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    creating a government that would be able to rule ethnic and cultural groups. The caliphs built a new city called Baghdad were all central authority came from. The Islamic culture had a formal education that stresses the study of the Quran and the Sharia. The caliphs maintained a standing army‚ and they established bureaucratic ministries in order to keep in charge of taxation‚ finance‚ coinage‚ and postal services. In addition they also maintained a system of roads which helped trade and uphold

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    Unit 4 Written Assignment: By: Alysia Pietrangelo Professor CJ509: Comparative Criminal Justice Systems September 1‚ 2011 With so many different cultural and historical perspectives‚ it can change the way the criminal justice system works. Two types of criminal justice systems in which bring a lot of historical and cultural perspective include Iraq and Italy. Both countries also have legal tradition in which help in the way the criminal justice system works. In addition‚ both politics

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    Women Empowerment in Pakistan Outline 1. Introduction: 2. Women Empowerment and Pakistan 3. Women Empowerment at global level 4. Causes of anti-women practices in Pakistan a. Male dominance and discrimination on the basis of gender b. Pseudo-religious scholars’ misinterpretation of scriptures c. Feudalistic‚ Political‚ Economic and Socialistic system of government 5. Effects of Anti-women practices a. Abysmal state of women b. Honor killings‚ marriages with Quran‚ denial of inheritance

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    Written For a Sophomore English Class How the Taliban Changed Afghanistan Khaled Hosseini’s novel‚ The Kite Runner‚ follows the life of a young boy living in Afghanistan; a very different Afghanistan than the one we know today. Through his eyes we see the country he loves‚ his home‚ torn apart by a war with the Soviet Union‚ then a civil war‚ before finally being taken over by an extremely strict religious group called the Taliban. This series of horrible events destroys everything he loved

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    clear from banking practice that Islamic banking is equally popular in all communities”. (www.islamic-bank.com). The first Islamic bank was set up in the late 1960 ’s in Egypt to fulfil the needs of Muslims who wanted to bank but still live by Sharia law. An Islamic bank is not a religious institution but caters for the needs of the Muslim and is also appealing to non-Muslims who perceive Islamic banking as an alternative to commercial banking successful Islamic banks such as the Dubai Islamic

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    Bibliography: Oba‚ A. A.‚ “Re-Conceptualising Islamic Legal Education in Nigeria: The Case for Professionalisation”‚ Al-Maslaha – Journal of Law and Religion‚ Vol. 2‚ 1999 – 2003 (NAMLAS‚ University of Ilorin)‚ p. 99  Oba‚ A. A. “Kadis (Judges) of the Sharia Court of Appeal and the Problems of Identity‚ Relevance‚ and Marginalisation within the Nigerian Legal System” (2004) 2 (2) JCLLE‚ p.54.   Oba‚ Abdulmumini A.‚ “Lawyers‚ Legal Education and the Shari‟ah Courts in Nigeria” Journal of Legal Pluralism

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    Content Title Page Abstract……………………………………………………………..1 Chapter one: Introduction………………………………………....2 Chapter two: Position of Illegitimate child in different views…...3 Chapter three: Defense for the Rights of Illegitimate Child…….5 Chapter four: Conclusion……………………………………….…7 Methodology……………………………………………………..….8 Bibliogrophy…………………………………………………...……9 Abstract According to section 338 and 338 B of Pakistan’s

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    also considered anti-innovative‚ meaning they are against modernization of a state. This leads to many terrorist attacks on modernized countries. The goal of the Taliban is to remove foreign forces from Afghanistan and to enforce Sharia law and Islamic government. Sharia law is based on Islam’s holy book‚ the Koran‚ and concerns with the faith of an individual and how to properly practice Islam. The Taliban first rose to power as a resistance movement following 1979 when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan

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    Comprehensiveness By Omar Tarhuni Royal Holloway University Introduction The Story of the Elephant For some non Muslims Islam is chopping hands and having four wives. How would we describe Islam.? Is Islam the acts of worship that we know.? Or is it morality and good manners? ‚ Creed? Or legislation? Islam is a message for all times and generations. It is not limited to a particular period or time like other religions before Islam. The Prophet Mohammed is the Messenger of Allah to mankind

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    foetus in the womb is recognised and protected by Islam as a human life. Protection of the mother ’s life Islam allows abortion to save the life of the mother because it sees this as the ’lesser of two evils ’ and there is a general principle in Sharia (Muslim law) of choosing the lesser of two evils. Abortion is regarded as a lesser evil in this case because: • the mother is the ’originator ’ of the foetus • the mother ’s life is well-established • the mother has with duties and responsibilities

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