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...Nyla runs into the hard facts of life. Her school nativity play turns out to be a pretty ugly affair. It opens up the cracks in the social divides, religious discrimination and dark family secrets. Told with wry humour and compassion for the pain of children, unseen by adults, a complex web of history unfolds underneath the rivalries and small disasters of Nyla's school...

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...el Gabriel. A consolation prize, appearing in only one scene. Why? The answer was a lot more complex than I knew. In fact I had fallen afoul of religious discrimination. It was a late aftertaste of the persecution that had made my ancestors walk all the way across Europe in search of a sanctuary. And although I was only nine years old, my life was inextricably entang...

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...The Guru Granth Sahib, or Adi Granth, is the religious text of Sikhism. It is a voluminous text of 1430 angs, compiled and composed during the period of Sikh gurus, from 1469 to 1708. It is a collection of hymns (shabda) or baani describing the qualities of God and why ...

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... to attain His Bliss. He astonished both Hindus and Muslims, the dominant religious entities in India at that time, when he said that no one is a H... ...rary lines of our own making”. 41 Prof. Arnold Toynbee says: Mankind’s religious future may be obscure; yet one thing can be foreseen that in th... ... future may be obscure; yet one thing can be foreseen that in this coming religious debate, the Sikh religion, and its Scripture – Guru Granth, wil... ...mething of special value to say to the rest of the world. Of all the known religious scriptures, this Book is the most highly venerated. It means m... ...e fullness of truth”. He further says: “Guru Granth Sahib of all the world religious scriptures, alone states that there are innumerable worlds and... ...se they are neither Hindus nor Muslims but respect all persons without any discrimination; 11. Sikhs have their unique identity by keeping up their ...

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... what I have. I say you are there. _______ I was brought up in a very religious atmosphere. My grandfather was a very cultured man. He knew Blav... ...therwise, I wouldn't have given my life. Then my real search began. All my religious background was there in me. Then I started exploring. For some y... ... he says that at the time his life seemed perfectly natural to him. Later, religious- minded people were to use the mystics' phrase 'the dark night of... ...as no psychological content at all. It has no mystical content. It has no religious overtones at all, as I see it. I am bound to say that and I don't... ...unholy. The whole thing is finished. That is why I have to use the phrase religious experience, not in the sense in which you use the word religion.... ...in exactly the same way. The eyes look on everyone and everything without discrimination. Left to themselves they do not linger but are moving all th...

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...recedes the appearance of the point in the heart. In that situation, both the religious and the secular prefer the literal part of the Torah. When a ... ...ime truth and superior knowledge. Religion does not deal with any of that. A religious person must know how to follow rules and live within their b... ... S Q: Judaism or Kabbalah? That is the question! A: Judaism is a collection of religious rules that dictate how to conduct ourselves in our world. Ot... ..., as the wisdom of Kab- balah is not necessary for those who are occupied with religious rituals. Moreover, the wisdom of Kabbalah intensifies both th... ...y, there are no differences between age or origin. The soul doesn’t make such discriminations. WO M E N S T U DY I N G K A B B A L A H Q: Are women a... ... study Kabbalah. Q: Is there a different curriculum for women? A: There is no discrimination in spirituality. Women, like men, must attain adhesion ... ...g Kabbalah? A: A great many people tried to deter me from Kabbalah: they were religious, secular, Jews and non-Jews alike, and strangers and relative...

