religious
Landless Workers' Movement or MST other: labor unions and federations; large farmers' associations; religious groups including evangelical Christian churches and the Catholic Church
www.exxun.com/Brazil/d_gv.html
religious
... matters; note - there is also a Religious Council (members appointed by the monarch) that advises on religious matters, a Privy Council (members appointed by the monarch) that deals with constitutional matters, and ...
www.exxun.com/Brunei/d_gv.html
religious
Muslim Brotherhood (technically illegal) note: despite a constitutional ban against religious-based parties and political activity, the technically illegal Muslim Brotherhood constitutes Hosni MUBARAK's potentially most significant political opposition
www.exxun.com/Egypt/d_gv.html
religious
other: business associations and employers' organizations; religious, trade unions, immigrant, expellee, and veterans groups
www.exxun.com/Germany/d_gv.html
religious
... primacy of Roman Catholicism as the Italian state religion. Present concerns of the Holy See include religious freedom, international development, the environment, the Middle East, China, the decline of religion in Europe ...
www.exxun.com/HolySee_VaticanCity/a_fg.html
religious
... have led to decreased tensions since 2002. Despite impressive gains in economic investment and output, India faces pressing problems such as significant overpopulation, environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and ethnic and religious strife
www.exxun.com/India/a_fg.html
religious
... Dal (religious organization); National Socialist Council of Nagaland in the northeast (separatist group); Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (religious organization); Vishwa Hindu Parishad (religious organization other: numerous religious or militant/chauvinistic organizations; various separatist ...
www.exxun.com/India/d_gv.html
religious
... clerical forces established a theocratic system of government with ultimate political authority vested in a learned religious scholar referred to commonly as the Supreme Leader who, according to the constitution, is accountable ...
www.exxun.com/Iran/a_fg.html
religious
... with a runoff held 25 April 2008 (next to be held in 2012) election results: percent of vote - NA; seats by party - conservatives/Islamists 170, reformers 46, independents 71, religious minorities 3
www.exxun.com/Iran/d_gv.html
Religious
... Binyamin NETANYAHU]; Meretz-YAHAD [Yossi BEILIN]; National Democratic Assembly (Balad) [Jamal ZAHALKA]; National Union (NU)/National Religious Party (NRP) [Binyamin ELON]; SHAS [Eliyahu YISHAI]; Torah and Shabbat Judaism [Yaakov LITZMAN]; United Arab ...
www.exxun.com/Israel/d_gv.html
religious
New Beginnings Movement or NBM; Rastafarians (black religious/racial cultists, pan-Africanists)
www.exxun.com/Jamaica/d_gv.html
religious
traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
www.exxun.com/Korea_North/c_pp.html
religious
... Kosovo's future status. Negotiations held intermittently between 2006 and 2007 on issues related to decentralization, religious heritage, and minority rights failed to yield a resolution between Serbia's willingness to grant ...
www.exxun.com/Kosovo/a_fg.html
religious
... Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant), other 1.3% note: 17 religious sects recognized
www.exxun.com/Lebanon/c_pp.html
religious
based on Italian and French civil law systems and Islamic law; separate religious courts; no constitutional provision for judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
www.exxun.com/Libya/d_gv.html
religious
... Sharia Appeal Court, Sharia High Court, and Sharia Subordinate Courts at state-level and deal with religious and family matters such as custody, divorce, and inheritance, only for Muslims; decisions of Sharia ...
www.exxun.com/Malaysia/d_gv.html
religious
... through corruption and mismanagement, and institutionalizing democracy. In addition, Nigeria continues to experience longstanding ethnic and religious tensions. Although both the 2003 and 2007 presidential elections were marred by significant irregularities and ...
www.exxun.com/Nigeria/a_fg.html
religious
green with a vertical white band (symbolizing the role of religious minorities) on the hoist side; a large white crescent and star are centered in the green field; the crescent, star, and ...
www.exxun.com/Pakistan/d_gv.html
religious
... Chechen Friendship Society other: ecology groups; human rights groups; nationalist pragmatists (no foreign influence over Central Eurasia); neo-Eurasianists (against Western influence for the area); religious groups; westernizers (lean towards the West
www.exxun.com/Russia/d_gv.html
religious
... minister, three on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and two after consultation with religious, economic, and social groups) and the House of Assembly (17 seats; members are elected by ...
www.exxun.com/SaintLucia/d_gv.html
religious
Ansar Al Marah (supports women's rights) other: gas companies; religious groups
www.exxun.com/SaudiArabia/d_gv.html
