Sura's Year Book 2006 (English) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sura's Year Book 2006 (English) write by . This book was released on . Sura's Year Book 2006 (English) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Basic Facts of General Knowledge
Basic Facts of General Knowledge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Basic Facts of General Knowledge write by Sura College of Competition. This book was released on 2004-08. Basic Facts of General Knowledge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Let there be no Compulsion in Religion (Sura 2:256)
Let there be no Compulsion in Religion (Sura 2:256) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Let there be no Compulsion in Religion (Sura 2:256) write by Christine Schirrmacher. This book was released on 2016-02-04. Let there be no Compulsion in Religion (Sura 2:256) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Christine Schirrmacher's postdoctoral thesis, for the first time one finds reviews of original voices coming from Islamic theology on the topic of religious freedom and apostasy. Arabic, English, French, and Urdu texts have been translated and analyzed and thus made accessible. There are basically three positions which are defended on falling away from the Islamic faith: Complete advocacy of religious freedom, the complete denial of religious freedom with a call for the immediate application of the death penalty for apostates, and the centrist position. The centrist position, however, which allows inner freedom of thought and warns against premature persecution, calls for the death penalty in the case of open apostasy (e.g., in the case of conversion to another faith). Within established Islamic theology, the latter approach is nowadays the most frequent point of view found. These three main positions on apostasy are introduced in this postdoctoral thesis by means of the publications of three influential 20th century theologians: Yusuf al-Qaradawi (b. 1926), Abdullah Saeed (b. 1960), and Abu l-A'la Maududi (1903-1979). They all have followings of many millions of people and have political influence at their disposal. The study explains why in many Muslim majority countries there is still today only very limited or sometimes no freedom of religion (in the sense of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948) for converts, critical intellectuals, artists and progressive Quranic studies specialists, journalists and secularists, agnostics and confessing atheists, enlightened thinkers, women's rights and human rights activists as well as adherents of non-recognized minorities.
Once the Buddha Was a Monkey
Once the Buddha Was a Monkey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Once the Buddha Was a Monkey write by Āryaśūra. This book was released on 2006-09-15. Once the Buddha Was a Monkey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Here is one of the most entertaining masterpieces of Sanskrit literature rendered in an English translation that fully captures the original's artistry and charm. Written most probably in the fourth century A.D., the Jatakamala is generally considered the masterpiece of Buddhist literature in Sanskrit. In elegant, courtly style, Arya Sura retells thirty-four traditional stories about the Buddha in his previous incarnations, human and animal. Whether as a king, a brahmin, a monkey, or a hare, the Great One is shown in assiduous pursuit of virtue and compassion. Though primarily intended as exemplary tales illustrating the Buddhist virtues, these stories also provide a vivid picture of life at a high point in ancient Indian culture—city life in ordinary households or at the royal court, and country life against a backdrop of mountain, desert, and jungle. Fresh study of the Sanskrit manuscripts, now scattered in libraries all over the world, has enabled Peter Khoroche to make this new translation faithful to the original in both style and content. His explanatory notes will assist student and general reader alike in appreciating this classic from an ancient and exotic civilization. “The general reader will be highly grateful for this new translation which, besides being beautifully printed, is rounded off with a very informative and reliable introduction.”—Renate Söhnen-Thieme, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies “One would be a fool not to welcome the chance to read this book.”—Richard Gombrich, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Yearbook of International Organizations 2014-2015, Volumes 1a & 1b (Set)
Yearbook of International Organizations 2014-2015, Volumes 1a & 1b (Set) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Yearbook of International Organizations 2014-2015, Volumes 1a & 1b (Set) write by Union Of International Associations. This book was released on 2014-06-16. Yearbook of International Organizations 2014-2015, Volumes 1a & 1b (Set) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Volume 1 (A and B) covers international organizations throughout the world, comprising their aims, activities and events.