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...children were allowed by the officers in charge into the lifeboats. Another was the discrimination against Third Class passengers. The boats suffice... ...ey distinctions were formally abolished three decades ago in the enlightened West. Discrimination between human beings in now allowed only on the b... ...rit (=on the basis of one's natural endowments). Why should we think one basis for discrimination preferable to another? Can we eliminate discrimin... ...ible, would it have been desirable? The answers, in my view, are that no basis of discrimination can hold the moral high ground. They are all mora... ...der the same circumstances and conditions. It is impossible to equate the unequal. Discrimination is not imposed by humans on an otherwise egalita... ...njury"? What about being grossly impolite, or psychologically abusive? Or offending religious sensitivities, being politically incorrect - are these... ...s the propaganda-laden cinematic extravaganza, “Avatar”). At the other extreme are religious literalists who regard Man as the crown of creation wi... ...ism. But the obsession with "energy security" is only one example of the almost religious belief in "scarcity". A Comment on Alternative Energi... ...icient number of observers, they are judged to be true or "to have happened" (e.g., religious miracles). To ask if something is true or not is not ...

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...ply another Matrix, passing down the legends of hate and fear, racism and discrimination from generation to generation. What changed at the end of t... ...gs that I've done, that some people would call miracles -- and not in the religious sense, but in the strictly physical "possible and impossible" se... ...OT interfere with/change/challenge/threaten/"blaspheme" whatever beliefs, religious or otherwise, that you already hold. We are entirely non-exclusi... ...e law. Article 7 All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal p... ...l protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement... ...ation in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination. Article 8 Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by ... ...s of work and to protection against unemployment. 2. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. 3. Everyone who ... ...and friendship among all nations, sentient beings, origins, and racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations fo...

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...to it as “our world” and give these sections names. These names are spiritual discriminations that we make through which we begin to gradually attai... ...is generation? A spiritual teacher may be proficient in many fields—science, religious laws and customs, education, etc. However, it is not enough t... ... Creator among Kabbalists differ- ent from the perception of the Creator among religious people? A: A religious person believes that there is a superi... ...ly, and see no need to be. One does not need the wisdom of Kabbalah to perform religious commandments. Besides, the study of Kabbalah increases one’s... ...sor, for example, devoted entirely to scientific research, does not need any religious coatings. Logic is king, and science is religion. Often scien... ...nce is religion. Often scientists are even more fanatic in their beliefs than religious fanatics. We must teach people to look within and discover th...

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...uccessful only if they are coupled with sustained visible efforts to prevent discrimination by their husband’s family against those women who are i... ...hat children affected with HIV/AIDS can be admitted in any school without any discrimination for it does not spread by air or personal contact like ... ...up they could have counseled them and their relatives, so that such types of discrimination do not take place. Further this man after a month was b... ...ected by their husbands. 35. Some of the HIV/AIDS patients suffered double discrimination by being infected with by HIV/AIDS and being widows. Th... ...ountries where some people view the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a failure to respect religious codes but we purely view it as a failure to respect the mora... ... belong to a same religion? : 182. Are you continuing to visit the religious institutions after you contracted AIDS? : 183. Do you...

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...has for centuries been used by conquering armies, merchants and pilgrims, not to forget the great religious teachers, such as Lord Buddha. The East ... ...to the roots of her auburn hair at her almost indelicate conversation. ‘Your husband is a man of discrimination, Helen. But surely you do not belie... ...ud bin Said had told her, came to India in AD 632 and because they had never proselytised, had no religious conflict with any of the other Indian re... ...inghi Meaning Derogatory word for white man.- Urdu origin. Word Ghat Meaning Wharf – used for religious ceremonies Word Hadji Meaning Title f...

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...s family sent him to live with his mother’s aunt in New York, a fashion designer. Fearing discrimination, his aunt changed his name from Branderos t... ... tasted stale. Three Senators cornered him and asked if he agreed with providing funds to religious groups that worked for the social needs of their... ...of politics better than any of his predecessors. He was not about to engage in a moral or religious debate. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye he... ...will, I am completely confident.” General Ramsey interrupted. “This is not the time for a religious or philosophical debate. Perhaps, the two of you...

