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“In some of the more extreme groups, including the largest polygamous sect of Mormonism, women and children have no rights whatsoever. They are told what they will do, who they will marry; they 're basically slaves These groups tend to be very closed and isolated, which is a breeding ground for all sorts of unspeakable abuses.”explain.. In the 2008 Warren Jeffs polygamist sect leader was arrested and then charged with sexual assault of on a underage minors and later faced…

bloodthirsty Mongolian leader of his era. Hulagu was able to fulfil the dynasty that his grandfather left behind, he was capable to kill his enemies with the will of the Mongolian army with Hulagu. The great Khan was considered the destroyer of the Ismaili sect (Bulliet). Hulagu, in the end, was probably recognized as the best military leader of the Mongolian empire. To end off, Hulagu Khan was the most heroic commander for Mongolia. Hulagu know when he is defeated because he retreats back so…

to direct his audience’s attention toward John’s preaching of “the Kingdom of God” to create his viewpoint. By scrutinizing the Gospel accounts of Luke and Matthew and the intertestamental messianic concepts of the Pharisees, Sadducees and other sects a reader can gain insight into the mismatch opinions of the Kingdom of God in New Testament time. Old Testament Messiah…

The origin of the Samaritans is much debated due to elapsed time and their division from the Jews. The Jewish believe that the Samaritans were “descendants of the colonists whom Shalmaneser, King of Assyria, is said to have brought from Cutha, Babylon, Hamath, and other foreign parts after he conquered Samaria in 722 BC . . .” (The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible p191) However, the Samaritans disagree with this and claim to be descendants of the native Israelites. Historically, after…

Orientalism is a term which indicates how the West perceives the East as the ‘other’. Edward Said published his controversial book Orientalism in 1978, which talks about how Orientalism forms an inferior Orient, in terms of knowledge and domination. Edward Said opens his introduction by mentioning the Western’s misconception about the East arguing that “The Orient was almost a European invention” (Said 1). The Orient played a significant role in the creation of the European culture and it…

The Mennonites were founded in 1536 by Menno Simons when he realized that his ideals were sounder than the ideals of the catholic church. The Mennonites is a protestant sect that is founded on a few main ideals. Anabaptism, which is the belief that baptism is delayed until a person admits faith, is the core belief the Mennonites were founded on, and also one of the main reasons they split from the Catholic Church. Another ideal it was founded on was pacifism, which entails that they never…

“…The socially constructed limitations and sufferings of women led to the belief that women were inherently spiritually inferior to men “(Appleton, 2011) Women being lesser in Buddhism is a theme across almost all schools of Buddhism. In my studies I have come to the same conclusion that most others have, that women are definitely seen as lesser in Buddhist institutions but that the spirit of Buddhism is not sexist. Throughout many different countries and different schools of Buddhism women…

teaches terrorism and all muslims are terrorists” (Elbih). In making this comment, Elbih argues that like Christianity, Islam has many different sects. Each one of these sects greatly impact on what each religion practises. In Islam there are twenty-three sects. The most popular Sunni sects, such as the Hanafi, Hanbali, shaft’i, Maliki. Also the shi’a sects, including Jaffari, Ismailiyah, and Alaywitte. At the same time if we can not hold protestants to be accountable for pedophilic priests from…

the bishops and the prayer book of the Church of England were abolished for that the church was associated with the losing Royalist side (In depth history of the Church of England). In 1653 the “Instrument of Government” provided that all Protestant sects would enjoy religious liberty, however the Catholics and those who were implicated in the Irish Rebellion were disenfranchised (art. 15). The Church of England was restored as the national church after the Restoration, but at last the Act of…

provinces pose a serious threat to Western interests: they enable ISIS to expand its reach and make local groups more deadly in their regional conflicts” (77). ISIS also wants to basically convert the world to Sunni Islam. They see members of the Shia sect of Islam as infidels, or enemies against their religion, and they force other religious minorities to change their religion to Islam or be murdered, or even be sold into slavery. An additional objective ISIS has is to wage a holy war on the…