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Tolerance for people of other beliefs

July 28, 2011

Tolerance is one of those hot buzz words frequently used in our cultural debates of the day. Tolerance is generally regarded as a virtue. The meaning of tolerance is to allow putting up with, especially, with regard to ideas or moral issues. In America tolerance is particularly treated as virtue because our country was built on the principle of granting a certain freedom of dissent. Tolerance is regarded as a great virtue. The scriptures even speak of God as exercising [...]

Who was Martin Luther king?

July 28, 2011

Martin Luther King was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family’s long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death Martin Luther acted as co-pastor. Martin Luther attended segregated public schools in Georgia, graduating from high school at the age of fifteen; he received the B. A. [...]

Non-violent ways of protest

July 28, 2011

Non-violent protest is a protest that does not employ violence as a way of getting the message across. Some means of achieving this could be petitions, lobbying through email, letters or media outlets, or boycotting. Demonstrations, marches and similar can also be a form of non-violent protest, but often become violent as they progress. There are many different ways and methods for non-violent ways of protest. Some of the ways are: Public speeches can be made; Letters of opposition or [...]

Who was Ghandi?

July 28, 2011

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. A pioneer of satyagraha, or resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience—a philosophy firmly founded upon ahimsa, or total nonviolence—Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is often referred to as Mahatma or “Great Soul,” an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath. n India, he is also called Bapu and officially honoured [...]

All about Palestine

July 28, 2011

Palestine was a conventional name, among others, used between 450 BC and 1948 AD to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands. The boundaries of the region have changed throughout history, and were first defined in modern times by the Franco-British boundary agreement (1920) and the Transjordan memorandum during the British Mandate for Palestine. Today, the region comprises the country of Israel and the Palestinian territories. Today, the term Palestine is [...]