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...slightly diminish his own self in favor of the well-being of society? The religious goal, however, promises the well-being of the individual who fol... ...ived at this conclusion several thousand years earlier. Hence, concerning religious matters, they have guided and forbidden us to not only refrain f... ..., and of whose validity we have no doubt. Therefore, we cannot accept any religious principle from the above three methods, all the more so concerni... ...freedom of will. Such a thing is utterly unthinkable, and not only for the religious, who believe in reward and punishment, since believing in His Pr... ...glory of Israel was exiled. ThE diffErEnCE bETWEEn A SECUlAr idEAl And A rEligioUS idEAl A secular ideal stems from humanness and hence cannot raise... ...with Light, and Malchut has nothing of her own. This is the meaning of our discrimination of two discernments of Light in each Partzuf: Ohr Pnimi (In...

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... peace world forces in attempt to convert this world into peaceful world. All nations live peacefully in the long run. People respect each other’s religious, territorial limits and social taboo. This Novel is an action and adventure based fiction and an attempt to make this world as joint peaceful global village free of discriminations of caste and racial and Islamic an...

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... peace world forces in attempt to convert this world into peaceful world. All nations live peacefully in the long run. People respect each other‟s religious, territorial limits and social taboo. This Novel is an action and adventure based fiction and an attempt to make this world as joint peaceful global village free of discriminations of caste and racial and Islamic...

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...Learning how to think about religion. Accounting for religious experience and the esoteric spiritual process in our thinking about "God" and the Greater Reality....

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...ly engaged, is, as we have seen, only a foundation. Without experience in the Greater Reality neither the atheist nor the religionist has the genuine discrimination to either criticize the other or defend him or herself, for each is left with only the thinking mind and limited experience with which to understand the other—and thinking mind and limited experience are, in th...

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... peace world forces in attempt to convert this world into peaceful world. All nations live peacefully in the long run. People respect each other’s religious, territorial limits and social taboo. This Novel is an action and adventure based fiction and an attempt to make this world as joint peaceful global village free of discriminations of caste and racial and Islamic an...

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...The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a precursor to terrorism....

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... which replaced the local gendarmerie. But reforms were also enacted in education, religious rights and tolerance, construction, farm policy and ot... ...uet attended by both Bulgaria and Greece. But the fresh atrocities - not devoid of religious and ethnic dimensions - endowed the whole endeavour wi... ...a was very real and the conflict assumed the robes of a crusade, both cultural and religious. To the Serbs the very maintenance of their self-ident... ...ns proposed federalism. They envisaged a federation of politically, culturally and religiously autonomous entities. This peaceful vision constitute... ...nable to differentiate themselves from the hated Serbs racially - they appealed to religious heterogeneity. Immediately after the political hybrid ... ..., Milosevic quelled a miners' hunger strike and proceeded to institute measures of discrimination against the Albanians in the province. Discrimina... ...sort to force. Rugova advocated the measured application of the insidious powers of discrimination and segregation. But, once the theme was set, var...

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...untouchability due to Hindu religion using FCMs and NCMs 43 2.2 Analysis of discrimination faced by Dalits/ Sudras in the field of education as ... ...M and NCM 66 5 2.4 Problems faced by Dalits in the political arena due to discrimination – a FCM and NCM analysis 75 2.5 Study of Economic St... ... The rigid rules of the caste system were codified in the Manusmriti, a Hindu religious text which decreed that Sudras and Dalits were to be distres... ...he evils of untouchability due to Hinduism and its codes. In section two, the discrimination faced by Dalits and Sudras in the field of education is... ... inequality experienced by Dalits and Sudras. In section four we analyze the discrimination faced by Dalits in the political field. Economic threat... ...o categorize untouchability practiced due to Hindu religion. Nodes related to religious untouchability, as given by an expert who is a social activi... ...follows: R 1 - Religion R 2 - Superstition R 3 - Faith in particular religious sect R 4 - Discrimination in religion R 5 - No freedom o... ...be discussed. For instance, the concepts of purity and pollution are merely religious taboos. 45 R 3 : Faith in a particular religious sect ... ...socio-economic status. Besides, the vicious cycle of ‘karma’ can be broken by religious conversion. Faith gives hope for betterment. Faith also pr...

