Download or read book Freedom of Expression in Islam written by Muhammad Khalid Masud and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Muslim countries, apostasy and blasphemy laws are defended on the grounds that they are based on Islamic Shari'a and intended to protect religion. But blasphemy and apostasy laws can be used both to suppress thought and debate and to harass religious minorities, both inside and outside Islam. This book – comprising contributions from Muslim scholars, experts and activists - critically and constructively engages with the theological, historical and legal reasoning behind the most restrictive state laws around the world to open up new ways of thinking. The book focuses on the struggle within Muslim societies in Iran, Egypt, Pakistan and Indonesia where blasphemy and apostasy laws serve powerful groups to silence dissent and stifle critical thought. The first part of the book covers the development of the law in shifting historical circumstances and surveys the interpretations of Qur'anic verses that seem to affirm freedom of religion. The second part examines the present politics and practices of prosecuting alleged blasphemers and/or apostates in Muslim countries. The third part looks to the future and where reforms of the law could be possible. Debates on Islam and freedom of expression are often cast in polarizing terms of rights versus religion, East versus West. This volume avoids such approaches by bringing together a diverse group of Muslim scholars and activists with the knowledge, commitment and courage to contest repressive interpretations of religion and provide a resource for reclaiming the human rights to freedom of expression and belief.
Download or read book Archangels Speak written by Margaret Doner and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are angels real, or imaginary? Can they really save your life or intervene in your destiny? If they are real, can we talk to them like we would a good friend? Do they hear our thoughts and know our every deed? Do angels have opinions or judge us? Archangels Speak, answers these and many other questions. The best way to use angels in your life is to think of them as a means to bring you into alignment with your Higher Truth and Higher Self. When we get stuck in defensive points of view, operating primarily from the defended ego, we often get ourselves into ruts and patterns that make us miserable. With the angel's words, this book helps to "bump" us out of that ego mind and into something grander. It asks us to consider Love before hate and challenges us to think in new ways.
Download or read book Danger Goes Berserk written by Mac Barnett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As soon as 12-year-old Steve Brixton opens a detective office in his backyard, he and his best friend Dana are caught up in a tangle of cases, from breaking up a ring of piratical smugglers, to recovering a stolen surfboard, to tracking down a fifth-grader's missing gym shorts.
Download or read book A Grave Search written by Wendy Roberts and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman with the gift to find dead bodies is drawn into the case of a missing girl in this paranormal mystery. When a grieving mother requests Julie’s help tracking the body of her missing daughter, Julie is hesitant. Not only do the circumstances sound disturbing, the job is in her hometown, a place steeped in upsetting memories and unresolved trauma. But her interest is piqued, and she takes the case, knowing she’ll have the support of her FBI agent boyfriend along the way. Soon, Julie finds herself exactly where she doesn’t want to be—trapped in the dangerous spotlight created to keep the story in the media. And as she digs deeper into the mystery of the young woman’s death, she uncovers secrets about her own past she thought were buried forever. Praise for A Grave Calling “Readers who pat themselves on the back for being able to anticipate twists may find themselves one-upped here . . . Readers of this taut mystery don’t need dowsing rods to detect series potential.” —Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book Left Behind A Gay Romance Story written by C.J. Powers and published by MM Books. This book was released on with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running from heartbreak only to run into love just doesn’t happen, but that was exactly what happened to young Justin Chase. Hurting after a crushing breakup with a man he thought was his future, he desperately runs to the misty country hills of Colorado. With three weeks to heal, Justin wasn’t looking for anything or anyone to switch his focus- until he met Duke ‘Randy’ Dalton. The fateful meet with the rugged cowboy took the concept of love the young twenty-seven had and spun them like spurs. Love is reignited in Justin’s life, but, inevitably, reality calls and he has to leave this wrinkle-in-time love behind- but will fate allow it?
Download or read book Last Lecture written by Perfection Learning Corporation and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What You Left Behind written by Samantha Hayes and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mesmerizing new thriller from the author of Until You’re Mine Two years after a terrifying spate of teenage suicides, the remote village of Radcote has just begun to heal. Then a young man is killed in a freak motorcycle accident and a suicide note is found among his belongings. When a second boy is found dead shortly thereafter, the nightmare of repeat suicides once again threatens the community. Desperate for a vacation, Detective Inspector Lorraine Fisher has just come to Radcote for a stay with her sister, Jo, but the atmosphere of the country house is unusually tense. Freddie, Jo's son, seems troubled and uncommunicative, and Jo is struggling to reach out to him. Meanwhile, Lorraine becomes determined to discover the truth behind these deaths. Are they suicides, or is there something more sinister at work? Finding answers might help Freddie, but they'll also lead to a shocking truth: whatever it is--or whoever it is--that's killing these young people is far more disturbing than she ever could have imagined, and unraveling the secret is just as dangerous as the secret itself. Wicked, intense, and utterly compulsive, What You Left Behind confirms Samantha Hayes as a top thriller writer.
