Role of the Non-Arab States post-Arab Spring Name: Chua Chee Keong Matriculation Number: A0085762W Module: PS2255 Discussion Group: E2 Question Number: Q4 One cannot help but notice the cognitive bias in Western views of the Arab Spring. The apparent focus has been on clamours for democracy and how the democratic ethos has finally permeated a hitherto impenetrable region. Even President Barack Obama‚ in his speech before congress‚ lauded the efforts of the Arabs in advocating democracy
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Sectarianism in Pakistan INTRODUCTION The decade of the 1990s witnessed a frightening upsurge in the Shia-Sunni sectarian violence in Pakistan‚ both in terms of scope and intensity. Recently‚ sectarian strife has engulfed even those areas‚ which were previously unaffected‚ largely because of the emergence of organized terrorist groups along sectarian lines. Besides target killings‚ these groups hit even ordinary members of each other’s sects. The problem‚ therefore‚ is no more of an occasional nature
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Curriculum & Syllabus for B.A. (Hons.) in English Program Department of English SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY House # 64/B‚ Road # 18 Banani Model Town Banani‚ Dhaka-1243 B A (Hons) in English 1. Objective: The course aims at students’ obtaining a comprehensive understanding of English Literature and at the same time‚ paying considerable attention to his or her communication skills. It is‚ therefore‚ a compilation of Literature and Language courses. The
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World Tourism Tourism In South & Southeast Asia Kathleen Macawili BANGLADESH * GEOGRAPHY CHARACTERISTIC OF REGION & COUNTRY * The physical geography of Bangladesh is varied and has an area characterized by two distinctive features: a broad deltaic plain subject to frequent flooding‚ and a small hilly region crossed by swiftly flowing rivers . The country has an area of 147‚570 square kilometers and extends 820 kilometers north to south and 600 kilometers east to west.
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PURPOSE OF LIFE INTRODUCTION The meaning of life is a philosophical question concerning the significance of life or existence in general. It can also be expressed in different forms‚ such as "Why are we here?"‚ "What is life all about?"‚ and "What is the purpose of existence?" It has been the subject of much philosophical‚scientific‚ and theological speculation throughout history. There have been a large number of proposed answers to these questions from many different cultural and ideologicalbackgrounds
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Islam A Religion Profile from International Students‚ Inc. Islam: An Overview hand-picked its own deity and came to Mecca each year to pay homage to its god. Number of Adherents The adherents of Islam number more than 1.2 billion‚ or between 19 and 22 percent of the world’s population. Islam is the second largest religion in the world and is growing at about 2.9 percent per year‚ faster than the total world population growth. It was the custom of those who were spiritually minded to
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Diplomacy and propaganda in the Kashmir War Abstract: The conflict between Hindu and Muslims over the Kashmir region is one of the bloodiest religious wars in history‚ exceeding in violence the Crusades or the “Thirty years war’’. As long as the Indian colony was under British rule‚ the tensions were kept under control‚ but during the decolonization movement ‚ the two religions who hatred and feared each other more than they feared the colonial masters‚ developed in the first phase separate
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Sustainable development and Religion. Buddhism and the Climate-Energy Emergency Statue of Buddha Sakyamuni‚ Bodh Gaya‚ India It is in this way that we must train ourselves: by liberation of the self through love. We will develop love‚ we will practice it‚ we will make it both a way and a basis‚ take our stand upon it‚ store it up‚ and thoroughly set it going. The Buddha‚ Samyutta Nikaya Environmental and social breakdown
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THE PROBLEM OF HISTORICAL DISTORTION: A Survey of Literature on Imām Muḥammad ibn `Abd al-Wahhāb as viewed through the Western slant of history By Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui The Problem of Historical Distortion Of the past fourteen centuries of the Islamic civilization‚ its thought‚ its institutions and the personalities who have contributed to its development and glory‚ stagnation and disintegration‚ the historical perspective painted by the Judaeo-Christian West has been markedly distinctive
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