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Zakat patterns and giving practices among Indonesian academics

Zakat to the Muslim is charity, but it is far more than that as the following essay shows. In reality, the principle of zakat can be split into two subunit, zakat maal and zakat fitrah. Each has its own laws.

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Ethical practices and cultural diversity in mental healthcare clinics

In the mental clinic, it was observed that any treatments and assessments that are to be designed and decided upon are being shared with only the family members.

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Gender inequality in Canadian women's healthcare access

This is particularly true when it comes to women's healthcare, an issue which has already received inadequate attention and support even before one factors in other elements that make access to that healthcare more difficult.

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Pancho Villa's attack and the U.S. Punitive Expedition of 1916

The Punitive Expedition is the name of a military campaign that the government of the United States took place in Mexico to capture revolutionary leader Pancho Villa, who had attacked a U.S. outpost on March 9th of 1916 sending a military expedition to trap Francisco Villa on March 14 of 1916.

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Rick Perry's execution of Kelsey Patterson through a Kantian ethics lens

The United States Supreme Court made a judgment in 1976 to allow the fifty states to reinstate capital punishment if they wish to. The state that has put the most convicted criminals to death is Texas.

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Campaign finance trends in four gubernatorial elections

In this paper, we are examining the underlying trends in campaign finance. To do this we will look at four different gubernatorial campaigns. Once this takes place, is when we will be able to see what patterns are developing in how campaigns are financed.

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John Dewey's introduction to ethics and moral conduct

Dewey's introduction in Ethics is rather broad in scope and makes an attempt to illustrate a brief overview of the reasons necessary to write this particular treatise.

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John Dewey's pragmatist approach to ethics and social theory

Other than Aristotle, John Dewey has been called the greatest philosopher who ever lived. His beliefs on ethics, though, are somewhat different than other philosophers and not always in line with what individuals such as Aristotle and Nietzsche discussed.

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U.S.-Iran diplomatic and military relations from 1919 to 2011

Pre- and Post-1979 Revolution in Iran: Comparative Study of the U.S. Diplomatic Relations and military cooperation with Iran in the 1919-79 and 1979-2011 periods.

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The exclusionary rule and its application in criminal proceedings

Exclusionary Rule has become a well-established part of modern criminal law, so much so that many people fail to understand the relatively recent origin of the law and how it has been expanded beyond its initial parameters.

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