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...unless non-Muslims have failed to abide by the terms of the treaty, all terms and conditions of the treaty must be respected. There are a number of cases where the Prophet warns against the breaking of oaths and treaties in the strongest of terms, and tells Muslims to disregard the costs and potential benefits from breaking treaties and oaths. He was known widely in Arabia for his integrity and honesty. Even his most bitter enemies could not deny these qualities of the Prophet, even when trying to forge an alliance with the Byzantine emperor against the early Muslim community...
...racial connection is clear: one can discern the same disregard in the way Brett treats Lincoln and Jane; but a clear connection between the male treatment of both white women and women of color is conspicuously absent...
...number of refuseniks, past or prospective, now stands at around 1,000. Considering Israel’s much smaller population, it would be the equivalent of 40,000 politically-motivated refusals in the U.S. armed forces. This represents a ratio of discontent that any government, Israeli or American, would disregard at its peril...
...failure to inform human subjects of their rights is unpardonable. The convoluted legal terms of the consent forms, said some peasants, were far too complicated for them to understand. Sometimes the forms were only provided months after the actual research took place, showing blatant disregard for the ethical standard of informed consent. “Information must be presented to enable persons to voluntarily decide whether or not to participate as a research subject,” stipulates the Office for Human Research Protections of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. There is no excuse for these standards...
...right? Think again. Campaign finance reform is an unconstitutional restriction on free speech. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was right in filing suit on March 27 challenging the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. Many misguided Americans believe that it is acceptable to disregard the First Amendment when it comes to campaign contributions. The newly enacted law censors speech by limiting the financial avenues citizens can use to get their voices heard by government. Instead of creating a more democratic, open system of electioneering, the law dramatically increases the problem of incumbency advantage and favors the rich...