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  Russia
Religious matters are not a source of societal hostility for most citizens, although many citizens firmly believe that at least nominal adherence to the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) is at the heart of what it means to be Russian.
Religious groups and organizations faced investigations for purported criminal activity, landlords were pressured to renege on contracts, and in some cases the security services are thought to have influenced the MOJ to reject registration applications.
Religious matters are not a source of societal hostility for most citizens; however, many citizens firmly believe that at least nominal adherence to the ROC is at the heart of what it means to be Russian.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35480.htm   (14222 words)

  
 Major Religious Leaders
This list of major prophets is Bear's attempt to describe the perspective of somebody living about 100 years in the future.
Lists prepared by writers with a different background, or written from a different perspective, would probably be different.
Philosophers, Religious Leaders, Moralists, Theologians, Missionaries, Philanthropists - From BeMoreCreative.com.
www.adherents.com /adh_leaders.html   (812 words)

  
 List of state leaders in 1990 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Prime Minister of Nepal (April 6, 1990-April 19, 1990)
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1990)
Lothar de Maizière, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1990)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_state_leaders_in_1990   (1310 words)

  
 Why Religion Matters:  The Impact of Religious Practice on Social Stability
Religiously, the mother was far more involved than her husband, the difference in regular religious participation between the addict's parents being twice that for the control's parents....
Religious leaders, who should be in the forefront of moral and spiritual renewal, have been cowed into a strange timidity.
Many religious leaders, with the best of intentions, have concentrated on the material aspects of their work, forgetting that the most powerful help they can give is in the spiritual dimension, and that this has a significant effect on material well-being.
www.heritage.org /Research/Religion/BG1064.cfm   (12513 words)

  
 Belgium
There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered by this report, and government policy continued to contribute to the free practice of religion.
There are generally amicable relations among different religious groups in society; however, several religious groups complain of discrimination, particularly groups which have not been accorded official "recognized" status by the Government and those associated primarily with immigrant communities.
Although the introduction to the list clearly stated that there was no intent to characterize any of the groups as "dangerous," the list quickly became known in the press and to the public as the "dangerous sects" list.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2001/5563.htm   (2553 words)

  
 Women Rulers - Women in World History Curriculum
A great military leader, Amina brought most of the other Hausaland city-states into her orbit, and is credited with encouraging them to surround themselves with huge defensive mud walls.
In 1974 she was elected leader of the Conservative Party, and brought her party to victory in 1979.
In 1990 she resigned as prime minister, although she stayed in Parliament until 1992.
www.womeninworldhistory.com /rulers.html   (2005 words)

  
 1990 Online Research :: Information about 1990   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lists of leaders: List of state leaders in 1990 - List of religious leaders in 1990
The leaders of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen announce the unification of their countries as the Republic of Yemen.
For a brief while in early 1990, Romania had a civil war in the aftermath of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, the opposition was for Nicolae Ceauescu and the Communist regime, and those for the new Regime.
in-northcarolina.com /search/1990.html   (2885 words)

  
 People For the American Way - October: Mayday for Marriage
On October 15, the National Mall stage was filled with Religious Right leaders, "ex-gays" and pastors, a former state legislator and former presidential candidates, all preaching politics with the fervor of a revival meeting.
Mayday for Marriage was sponsored by a wide variety of right-wing religious and political organizations, including the Alliance Defense Fund, Star Parker’s Coalition for Urban Renewal and Education, the Christian Coalition, and Promise Keepers.
In 1990, when the first President Bush invited dozens of people to the White House to witness his signing of the federal Hate Crimes Statistics Act, Land objected to the participation of a gay person in the ceremony.
www.pfaw.org /pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=17324   (2158 words)

  
 Major Religions Ranked by Size
This list is based primarily on the degree of doctrinal/theological similarity among all the various sub-groups which belong to these classifications, and to a lesser extent based on diversity in practice, ritual and organization.
Contemporary sociolgists and religious leaders generally consider pan-denominational classifications based not on historical denominational divisions but on current theological positions, organizational alignments, etc. to be more relevant.
As is typical with a religious group made up primarily of converts, Baha'is who drift from active participation in the movement are less likely to retain nominal identification with the religion -- because it was not the religion of their parents or the majority religion of the surrounding culture.
www.adherents.com /Religions_By_Adherents.html   (11821 words)

  
 Cults in France
The principle of neutrality of the State thus means that the religious beliefs are not a public fact subject to the restrictions related to the respect of the law and order, that the religious fact concerns the only individuals, of the only private sphere of the citizens.
It is on this compost favorable to the blossoming of new religious movements that the economic crisis and the upheaval of the family structures intervened.
Thus, Scientology is a religious philosophy in the profoundest sense of the term, because it is concerned with complete rehabilitation of the innate spiritual identity of man - his aptitudes, his state of consciousness and the certainty of his own immortality.
cftf.com /french/Les_Sectes_en_France/cults.html   (14821 words)

