Therefore these masses can be easily influenced by propaganda based on religion, and have proved to be successfully employed to stand up in opposition to and curtail any movement which has hoped to change the present Islamic teachings. ... Pakistan since it came into being on August 14th 1947, has witnessed a number of leaders. Civilian and military leaders in the past have attempted to reduce the influence of religion in politics. Ayub Khan and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto were two such leaders. An army general who led a coup d"etat against the leader of the nation Iskander Mirza, Ayub Khan was the ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Over the last four months you can't listen to a news broadcast without hearing about Muslim fundamentalists. Here in the Bible belt there have been times in the past couple of decades when you couldn't turn on the television without seeing a Christian fundamentalist preaching away. Our nation has ...

• Word Count: 3937
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• Grade Level: High School

. * China Church Leaders Sentenced * House Churches - A Family In Hiding... * Some Christians Resisting China's Crackdown On Religion .. * 70 Christians Have Disappeared Or Been Secretly Arrested .. * China House Church Leaders Shaken by Cult Kidnappings (Mandate) Just looking over these few headlines gives quite an impression of what faith in China is like. ... Correct me if I am wrong, but that statement is terrible to be coming from a newly elected leader of Christianity in China. ... There has been a recent growth in the house church movement, which is being credited to Bible distrib...

• Word Count: 3474
• Approx Pages: 14
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Wahhabism originated long before the existence of the modern day state "Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia".5 Originating from the Saudi Arabian heartland, Wahhabism is named after an eighteenth century preacher by the name of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703–1792).6 Wahab initiated a movement in the remote desert region of Najd, advocating the cleansing of the faith specifically new innovations that stray away from the teachings of Prophet Muhammad(pbuh).7 Wahab formed a pact with local tribal leader Muhammad bin Saud who's decedents would later come to be the royal family of m...

• Word Count: 4638
• Approx Pages: 19
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All the similarities that were talked about above came into view at the first ever Millennium World Peace Summit of religious and spiritual leaders, and lead one step closer to finding a way to formulate a "global spiritual body that may one day speak for all religions-. ... Adviser for local leaders C. ...

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He was a fan of Turkey and followed in the steps of Turkish leader Ataturk; with softening rules on women in the society. ... Although Bourguiba forbade women's rights movement which should be noted. ...

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The most well known national hero is Mohammad Ali Janah who is often referred to as Quaid-e-Azam or Great Leader. ... The eldest male is the family leader and makes all significant decisions regarding the family and its members. ...

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Thesis: The prior terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon, have many Americans searching to understand the source of such intense hatred. Extremist-suicide bombers committed a heinous act "unparallel, in recent history. Immediately, America must gain insight as to how terrorist groups can be minimized and at best nullified. In fact, if this is accomplished; national security will be restored and the free "democratic society will succeed, living each day in absence of fearing terrorism. As Defense establishments are concerned; the U.S. has proved to be the gr...

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Akbar's state policy in the field of religion was determined by his Turko-Mughal traditions; the movement of Hindu-Muslim rapprochement, spearheaded by the Bhakti saints and liberal Sufis; Akbar's own inquisitive nature and his abiding interest in Sufism. ...

• Word Count: 7102
• Approx Pages: 28
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