The title of the first section "The Veil" reflects a major influence of Marjane Satrapi's life, as she battles its oppression in her life and in school. ... Schools began distributing gold painted plastic keys, telling boys, "if they went to war and were lucky enough to die, this key would get them into heaven.... As one might conclude from the strict laws, she was instantly expelled. It didn't take her long at her new school to get into trouble, stating evidence to disprove her religion teacher's claim, "Since the Islamic Republic was founded, we no longer ...

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From a very young age, boys would be converted to Islam and then trained in the Palace schools. The children would be tested and placed in a special school to develop their individual skills and strengths to serve in multiple positions in the Ottoman government. ... The Palace schools often used newly converted European Muslims or other non-Muslims to teach arithmetic and Geometry. ... Everyone else was simply a servant to carry out his laws. ... The Ottoman Empire created and ran by the laws of Islam....

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Gen.Zia Ul Haq imposed martial law in 1977and he ruled for over a decade, after deposing Mr. ... (3) Recommendations were also underway for the institution of the Shariah law, part of which was to make the evidence of a woman in the court of law half the weight of that of a man. However the Shariah Law was never applied for several reasons. ... Secondly Shariah Law itself has not yet been codified to the extent that it could replace the entire bulk of the English civil and criminal law currently in practice in Pakistan... In schools and colleges the reading of some of the Quranic passages in...

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School Vouchers, The Pledge of Allegiance, and The U.S. ... Should school vouchers be allowed to aid unprivileged families to send their children to private schools? The first problem with this issue is that more than 80% of private schools are registered under some religious denomination. ... Though nothing is concrete against school vouchers, the government continues to remain neutral. ... Let establishments of the past stay, as the law of the land, due to symbolism and the founding of our great nation. ...

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Iraq Iraq is located in the Middle East. It is bordered by the Persian Gulf and the countries Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Kuwait. Its capital city is Baghdad. Other cities in the country are Basrah, Mosul, Karkuk, As Sulaymaniyah, Irbil. Its area is 433,970 square miles. Iraq became...

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THE VEIL CONTROVERSY IN FRANCE The Issue: On the 18th of Dec "2003 French President Jacques Chirac, warning that growing ethnic and religious divisions threatened to erode France's tradition of equality, called for a new law that would ban Muslim girls' headscarves and all other overt religious symbols from public schools. ... The schools will remain secular. ... This form of secularism would be undermined by acts of collective, organized worship in French schools. ... Head of the commission, which recommend the ban, Bernard Stasi, described the proposed law as a counter to ...

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• Although the laws of inheritance are unequal, women have rights and advantages they did not have in pre-Islam society. ... PRE-ISLAMIC CULTURES • Nigeria "Hausa people Women are not secluded, work in the fields, have a significantly higher literacy rate than Muslim women, and are not disadvantaged in law. ... THEN ISLAM SPREAD • Reinforced the patrilineal aspects of these societies • Justified the subordination of women to men • In pre-Islamic society there was no regular law system protecting those rights women did possess. ... • Many of t...

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"I have no intention of removing the monument of the Ten Commandments, the moral foundation of our law," Moore said. ... (Matthew 22.21) Both "laws" are explaining that state and religion (God) should be respected separately not that one should be disregarded for the other. ... Creation cannot be taught in the schools, voluntary praying and scripture reading in the schools have been removed, and there is also a fight underway to remove "under God" from our Pledge of Allegiance. ... There are laws preventing the discrimination of all of these, but I'm not sure that in reality it is pr...

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In a rapport by Lutz (2014), it is stated that cultural biases are compounded by poverty; and this leads to many poor families in for example Middle East; parents who can only send some children to school will see boys as a better investment for the family. ... Western scholars and intellectuals view Islam as a major factor that determine women's condition in society and they often pinpoint Saudi Arabia as an example due it being one of the countries who has its constitutional laws based on Islam (sharia). ... Islam even goes to the extent of stating that if a government (Islamic) prohibi...

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Saudi Arabia has one of the lowest crime rates in the world because crimes simply aren't reported; they have one of the lowest recorded incidents of rape for any country because rape victims will get stoned or lashed for adultery if they report it, not because sharia law has magically ended all civil discord. ... But do you see Catholic pedophiles or rapists or school shooters being funded with billions from across the globe and cheered on by millions? ... The CIA, MI6 and Interpol have all said that the greatest risk to European security today is Muslim citizens of European countries tra...

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No alcohol = it makes people forget things and they have to remember their duties to pray to Allah Religious laws- Shari"ah - clear straight path (religious laws) Muslims living in non Muslim countries are sometimes torn between the need to conform to the customs of the country and the desire to live out Islam as it is dictated. ... E.g. sports school uniform has to be worn but shorts can threaten the Islamic dress code. ...

