Islamic calendar

Religion has always been an inseparable part of our lives. This inseparable part has various meaning for various people. For some, people like nuns or priests, it is the meaning of life or even life itself. For some, it is some kind of rules to make our life steady and much better. For some, it does not even exist. It's just made up for controlling people. If we are going to speak as a general define or dictionary meaning we can say religion is a set of basic beliefs and practices that are…

1953 Iranian Coup d’Etat The study of this event goes back to the post-WWII discussions over Iranian oil. For many years, whilst being politically involved in Iran, the US had not pursued comprehensive economic ties. For decades, Iran had hosted oil concessions owned by the USSR and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (Britain), and these two powers held significant power in the region. They alone controlled most of Iran's oil reserves, a vital key to Iranian economic stability and strength. Although…

When I was still in secondary school , I was going to my school which was located 15km away from my house by school bus. Since form 1, my class started at 1pm until 6:30 pm , therefore when we were on the way went home, there was a road that we needed to pass by. Every year during at certain moment for about one month, the road was always jammed. I was wondering what was happen out there ? I saw the situation besides the road was crowded with peoples, mostly Malay and sometimes with some…

Stalin to Fascism Review Sheet Vocabulary: Amritsar Massacre an incident in 1919 in which British troops fired on an unarmed crowd of Indians performing acts of civil disobedience Balfour Declaration statement issued by the British government in 1917 supporting the establishment of a homeland for the Jews in Palestine civil disobedience illegal nonviolent refusal to obey unjust laws collective large farm owned and operated by peasants as a large group command economy economic system in…

all part of religious services that were carried out in these places. These practices were also based upon a fixed regimen where certain texts were to be read on certain days and specific texts for feasts and other important days in the Christian calendar. Reading was such an important aspect of religious life that specific rules were created for the purpose of reading, especially by St. Benedict for the members of his order. The lectio divina or the task of divine reading was set out in the…

This final project will discuss the music of India, specifically the music that my interview subject, Mr. Ravi David, grew up listening to. I had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Ravi David, a member of Bayview Glen Church, in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. He is a retired gentleman who serves as an Elder in my church. He was born in India in the 1950’s and lived there until he old. He was raised in a traditional Indian family; however, he is a seventh generation Christian. Due to his fathers work…

1 Task 1 1.1 1.1.1 Introduction to the National Development Bank PLC( NDB) The National Development Bank PLC ( NDB Bank) is a banking as well as financial institution of Sri Lanka, NDB is headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka (at No 40, Nawam Mawatha, Colombo 2). NDB begun its operations in1979 as a state-owned development of finance institution. NDB was set up by Sri Lanka Act No 2 of 1979 as “National Development Bank of Sri Lanka” In January 1979 as a wholly state owned institution. In 1993…

The idea of nature is of huge importance and the concept of harmony with nature and oneself is the defining characteristic of the ancient Chinese belief system. There is an emphasis placed on the welfare and well being of the individual in the present life as opposed to a future one. What separates Confucianism, Taoism and Chinese Buddhism is the meaning which is associated with nature. Confucianism places emphasis on the nature of the human. Taoism focuses on harmony with the universe and…