  
 CULTS 'R US - KILLER CULTS
Their leader Ben Yahweh, born known as Hulon Mitchell Jr., and six others were convicted in 1992 of conspiracy for ordering 14 killings of white people and resistant fl disciples.
The leader of the cult is said to be a man in his 40s, who, helped by two younger acolytes, exerted enormous influence on naive provincial children.
In a strange twist of religious distortion, Charity Miranda -- a teenage cheerleader recently voted "most likely to succeed' at her school -- was allegedly suffocated to death with a plastic bag by her mother and older sister in a ritual to free her of demonic possesion.
www.mayhem.net /Crime/cults1.html   (19814 words)

  
 Winter solstice celebrations of Christianity, Judaism, Neopaganism, etc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Religious folk worldwide observe many seasonal days of celebration during the month of December.
They respect both their own religious traditions and those of other faiths for their ability to inspire people to lead more ethical lives.
The western church leaders selected DEC-25 because this was already the date recognized throughout the Roman Empire as the birthday of various Pagan gods.
www.religioustolerance.org /winter_solstice.htm   (3295 words)

  
 National Recording Registry - National Recording Preservation Board (Library of Congress)
This live concert recording catches clarinetist and band leader Benny Goodman, touted as the "King of Swing," at his peak, fronting top performers and appearing before an energetic audience for the debut of jazz at Carnegie Hall.
Duke Ellington is considered one of the greatest composers and band leaders of the 20th century.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, considered to be one of the greatest gospel singers of her generation, merged blues and jazz into her performances and influenced many gospel, jazz and rock artists.
www.loc.gov /rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-masterlist.html   (9423 words)

  
 RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN THE NEWS
We also have a list of news items related to religious tolerance and peace.
If this list were available in the past, it would have dealt with the great ethical question(s) of the day.
Not included in either list are reports of the actions of millions of devout believers of all faiths, who, day after day, help the hungry, homeless, broken and hurting throughout the world.
www.religioustolerance.org /intol_news.htm   (761 words)

  
 Politics1 - Guide to the Inactive 2004 Democratic Presidential Prospects
The early response from labor union leaders, however, was warm praise mixed with pleas for him to remain in the Senate instead of running for President.
Gephardt's role as leader of the House Democrats for eight years created a natural, nationwide network of supporters and provided him with visible platform from which to be heard.
For the same reason, party leaders are excluding him from the debates -- even though he qualified for federal matching funds and raised over $5 million as of fall 2003 (which placed him ahead of Clark, Kucinich, Braun, and Sharpton in the money hunt).
www.politics1.com /dems04.htm   (13615 words)

  
 NCEF Resource List: Technology Integration 1990-1999
This book guides school leaders through school facility planning and technology systems planning, describing the importance of long-range planning and revealing the decision-making faced by some school leaders who have led successful facility design efforts.
Concluding chapters define the infrastructure options school leaders can choose from, and examine the step-by-step approach of a bond issue campaign a school district may need to fund new and remodeled facilities.
Respondents from secondary schools built, renovated, or rewired prior to 1990 felt that many of the construction design component statements were worthy of high ratings.
www.edfacilities.org /rl/technology.cfm   (8690 words)

  
 Catholic Leaders (Lay & Religious)
religious motivation first, worrying much less about a survival that is temporary at the best, and worrying hardly at all about progress and development and conquest and our precious "standard of living." The important thing will be the cultivation of an objectively worthy and well-mannered handling of the environment, considered as God's work and property.
And for the Christian, a list of this kind will only be a preliminary, of relatively small account.
This is not simply an arbitrary and tendentious "religious" affirmation which in some way or other robs being of autonomy and dignity.
conservation.catholic.org /Catholic_leaders.htm   (4804 words)

  
 African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, OAU Doc. CAB/LEG/24.9/49 (1990).
Any custom, tradition, cultural or religious practice that is inconsistent with the rights, duties and obligations contained in the present Charter shall to the extent of such inconsistency be discouraged.
(h) to ensure that all sectors of the society, in particular, parents, children, community leaders and community workers are informed and supported in the use of basic knowledge of child health and nutrition, the advantages of breastfeeding, hygiene and environmental sanitation and the prevention of domestic and other accidents;
As soon as this Charter shall enter into force the members of the Committee shall be elected by secret ballot by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government from a list of persons nominated by the States Parties to the present Charter.
www1.umn.edu /humanrts/africa/afchild.htm   (5137 words)

  
 Religious Voices Worldwide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
There is a tendency to treat religious condemnations of abortion as irrefutable.
Beneath the public anti-choice assertions of some religious officials there lies a diversity of opinion and much tolerance regarding the practice of abortion.
Rather, they have been chosen to illustrate the fact that, within diverse religious and philosophical traditions, religious leaders and thinkers have varying views on a woman's right to choose an abortion.
www.crlp.org /pub_fac_atkrel.html   (1906 words)