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................................................................... 52 2 RELIGIOUS TERRORISM .......................................................... ... ―Cruelty to children is a universal in every land and every social class. Religious, and non-religious, rich and poor, educated and ignorant—all suc... ...mans to be sacrificed to her. As you know our word ―thug‖ comes from those religious marauders of yesteryear.‖ —―My father told me about one pit... ...of our society pragmatically, then we are forced to disrupt the myths and religious traditions that have given stability to our society for centurie... ...eligion with your tax money. In fifty years you have developed a national religious tradition that I‘m sure has Jefferson turning over in his grave.... ...he median age from 40 to 50 in the next several decades. ―So age discrimination, which has been the worst type of discrimination, must cease... ...d and you forget the lesson of experience, forget experience and you lose discrimination. Lose discrimination, and you miss life‘s only purpose. ... ...s they ply their ethical highways to salvation ―Those who lack discrimination may quote the letter of the scripture, but they are really ...

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...n a bit of a financial hit. But the shift here was not slowed by nebulous religious thinking that has hampered the U.S., that new methods of medical... ...with us the less affluent, who are more likely to hold both the old quasi-religious Asian ideas and to be less socially concerned. They are the ones... ...education and demonstrated high level scientific output highest. As a non-religious society we don‟t accept highly religious people, particularly th... ...ry to convert our citizens or who will agitate to make our country into a religious country. It just invites problems. If things are otherwise equal... ...migrants‟ backgrounds give us enough diversity.. We definitely don‟t want religious or cultural groups protesting our reality, a reality with which w... ... passed acceptance of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. This is another example of the reactionary ap... ...ommander just mentioned The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, which was adopted in 1979 by the UN General A... ...en. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to e... ...gainst women and sets up an agenda for national action to end 38 such discrimination. It defines discrimination against women as „...any distinct...

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... am. I feel good. My rationalization for why I did it may be societal, ‗he is in a different gang.‘ It may be God based, ‗he is in a different religi... ...have written about who and what we are, it took the beginnings of psychology to begin to focus seriously on our motivations. Just as the great religi... ...gy, anthropology and philosophy is whether humans have instincts. It is clear that animals have them. But if we are going to operate with the religi... ...operate with the religious and philosophical ideas that we have free will, we become responsible for our actions. If we are mono-theistically religi... ...would happen in the future. So one of the West‘s great minds believed that we are merely going through the motions of living. It parallels the religi... ...% women on national Olympic committees by 2000 and 20% by 2005—but they haven‘t met their own goals. So it is a toothless proclamation. Sexual discri...

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...are mechanisms), or because of racial, gender, sexual orientation or other forms of discrimination." Differential pricing is often confused with dyn... ...tems at the University of California in Berkeley summarizes the treatment of "Price Discrimination" in A. C. Pigou's seminal 1920 tome, "The Economi... ... A. C. Pigou's seminal 1920 tome, "The Economics of Welfare": "First-degree price discrimination means that the producer sells different units of ... ...differ from person to person. This is sometimes known as the case of perfect price discrimination. Second-degree price discrimination means that th... ...against the ignorant, criminals, atheists, females, homosexuals, members of ethnic, religious, or racial groups, the old, the immigrant, and the poo... ...erstood in the absence of such a worldview. Such a worldview can be scientific, or religious – but it can also be ideological (Capitalism, Socialis... ...s, the media, fashion, show business, the arts, medicine, or business, and serve as religious leaders. By virtue of their standing in the community... ...e economically crucial questions. Ministers of finance and industry the world over religiously repeat the mantras of "attracting foreign direct inv... ...the guise of think tanks and lobby groups - are sometimes ideologically biased, or religiously-committed and, often, at the service of special inte...