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The Qur'an comprehends the complete code to the laws and values of Islamic culture based on the ethical teachings and tradition written by the Prophet Muhammad. ... Islam's diversity derives from the various schools and the different divisions within Islam, as well as differences in cultural background and levels of religious observance. ... Unless under extreme circumstances arise there are no exceptions to these set of traditional laws. Jewish law is clear that a life can not be taken unless it is reasonably clear that life isn't taken before its time and that one is not to ...

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In this essay "The Role of Islam in Pakistani Politics", I will begin with distinguishing between the two schools of thought which are at the forefront of Pakistani politics. ... He also brought reforms to the Muslim family law ordinance. ... Another duty of the Advisory council was to advise the government if any new law was antagonistic to the Islamic law. ... Ayub Khan also attempted to change the Marriage Family laws of Pakistan. ... The family laws provided women greater rights, which curbed the freedom with which men could divorce their wives. ...

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Ali, Mohammed's cousin and son-in-law was chosen as caliph. ... The ulama consists of Muslim scholars, judges and legal advisors who study and implement Islamic law. ... Establishing mosques, bureaucratic institutions and madrasahs, Islamic schools, the Ottoman Empire was stabilizing as it grew. ... While there were distinct laws that all Muslims were required to follow, respect was given to local ritual as long as it wasn't in conflict with widely accepted tenets of faith. ... Different strains of Christianity and Judaism were accepted and protected by law under Ottoman rule. ...

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Oedipus the King In the pheado written by Plato (427-347 b.c.) Socrates was asked by Plato who was his pupil to define soul and body. Socrates" answer to this question was that body is "human" and "mortal" and that soul is "divine" and "immortal". This is important because from Socrates, Plato...

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He used two thirds of the country's budget for law enforcement and an army because there could be no progress without peace. ... The government created many schools to teach students foreign languages, along with military and naval technology, mining, shipbuilding, and telegraph communication. ... Since Kemal believed that new schools would be a step in the right direction to produce a forward looking Turkey, all schools in the republic passed under control of the education ministry. Kemal's first reforms went towards institutions, the sultanate and the caliphate, schools, and courts...

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And while poor treatment in Islamic cultures can be attributed to radical regional customs which are easily debunked by the words of the Koran, Hindu culture, with its lack of an offical religious text, has little to govern the treatment of women by, thus opening up the door for tradition and public opinion to serve as Hindu law. ... The horrors faced by Hindu women were mainly the cause of ancient laws and customs passed down from one generation to the next, in much the same way some Islamic cultures have functioned. ... This obsession with keeping females in close proximity to their family...

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Pre-modern Judaism constituted (and traditional Judaism today constitutes) an integrated cultural system of Jewish law, custom, and practice encompassing the totality of individual and communal existence. ... They would acknowledge God, agreeing to obey his laws; God, in turn, would acknowledge Israel as his particular people. ... During the first centuries of Islam its law and theology, the basic orthodox Islamic disciplines, were developed. The 700s and 800s saw the emergence of the first major Islamic theological school, called the Mutazilites, who stressed reason and rigorous logical ratio...

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Unlike several religions of the same time period, which had strict laws for the countries to follow, such as Spain with Catholism. ... They were well known by their inventions and knowledge, especielly when they attended to the School of Sagres, in which they made several discoveries and tools for navigation. ...

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Unlike several religions of the same time period, which had strict laws for the countries to follow, such as Spain with Catholism. ... They were well known by their inventions and knowledge, especielly when they attended to the School of Sagres, in which they made several discoveries and tools for navigation. ...

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The Ayatollah went ahead with his plan of instituting Islamic law as Iran's statutes. One day at school, Marina's calculus teacher was speaking about politics as opposed to calculus. ... Conversely, the Iranian government feels that it is their duty to enforce Islamic law. ... We have to protect Islam, God's law, and God's people from the evil forces that are at work against them.... They view the actions taken as a direct violation of Islamic law without room for debate. ...

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I also have many Muslim peers surrounding me at school and work, who reinforce my beliefs and collectively practice with me. ... Eating halal meat was never a concern, nor was having alcohol around (both dietary laws in Islam). ... I still had to continue going to school and function as a student even though I had other duties as a Muslim. ... To break our fast we have to eat something at sunset but if I am at work or I am at school then I have to wait for my break to eat properly. ...

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During this time period in Senegal, Senegal was undergoing a culture reform by the introduction of new laws an policies, which gave more rights to woman. Many people where giving up their traditional trades and attending school to acquire enlightenment. ... Assioute and Ramatoulaye where friends that attend the same school, and became activist for acquiring rights for woman within Senegal. ... After her divorce she found herself going back to school and advancing in her career field; in which she then became appointed to the Senegal embassy within the United States. ...

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In order for this to happen a young teenage boy must attend Hebrew school. ... The Torah is a sacred recording of laws and events in Jewish history. ... Thus, there is an Islamic religious institution but also an Islamic law, state, and other institutions governing society. ...

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Former president ordered that Islamic teachings be taught in public school and that is only one way they were getting the culture back. ... There was actually a law that said he was to be president for life the current president was elected in 2007 and still is. ...

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