A PRIMER TO THE SUNNI-SHIA CONFLICT

A Primer to the Sunni-Shia Conflict

Which dispute is so resilient that it continues nearly 1,400 years after the original quarrel? It is the Leather Long Wallet Sunni-Shiite dispute over the question who should succeed the Prophet Mohammed.The original struggle turns around the question if religio-political leadership should be passed on by bloodline (the Shiite imamate) or election

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The Medieval Problem of the Productivity of Art

This paper is focused on one of the key questions constituting the medieval debate about the ontological status of artefacts, which has to do with the productivity of art.We ordinarily speak about artefacts, such as statues or chairs, as produced by their artificers, and Aristotle describes art in general as a productive habit.In the first part of

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High Sensitivity of the Tiger Beetle, Cicindela circumpicta, to Toxicity from Pyrethroids and Neonicotinoids, and Implications for Ecosystem Function and Species Extinctions

Risks to non-target species from pesticides have been a concern since the 1960s, but non-target arthropods have never received the attention as have non-target vertebrate species.Pesticide exposure could be a contributing factor in the decline of the endangered Cicindela nevadica lincolniana, as well as declines in predaceous and pollinating insect

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