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104 Cards in this Set
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Mohammad
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Muslim prophet
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Five pillars
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creed, prayer, charity, ramadan, pilgrimmage
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mecca
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muslim holy city, ishmael fled there--> muslim
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dome of the rock
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muslim church in jersusalem
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hegira
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622, muhammad goes from mecca to medina
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sunni and sheite
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muslim groups
-sunnis: smaller, wanted elected position -sheites: larger, family member |
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koran
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bok of muslims
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semetic
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descendant of shem
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abraham
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hebrews, israelites and jews are his descendants. gave monotheism. son of shem. sons are issac and ishmael.
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torah
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book of judaism
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messiah
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savior, jesus christ
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christianity
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savior was Jesus
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three branches
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orthodox, catholic, protestant
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antioch
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40 AD, where christianity was established.
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alexandria
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45 AD, 2nd place of christinaity in egypt. coptic church
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anti semitism
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anti jew
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diaspora
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70 AD, jews leave homeland bc of romans
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blood libel
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jewish did rituals on christian boys to kill
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occupations of jews
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bankers, artisians, mercanhts
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crusaders
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forced christianity on people
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pope inncoent III- jew hat
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made jews stand out
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balfour decleration
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1917. issued by british. favored jews getting homeland, but not moving arabs.
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white paper
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went against balfour. issued by british. stopped jewish emigration to homeland.
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zionism
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political movement of jews moving back to homeland
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theodore hertzel
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hungarian jew. jew rep. started zionoist congress. united the jews.
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UN partition of palestine
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split israel 40% palestinains
60% jews |
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war of independence 1948
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israel becomes a state because they warred to get all of israel.
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six day war 1967
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israel gets sinai penn, west bank, gaza strip, golan heights
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nasser
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arab egyptian president. nationalized suez canal
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pan arab
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unfying arabs
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sadat
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president after nasser. signed camp david accords, much to upset of people. own army killed him
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begin
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leader of israel. signed accords
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camp david accords
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treaty recognizing israel as a state. Sadat, begin and carter signed. also, egypt gets back sinai penninsula
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oil discovered
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iran-1908
iraq- 1911 |
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arab general strike
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1936-9. arab uprising against west. many arabs killed. they "lost"
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dier yassin
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massacre of palestinains by israelites
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shah
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iran leader. usa liked him b/c not a terrorist
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aswan dam
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dam founded by the ussr
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PLO
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palestinain liberation organization
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UN resolution 242
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UN will not recognize territories gained by war in israel (stands today)
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iranian revolution of 1979
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ayotollah khomenni overthrows Shah (who US does not like)
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assination of sadat
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own army killed him b/c of camp david accords
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invasion of lebanon by israel
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israel wins and lebabnon gets whole middle east aginst them
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mandate from heaven
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right to rule people
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three streams of chinese thought
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buddism, confuscism, taoism
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buddha
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bitter
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taoism
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smile
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confucious
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sour
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wen
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arts
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chun tzu
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good hostess
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te
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govt, moral rule
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li
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respect for age, the way to live
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jen
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virtue of all virtues
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sun yat sen
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3 principles of people, founded nationalist party
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chaing kai shek
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founded nationalist army, sided with wealthy, took over ntlist party
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mao zedong
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cultural revolution, ideology vs. expertise, long march, great leap foward, first comm leader, 5 year plan
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Deng Xiaoping
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4 monderizations, 2nd comm leader, tianemmen square,
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Long march
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6000 mile flee of communist from nationalists (south to north)
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marxism
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communism
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totalitarian state
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complete rule by 1
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red guards
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mao's army
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little red book
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mao's book of communism
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gang of 4
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mao's widow and 3 others try to keep communism and violence, and fail--> jail
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tianamen sq.
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students rally in beijing (t sq) for the slowness of modernizations and democracy. deng shoots them
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marco polo
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1271 in china. llots of written docs
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commisioner lin
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started opium ears
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opium wars
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most despicable war in british histry
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treaty of nanking
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ended opium war, "spheres of influence"
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sino-japenese war
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japan and china fight for control of taiwan and korea. japan wins
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empress dowager
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ended reforms. threw a coup over reformers. influened boxer rebellion
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boxer rebellion
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uprising against west and foreigners. killed many throughout china
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uncarved block
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taoism, simplicity, going with the flow
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economic reforms
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out w/old, in w/new. communism---> capitilism
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raja yoga
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mind and body, experimental path
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bhakti yoga
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love and devotion, emotional path
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karma yoga
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work and deeds, active path
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jhana yoga
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knowledge and wisdom, refelctive path
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vedas
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oldest text, hymns and scriptures
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caste system
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classifying people by skin color. untouchables lowest
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bhagavad gita
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poem: materilaism destroys humanity
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shiva
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worlds oldest God. male and female
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sandskrit
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indian's sacred language. oldest living
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bonras
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holy city of shiva
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buddha
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50 BC. suffering must be comprehended
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dharma
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right conduct
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aryans
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invaded india and established caste system
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gandhi
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leader of indian people. fought for independence
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general smuts
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leader of south africa
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ashram
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community
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jinnah
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muslim leader of pakistan
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nehru
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hindu leader of india
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mahatma
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great soul
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Dyer
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ordered amristsar massacre
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ganges
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river
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partition
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1947. india split
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burn passes
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first act of gandhi-SA
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amritsar massacre
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943 people died. walked into guards
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salt march
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ashram--> indian ocean. protesting indian salt taxes
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line of control
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divides kashmir india and pakistan
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maharaja
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hindu that gave kashmir to india
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musharif
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prime minister of pakistan
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mujahadeen
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terrorists
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kashmir
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india vs. pakistan. lots of resources. fighting since forever!
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AQ Khan
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father of the nuclear bomb. wants muslims to reunite and become powerful
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