The majority ofSunni Muslims believe tattooing is a sin, because it involves changing the natural creation of God, inflicting unnecessary pain in the process. Tattoos are classified as dirty things, which is prohibited from the Islam religion. Why is cursing bad? They found that cursing isassoci...
first explain what we mean by the term ethnic media. Chapter 1 What Are Ethnic Media? 5 Defining Ethnic Media Ethnic media are media produced for a particular ethnic community. The Haitian Times, for example, is a newspaper published in New York. It aims to cover all the news that ...
Al-Atareb is seen as an important conquest to many because it is in a highly strategic area, both from the logistic and economic point of view, because here one finds the main route of connection between Aleppo and the Bab Al Hawa pass (the only official border crossing with Turkey). Th...
According to the 1992 Basic Law of Governance, the country's official religion isIslamand the constitution is the Quran and Sunna (traditions and practices based on the life of the Prophet Muhammad). The legal system is based largely on sharia as interpreted by the Hanbali school of Sunni Is...
Oh, yes, I was going to point out that all this craziness that Trump, Vance and Musk (The Three Muskrateers?) are putting out there for public consumption is nothing new. Really, it’s been done before by different a-holes with different names utilizing different industries, lobbyists, fo...
In contrast, a “serious relationship” was largely understood as something quite opposite—an explicit mutual long-term commitment with a compatible partner that is intended to, but might not always, lead to marriage. The assessment of how marriageable a partner is, in turn, based on two ...
I urge everyone who hasn’t already voted to go to the polls on November 6. Only if weallvote, will we know what most Americans want. Remember the term “silent majority”? Well, the silent majority has let the voting minority take over this country. I cringe when I hear any politicia...
educational organisation affiliated to a book publishing enterprise run by Helena Cobban is for the most part, an exercise in cheap propaganda. The latest session was a textbook example of how to produce propaganda for a regime, meant to be consumed by educated and informed people in the west....
Donald Trump may want the United States to be less involved in the world but the reality is that the US is deeply involved, writes George Friedman.
Protests have also taken place inSistan and Baluchestan, a southeastern province populated by many Sunnis. Those protests have received support from the local SunniImam Molavi Abdolhamid. Arecent studyshows considerable change in Iranians’ religiosity. Around 40 per cent of the participants still se...