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Amnesty is a legislative or executive act by which a state restores those who may have been guilty of an offense against it to the positions of innocent people. It includes more than pardon, in as much as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense. The word has the same root as amnesia. Amnesty is more and more used to express 'freedom' and the time when prisoners can go free.
In other words, it is more than just forgiving a crime it completely erases the crime as if it never happened, forgetting it in a way.
How is the word 'city' defined?
A city is a large human community defined by an intricate infrastructure functioning as an important commercial and cultural center.
Do Muslim countries have a king or queen or president or prime minister?
Answer 1
Yes some of the Muslim Countries still have a King, Queen and may even have President or Prime Minister.
Answer 2
Muslim countries have a wide variety of governments. Note: Since many Arab regimes are undergoing massive internal changes due to the Arab Spring, this answer may become dated very quickly.
1) Illiberal Democracies: Many Muslim Nations were Liberal Democracies on paper with guaranteed voting rights, freedoms of speech and religion, constitutions that bind the authority of the Executive. In nearly every Arab regime that this describes (like Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Mubarak's Egypt, ben Ali's Tunisia) these paper rights and limitations did not exist. These rulers used an apparent mechanism of democracy to perpetuate a dictatorship. Iran and Indonesia also fit squarely in this category as they have elements of democracy, but real power is concentrated in immovable leaders.
2) Absolute Kingdoms, Sultanates, and Emirates: There is no difference between a Kingdom and Sultanate except that the rulers have different names (King vs. Sultan). An Emirate is similar to a Kingdom, but takes up less space (i.e. Principality). The Arab World has an impressive number of Absolute Monarchs (such as those who rule various Emirates like Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar, those who rule Kingdoms like Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, and those who rule Sultanates like Oman). These monarchs control their people through direct edicts and typically run a nepotistic government.
3) Constitutional Monarchies: There are some Kingdoms (like Jordan and Morocco) where the King is constrained by a Constitution and requires a Parliament to pass laws. However, the strength of these Parliaments is often minimal and the politicians are typically considered untrustworthy (while the King is well-received).
4) Military Juntas: Algeria and Qadhafi's Libya were organized as Military-Run Governments with the leaders officially styling themselves as Presidents but being perceived as Caudillos. As opposed to the leaders of Illiberal Democracies, even the Constitutions of their countries (which are useless) do not legitimate them in the way that Illiberal Democratic Dictators are legitimated on paper.
5) Compromised Government: In Situations with various powerful ethnic groups like Lebanon (with its Maronite, Shiite, and Sunni communities) and Iraq with its (Shiite, Sunni Arab, and Kurd communities) there are democracies which guarantee certain positions in the government to a certain ethnic group so that one group cannot dictate policies for all the other groups. This often results in fights over census taking as that might lessen a particular group's strength and actual group on group violence to intimidate voters of one ethnic group to vote for a candidate that also supports whatever objective would help the perpetrator who are a different ethnicity. This results in very fragile agreements.
6) Real Democracy: Turkey is the Muslim World's best example of a Liberal Democracy where the Turkish people consistently vote in free elections to determine the future of their country. If current Tunisia and Egypt continue to behave the way it did in the previous election by the time the next election comes, the Arab World also will have added "Modern Functional Democracy" to its list. (It is also possible, but much less likely that Libya, Palestine, and/or Syria may join this list.)
How did the Indian government change Hinduism?
the government banned many of the taboos and superstitions in Hinduism. This drastically changed Hinduism.
What is the governments role in enforcing ethical practices?
The government makes sure that both people and the environment are protected. (apex)
Why do governments allow human right?
Governments allow human rights because otherwise bad things happen to planet Earth. If a society does not allow for human rights, the earth can change shape (think of a sphere turning into more of a cylinder) and the planet would no longer be blue. The oceans turn more of a red color, and the air is more black than clear. This happened in the early 14th century. Hope this helps!
What are the five Muslim republic countries?