Download or read book CliffsNotes Police Officer Exam Cram Plan written by Northeast Editing, Inc. and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Police Officer Exam Crunch Time! Get a plan to ace the exam—and make the most of the time you have left. Whether you have two months, one month, or even just a week left before the exam, you can turn to the experts at CliffsNotes for a trusted and achievable cram plan to ace the Police Officer Exam—without ever breaking a sweat! First, you'll determine exactly how much time you have left to prepare for the exam. Then, you'll turn to the two-month, one-month, or one-week cram plan for week-by-week and day-by-day schedules of the best way to focus your study according to your unique timeline. Each stand-alone plan includes: Diagnostic test–helps you pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses soyou can focus your review on the topics in which you need the most helpSubject reviews–cover everything you can expect on the actual written exam in standard police officer exams across the country (including New York City): the verbal component, memorization and visualization, mathematics, and judgment and problem solving Full-length practice test with answers and detailed explanations–a simulated Police Officer Exam gives you an authentic test-taking experience Test-prep essentials from the experts at CliffsNotes NORTHEAST EDITING has been creating educational and test-prep content for publishers since 1992. The company's experienced authors, instructors, and editors produce print and online test-prep products for students of all ages. 2 months to ace the test... 1 month to ace the test... 1 week to ace the test!
Download or read book No Greater King written by David W. Holman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1860, slavery flourished in Texas. With the Civil War imminent, Easterners brought slaves to the West in droves. By the eve of the Civil War, almost one-third of the Texas population was slaves. The author seeks to portray the slave experience, as viewed through the eyes of the slaves. Caleb, a young slave on a cotton plantation in Brazoria County, Texas, experiences the trials and tribulations of slavery. Things change dramatically when his genial Master dies, only to leave his sadistic son, Sandy, in charge. Meanwhile, in 1861, the plantation owners other son, Win, volunteers to fight in the Confederate Army and enlists with Terrys Texas Rangers. We follow him as he trains, drills and travels with the men to fight in the Battle of Shiloh. The novel tells the story of the lives of Caleb and Win during this turbulent period.
Download or read book Slither written by Edward Lee and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2022-05-30 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trichinosis worm is one of nature’s most revolting parasites. Certain types of this tiny worm alter a host’s DNA by injecting a virus which mutates the reproductive system. This forces the host to bear the worm’s young. Typically these worms are never longer than a few millimeters. But guess what? Now there’s a subspecies that’s thirty feet long... When Nora and her team arrive at the island, she expects a routine zoological excursion...but it doesn’t take her long to realize they’re not alone. Are her lurid sexual dreams making her paranoid...or is she being watched? The dead bodies they find are bad enough, but then her own team members begin to disappear, and when they return, they’ve...changed. Indeed, there are other people on the island...along with something else far worse.
Download or read book Munsey s Magazine for written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chain Dance written by Alexis Brooks de Vita and published by Fiction4All. This book was released on 2024-09-11 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Third Book of Joy: Chain Dance is the second notebook of family lore, the collection of Joy's magical stories about her enslaved ancestors, researched by Professor Bo Wolfson in Burning Streams; the first notebook was published in Blood of Angels. When Heaven's heartbroken death in childbirth and Whip Man's torture at her father's hands lead her to resurrect herself as a death dancer, magic and terror drive the plantation's owner off of his land. Most of the men and women who labor on the haunted plantation flee, following Heaven's brother to his Louisiana swampland. But not everyone runs. A winged angel, a dancing coven of witches, a shapeshifting wildcat, and a ferocious pack of werewolves defend Solace's plantation from attack. Marauding patrollers and opportunists clash with the cunning, the blood thirst, and the supernatural powers unleashed by women determined to free themselves and the men and children they love.
Download or read book Munsey s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gather My Horses written by John D. Nesbitt and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trouble's brewing. Big trouble. A couple of the big ranchers in the area have been pushing around the smaller ones, bullying them, and a few of the smaller ranchers aren't going to take it anymore. Tom Fielding runs a string of packhorses and works for the big outfits, but that doesn't mean he's ready to stand by and do nothing. Lots of folks have warned him not to take sides, not to make powerful enemies. But Tom knows when something is just plain wrong, you have to stand up against it ... even if that means putting yourself in the middle of an all-out war. “Spur-winner Nesbitt doesn’t write traditional novels or routine shoot-em-ups. Gather My Horses is an emotional story, full of believable people with rich detail and a sense of purpose. Nesbitt breathes life, rich in characterization, to this beautifully written novel.” —Roundup Magazine
Download or read book The South Western Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas.
Download or read book The Diary of V written by Debra Kent and published by Vision. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her very wild diary, V tells all as she watches her husband stray into the arms of a younger woman. But payback - in the shape of a man - will be hers.