  
 Waging Peace: Religious Leaders Call For Appointment of Presidential Envoy
A delegation of these leaders, who represent more than 100 million Americans, presented their clear, unified and heart-felt message in Washington, DC and in similar press conferences across the country.
The leaders described themselves as united in their support of a viable, independent, democratic Palestinian state alongside the existing state of Israel with enduring peace and security for both sides.
A published scholar on cultural and literary relations between religious and ethnic groups in Islamic Spain, or Al-Andalus, Professor Alvarez discussed the “remarkable spread from East to West” of literature and literary styles.
www.wrmea.com /archives/March_2005/0503069.html   (3384 words)

  
 Religions of the world: numbers of adherents; growth rates
Numbers of adherents; names of houses of worship, names of leaders, rates of growth...
Included is the name of the religion, the approximate date of its origin, its main sacred or ethical texts (if any) and its estimated numerical strength (both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the world's population.)
Many individuals and religious groups have much more strict definitions for membership.
www.religioustolerance.org /worldrel.htm   (1236 words)

  
 List of state leaders in 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
List of state leaders in 2001 - Software Encyclopedia
Communist Party Leader - Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (1989–2002)
Dear Leader - Kim Jong-il, Chairman of the National Defense Commission (1993–present)
www.free-download-soft.com /info/electronics-home-electronics.html   (3282 words)

  
 ipedia.com: List of religious leaders in 2003 Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
2002 religious leaders - Events of 2003 - 2004 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year See also: List of state leaders in 2003 List of international organization leaders in 2003 List of colonial...
List of religious leaders in 2003 Article - ipedia.com
2002 religious leaders - Events of 2003 - 2004 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year
www.ipedia.com /list_of_religious_leaders_in_2003.html   (649 words)

  
 ASU Calendar Highlighted Events
Please visit www.asu.edu/mu for a complete list of hours of operation.
It is in the spirit of preparing competent and informed future leaders that we invite everyone in the ASU and local communities to participate in this year’s exciting calendar of events.
The ASU Herberger Mainstage Lyric Opera Theatre season is sponsored by The Harris, leaders in wealth management since 1882.
www.asu.edu /calendar   (1316 words)

  
 remembering rebecca :: june 2005
(From his list, Jim would appear to be a science fiction aficionado.) I've added this link to my master summer reading list.
Human Events, a national conservative weekly, asked a panel of 15 conservative scholars and public policy leaders to help us compile a list of the Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
We list the most popular restaurants, hotels, and night clubs in over 60 major cities, summer and winter resorts and we keep track of major events, parties, exhibitions, film and music festivals and sporting events such as motor racing, tennis, sailing, golf, and others.
www.rebeccablood.net /archive/2005/06.html   (7368 words)

  
 List_of_state_leaders_in_1983   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Supreme Leader - Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran (1979–1989)
Communist Party Leader - Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1971-1989)
Communist Party Leader - Wojciech Jaruzelski, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party (1981-1989)
www.exoticfelines.com /search.php?title=List_of_state_leaders_in_1983   (1005 words)

  
 Master's Divinity School Accelerated Seminars Schedule
This course will help to equip those charged with God’s true Mission in the 21st century to be competent to effectively deal with the core issues of Islam, and to fearlessly love Muslims into His kingdom.
, veteran leader in the pro-life movement, and nationally recognized authority in the area of post-abortion counseling for men.
Listed seminars that do not show an audit fee are not open for audit students.
www.mdivs.edu /seminars.html   (4549 words)

  
 Bush Lies...
I don't believe it." What follows, then, is an informal listing of just some of the lies he typically tells, starting from 2/01.
Now, of course, we all know that Gore lies, Lott lies, Cheney lies, etc. But the difference between those liars and Bush is the Resident tells us that he is telling the truth when he is lying.
In the fall of 1990, members of Congress and the American public were swayed by the tearful testimony of a 15-year-old Kuwaiti girl, known only as Nayirah.
www.bushwatch.com /bushlies.htm   (7102 words)

  
 Articles - List of religious leaders in 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Articles - List of religious leaders in 2003
Leader of Israeli mitnagdim - Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv
Note: As with Islam these leaders may not necessarily have that much authority, it varies from group to group.
www.afinest.com /articles/List_of_religious_leaders_in_2003   (893 words)

  
 Journals
ABTAPL (Association of British Theological and Philosophical Libraries) Union List of Periodicals -"provides information on periodicals in Theology, Religious Studies and Philosophy held by 47 contributing Libraries of the Association of British Theological and Philosophical Libraries." Browse by title or keyword search the list.
ADRIS Newsletter - "The Association for the Development of Religious Information Systems, exists to promote organizational cooperation, to reduce unnecessary program duplication, and to share applicable research data and tasks among diverse religious groups and agencies."
Biblica - summaries of early articles from 1990 on; full-text from 1998 on.
www.acs.ucalgary.ca /~lipton/journals.html   (2607 words)

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