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Contributor: Tianna Middleton
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theocracy- a system of government in which a country is ruled by religious leader secularism- the belief that religion should not play a role in government, education, or other public parts of society Ayatollah Khomeini- the supreme religious leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 Shah Pahlavi- Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 Saddam Hussein- Iraqi President, Prime Minister, and head of the armed forces Mahmoud Ahmadinejad- Iraqi President, Prime Minister, and head of the armed forces Iranian Revolution- the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Osama bin Laden- head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda- a global Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden Taliban- an Islamic militant group operating in Afghanistan and western Pakistan Anwar Sadat- An Egyptian political leader of the twentieth century Five Pillars Of Islam- prayer,charity,testimony of faith,fasting,pilgrimage to Mecca Dome of Rock- a shrine located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem mandate system- was established to set regulations pertaining to territories transferred between countries partition of Palestine- a resolution calling for Palestine to be partitioned between Arabs and Jews British rule- India gained its independence from this.The practice of nonviolent resistance to unfair laws was brought up boycott- to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting Jinnah- the founder of Pakistan Dharma- the universal truth common to all individuals Sati- a woman commits suicide as a result of her husband's death. Sepoy Rebellion- India's First War of Independence Amritsar massacre-known as the Amritsar massacre, was an event which took place on 13 April 1919 The Salt march-nonviolent protest, which took place in colonial India on 12 March 1930. Cold War- It was a conflict between the United States(US) and the Soviet Union(USSR) for dominance over the world communism-a way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products socialism-a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies dictatorship-a government or country in which total power is held by a dictator or a small group imperialism-a policy or practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world Short Answer Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Israelis and Arabs have been fighting over Gaza on and off, for decades. It's part of the wider Arab Israeli conflict. After World War II and the Holocaust in which six million Jewish people were killed, more Jewish people wanted their own country. Kashmir Controversy territorial conflict between India,Pakistan,and to a limited degree, China.It started just after the partition of India India and Pakistan have fought three wars over Kashmir. Theocracy vs. Secularism in the Middle East Something that's "secular" means that it's non-religious in nature.Theocracy ,by definition, is related to religion; and so it's non-secular. ?

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