years are recorded but we do know that he was orphaned at a young age and then raised primarily by his uncle‚ for whom he worked as a shepherd. At the age of 9 (where as some sources say 12) he joined his uncle
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omnipotent God‚ he could have set aside that requirement and simply forgiven sins without the payment of a penalty. Then what was the purpose of Christ’s death? It was God’s demonstration of the fact that his laws had been broken‚ that he is the moral lawgiver and governor of the universe‚ and some kind of the penalty would be required whenever his laws were broken. Thus Christ did not exactly pay the penalty of the actual sins of any people‚ but simply suffered to show that when God’s laws are broken
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Transformed Worldview Student Assignments - Week Four Read Curtis‚ pages 131-155‚ and give written responses to questions 1 and 6 on page 152. Study Questions for Curtis‚ Chapter 8‚ Page 152 1. Consider the farmer in Isa. 28:23-29‚ whose God-given knowledge of farming techniques comes through general revelation. Have you ever experienced anything similar? Have you ever learned how to do something through tradition‚ observation‚ experimentation‚ but believe the lessons come ultimately
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Cultural Context: CW02 – Illustrated Essay The Atrium The term atrium in architecture‚ according to the Oxford Dictionary‚ is “an open-roofed entrance hall or central court in an ancient Roman house.” The term can also be used to describe‚ in a modern building‚ the central hall which is enclosed by a glazed roof and frequently has been risen several stories high; and in a large church built on the basilica plan‚ the forecourt is known as the atrium. This essay will explore and demonstrate how
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“[J]ihad united Somali clans against a common enemy‚ the foreign “infidels‚” Ethiopian and European‚” according to Fae Miller in a study on the influences of Islam on Somali society (p. 58). While Jihad is only one aspect of Islam; Somalia has been a predominately Muslim country for centuries. It is impossible to examine Somali culture without appreciating the power of clan dynamics and religion and how pervasive they are. Miller’s observation depicts how Islam has been a unifying force susceptible
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Brian Sanderson OT 520 Dr. Brian Russell Spring 2011 Research Paper: The Unity of the Twelve ‘The Unity of the Twelve’ The Book of the twelve Minor Prophets is more than a collection of miscellaneous prophetic materials. The twelve books of the Minor Prophets function as a unified literary work. The trend in modern biblical scholarship is to treat the Book of the Twelve as twelve distinct prophetic compositions that have relatively little to do with each other apart from having been
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Did you know one in four adult Americans have a form of mental illness. That is an alarming rate of 61.5 million Americans suffer from some type of mental illness‚ well according to the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) this is exactly the case. What does this mean in the workplace? While mental illness is higher in adults‚ how does this effect businesses‚ employers‚ and employees? Mental illness is the leading cause of employees being absent‚ according to the American Psychological Association
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