It is believed that personal and family laws should be left to religious courts. ... In the constitution created in 1945 it is stated (Chapter X, Article 27): "Without any exception all citizens shall have equal position in Law and government." ... Hopefully, in the near future, Indonesian women will achieve their ultimate goals of equality and be recognized as a valuable asset to both their traditional groups and the state. ...

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There are strong lines of similarity between Buddhism and the basic teachings of Hinduism, one of which is the principle or the law of impermanence. ... The other basic principle of Buddhism is the law of causation, according to which nothing occurs due to pure chance. ... Through this view, the Gods are no longer something separate from humanity, nor above humanity, but rather subject to the same natural laws of existence as humanity. ... The shift away from the role of the Gods as directly having an impact on ones reality, to a role of near equality in being subject to the same law...

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Soon after her arrival in New York, he took her to the family homestead near Devil's Lake, North Dakota, where they joined Abraham's brothers and parents on adjoining claims. ... Rachel Calof found herself bounded by similar Jewish laws, beliefs, and superstitions while beginning her life in the United States. Several times, she found herself deprived of her natural, marital, and maternal rights and privileges as a result of religious "law." ... As night fell on the day of the Sabbath, Rachel requested that her mother-in-law heat some water for washing the infant and warming milk t...

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This can refer to reducing ties between a government and a state religion, replacing laws based on scripture (such as the Bible, Torah and Sharia law) with civil laws, and eliminating discrimination on the basis of religion. ... The good thing is that the economy is growing and it has being on the right track regardless of the unfavorable incidents in the meanwhile, which were the sufferings from bomb attacks on secular and cultural organisations and events for more than a decade and the near simultaneous bombings across Bangladesh in 2005 were a dramatic pointer to religious extremism and ban...

• Word Count: 2081
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