Republic Islamic countries are much more in number than five. However, some of them are:
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Iran
- Egypt
- Algeria
- Sudan
- Syria
- Iraq
- Sudan
The key element of corporate governance here would be corporate culture. Culture is the generally accepted set of expected behavior within the corporation. It is generally the result of the actions (intended and unintended consequences) of the CEO. It is rare that cultural change can be driven by anyone else because it must be built into every aspect to corporate governance, including the rewards systems put in place from the top down.
Companies that tell employees to "make your numbers, whatever it takes" are at great danger of promoting people who put ethics and moral reasoning behind making the numbers look good. Companies that recognize employees for "doing the right thing" and who routinely expect total integrity from their people more typically get ethical decisions from every person in the organization.
You are expressing a strong emotion here, and that is ok. But your rhetoric (I have edited the original wording) was inflammatory and a little inflated. I don't think you would get a great deal of agreement on either side of your question.
People suffering discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation would probably disagree that government has spent so much time advocating (or forcing) a gay agenda; there have been and are many legislators and governors on state and federal levels who are fighting against gay agendas with all of their strength. There is a strong block of very conservative legislators, politically and religiously, who may never ever be won over. For the gay population the battle clearly continues.
History does not support your statement that nothing has ever been done for blacks. If you look at the record from the end of the Civil War to the present, and then especially around the 1960's and later, clearly there has been progress. Enough progress? Probably not. Have mistakes been made? Yes, many mistakes have been made. But do you think that if nothing had ever been done since the Civil War that Barak Obama would be the most powerful man on the face of the earth?
Using rhetoric to incite hard feelings is a tactic for bullies. What you really want to do is to highlight where there are still important unmet needs for your community, without tearing another community down in the process. This will have the effect of lifting everyone up, and encouraging others to join with you.
What is the government doing for oil prices?
I think oil prices will get even HIGHER as we use up that resource on the Earth. But now more and more hybrids are being made and sold that we may see a lower prics. So BUY A HYBRID!!!!!!
Top leaders in government and business today are?
Top leaders in the U.S. government as of 5/16/2014, includes Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Top leaders in the business as of 5/16/2014, can include Warren Buffet and Bill Gates.
What best illustrates impressment?
Well for a girl to a guy, i think it would be to just tell them how amazed you are. Just something cute like, "Wow! That's pretty impressive." And just be kinda flirtacious about it. Don't be over the top, but show them that you appeciate and are impressed with what they do.
For a guy to a girl, well that's a tough one. I guess you would just do the same thing. But be a little bit more masculine with it. Not too masculine because girls like sweet guys. ;)
Do you need the soul to give people identity?
yes ==new answer== Our identity was in place proir to the existence of the soul. First God created light. Then the division of light created the I Am which is each person at the core. As light moved outward to gain experience the different divisions of mind were created as needed to fulfill the plan of creation. The superconscious mind houses this plan. After this creation was the separation or dome between this division of mind and what was to come. Next was created the subconscious mind or soul which is related as Adam in Genesis. Then the conscious mind or Eve was created so we would have a way to learn from physical experiences. This is the marriage created in heaven or superconscious mind. The emotional level of consciousness is Adam's rib which connects the these two divisions of mind. By becoming engrossed in the physical existence, we forgot where we came from and are therefore confused about where we are going and why we are here. These things are spelled out not only in the bible but other major holy works coded in the universal language of mind,which is the dream language of the soul.
You need to answer this question question because we don’t do homework and your teacher is looking for your critical thinking skills and how well you understood the lesson.
Why does the government regulate some of the business systems in your country?
it's to protect the common good of all the citizens in our country
Who believes that government should not make laws about religion?
I believe that only certain laws should be made concerning religion
There is no government that advocates the view that no laws should be promulgated concerning religion. The United States Constitution is probably most direct on the issue, prohibiting three major sets of laws about religion that cannot be promulgated: those concerning the establishment of a national religion, those limiting the free exercise of religion, and those requiring a religious test for citizenship or government post. However, there are numerous laws concerning religion, such as how they should be taxed, what places they can build new houses of worship, what should be taught in science classrooms, etc.
theocracy
What is an example of devolution?
the no child left behind act and how it was started by George Bush but eventually it ended up as more of a state issue as to how to deal with it
