War II‚ where the Japanese armies conquered the Malaya‚ Mahathir helped to lessen his family’s financial burden by selling banana fritters and other snacks. He attended a Malay vernacular school before continuing his education at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College in Alor Setar. Mahathir then attended the King Edward VII Medical College (the predecessor of present-day University of Malaya and thus National University of Singapore) in Singapore‚ where he edited a medical student magazine called The
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John Scopes that the fundamentalists had to defend themselves against the Darwinists‚ and vice-versa. During the Scopes trial - affectionately know to the American public as "The Monkey Trial" - John Scopes was on trial for disobeying Tennessee’s anti-evolution statute‚ a law that made teaching evolution illegal. Though the entire trial was a publicity stunt‚ because of its publicity‚ the result had far-reaching effects and set legal precedent for the nation. The fundamentalists were out to remove
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A once popular bumper sticker read‚ “The Moral Majority is Neither.” The fact that there was a bumper sticker criticizing the Moral Majority‚ measures how large of an impact they once had in politics in America. Led by Reverend Jerry Falwall‚ the Moral Majority was an ultra-conservative group that aimed to incorporate politics with strong conservative religious views. The mission itself was controversial which made their political agenda criticized even more. Falwell and the rest of the Moral Majority
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The Impact of Religion on Ethno-Religious Conflicts: in Israel and Palestine‚ and Bosnia and Herzegovina Abstract Religion is supposed to be a positive factor in solving problems and disputes not only between individuals‚ but also between nations. Unfortunately‚ throughout history we have seen that religion was and still is used primarily by radicals to achieve their political‚ social‚ or religious agenda. This negative exploitation of religion by people of interest and radicals has distorted
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religions: Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism and Sikhism. Modern India came into existence in 1947 as a secular nation and the Indian constitution’s preamble states that India is a secular state. India has a Hindu President (Pratibha Patil)‚ Muslim Vice President (M. Hamid Ansari)‚ a Sikh Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh) and a Christian Defence MinisterA. K. Antony. The leader of the largest party‚ the Indian National Congress‚ Sonia Gandhi is a Catholic Christian‚ while the leader of the opposition is Sushma Swaraj‚
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inspired us greatly to work in this project. Their willingness to motivate us contributed tremendously to our project. Besides ‚ we also would like to thank to the Chairman and the supervisor of Taman Desaria Sri Merpati En.Abdul Rahim and En. Abdul Hamid for enabling us to visit their offices and residential area to collect some useful information about the residential. They very helpful and give a good cooperative in providing information and not tired to entertain us. Also thanks to studio mates
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Bhd (PNB)‚ has announced a 6.50 sen dividend per unit for Amanah Saham Malaysia (ASM) for the financial year ending March 31‚ 2012. The income distribution was higher than the 6.38 sen per unit paid last year‚ PNB Chairman Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid said today. He said the income distribution would involve a total payout of RM820.24 million‚ an increase of 8.6 per cent compared to the RM755.05 million paid out last year. "The payment will benefit 546‚341 unit holders who currently hold 12
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Urquico‚ Jan Paolo 10 October 2012 I – AB Economics-Honors EN12 S11 QUEER FAITH: The Bible in a Gay Christian’s Perspective “We treat them [homosexuals] as pariahs‚ and push them outside our church communities‚ and thereby we negate the consequence of their baptism and ours. We make them doubt they are children of God‚ and this must be nearly the ultimate blasphemy. We blame them for something that is becoming increasingly clear they can do little about.” —Archbishop Desmond Tutu‚ The Rainbow
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Hadassah Viana English 10 Miss Febo 12/9/13 Marji is persistent‚ intelligent and not afraid to let people know what she believes in no matter how people will disagree with her or what the consequences will be. In the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi‚ Marji is persistent because she firmly believes in communism in spite of the consequences or opposition. She really wanted to go to the demonstration with Mehri‚ but her mother warns her not to go because it’s very dangerous. On the very
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overpowered DSF’s contender Ishan Anand‚ NSUI’s contender Pran Veer Singh‚ SFI’s contender Rahul N‚ Concerned Students’ contender Chandrasen and ABVP’s contender Alok Kumar Singh for the post of president. AISA contenders Anubhuti Agnes Bara‚ Sarfaraz Hamid and Sandeep Saurav were choosen as vice president‚ joint secretary and general secretary respectively. These results weren’t at all unexpected‚ seeing from the support AISA gathered during rallies. In the Delhi University polls‚ the
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