Taliban men no doubt believe that the subjugation of women is a cultural privilege, as well as a religious duty.

Far from being a religious fanatic, Merah grew up as a petty criminal with no interest in religion.

Her grandfather, a certain Marwan al Safedi, had been a wealthy merchant as well as local religious leader during the first half of the twentieth century.

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His notion of the power of myth in people's lives inspired Marxists and Fascists.

So for instance, you could develop super efficient roof structures based on giant Amazon water lilies, whole buildings inspired by abalone shells, super lightweight bridges inspired by plant cells.

Some of these warnings were inspired by deep seated doubts about European monetary unification.

The ultimate goal seems to be to reshape Turkish society in the movement s own conservative religious image.

Acts of terrorism are not justifiable on any grounds, be they political, philosophical, religious or other.

Shanghaiist collects a series of anime character drawings recreated from the China map.

The baroque inspired Late Registration followed in 2005, and Graduation in 2007.

More significantly, States Parties also undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions.

This is done... as Cervantes did it... by never letting the reader rest.

The Camphill Movement is an initiative for social change based on the principles of anthroposophy.

The activities highlighted are linked to or inspired by efforts to implement the Madrid Plan of Action.

Servilia is loosely based on the historical personage of Servilia Caepionis, mother of Marcus Junius Brutus, and famous lover of Julius Caesar.

On the other side are the modern minded, those who hated the old oppression by corrupt dictators and despise the new oppression by religious fanatics.

Participatory design (PD), a North American term for the same concept, inspired by Cooperative Design, focusing on the participation of users.

Inspired by his Uncle Henry's worldwide adventures in the U.S. Navy, Gardner decided to enlist when he finished secondary schooling.

Her Regency romances were inspired by the writings of Jane Austen, whose novels were set in the same era.

France, some states of the Dutch Republic and various Catholic states in Germany and Switzerland (both countries were religiously split) followed suit within a year or two, and Hungary followed in 1587.

So they imagine the property rights acquired through cronyism, nepotism, and backroom dealing as somehow emerging from a Lockean realm of freedom.

Their deaths apparently inspired Hughes to include the creation of a medical research laboratory in his will that he signed in 1925 at age 19.

The characters in the novel include those who are purely fictional, those based on real people but fictionalized, and those who were actual figures in the war.

Blassingame, however, points out that in spite of restrictions, slaves were able to build a strong musical tradition drawing on their African heritage.

William Wilson is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839, with a setting inspired by Poe's formative years on the outskirts of London.

(Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division), a fictional peacekeeping and spy agency in a world populated with superheroes and numerous supernatural phenomena.

Extremism based on a perversion of Islam shows no sign of abating indeed, it will not abate until it is taken on religiously, as well as by security measures.

According to one interpretation, the colors and shapes of the building are based on the imagery of the Scroll of the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness the white dome symbolizes the Sons of Light and the black wall symbolizes the Sons of Darkness.

On leaving prison he painted a series of one hundred works inspired by the work of Gabriel García Márquez One Hundred Years of Solitude, which exposes in Valencia and Barcelona.

According to CONICET survey on creeds, about 76.5 of Argentines are Roman Catholic, 11.3 religiously indifferent, 9 Protestant (with 7.9 in Pentecostal denominations), 1.2 Jehovah's Witnesses, and 0.9 Mormons.

Many have already heard of the French urban artist Invadera who based much of his art on a particular arcade game in the late 1990s and left his mark on urban artists throughout Europe.

Since the 1970 s, the Assads have failed to foster Arab nationalism in order to unite the religiously divided population, resorting instead to divisive sectarian politics to control Syria s population.

I mean, all the projects which have, in some way, been inspired by that agenda are about a celebratory lifestyle, in a way celebrating the places and the spaces which determine the quality of life.

Tom Shannon shows off his gravity defying, otherworldly sculpture made of simple, earthly materials that floats and spins like planets on magnets and suspension wire. It's science inspired art at its most heavenly.

This Soviet orientalism is reinforced by pretty waitresses dressed in sexy outfits more inspired by the Arabian Nights than by any Central Asian reality then or now.

1962 UH 2A B production begins January 1964 First flight of Kaman's experimental Convertiplane equipped with a GE J 85 engine and wings from a Beechcraft Queen Air.

The character was originally believed to be inspired by Texas Ranger Captain John R. Hughes, to whom the book The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey was dedicated in 1915.

She failed to understand why headscarves were considered religious symbols when other such symbols were allowed and when, in her view, it was a question of freedom of choice.

History BMX began in the early 1970s when children began racing their bicycles on dirt tracks in southern California, inspired by the motocross stars of the time.

It has been identified as having inspired some of the most important developments in human history including the invention of the wheel, the planting of the first cereal crops and the development of cursive script, Mathematics, Astronomy and Agriculture.

In 1995, the cosmologist Carl Sagan expressed concern about the trend toward a society in which, clutching our crystals and religiously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in steep decline we slide, almost without noticing, into superstition and darkness.

Personal life Diaz dated and eventually married actress Kate del Castillo on August 29, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and endorsed with the religious ceremony in the Episcopal Church in San Miguel de Allende (Mexico) on the 5th of September of that year.

The film, along with a war adventure called The Guns of Navarone , inspired producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman to invest in their own spy adventure, based on the novels of Ian Fleming.

A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary a bus, a bridge, a power station ... And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth and light.