CHOOSE FROM OPTION A OR B

OPTION A:

Scholars continue to debate the academic nature of Hinduism as to whether or not it is a polytheistic or monotheistic belief system. Based upon your studies and research this week, compare and contrast these two positions and then academically defend ONE SIDE of this debate by clearly demonstrating your position as to why you believe the practice of Hinduism is best identified as a polytheistic OR monotheistic belief system?

OPTION B:

A contemporary debate growing among scholars today revolves around the incredible growth of Yoga within the United States. The issue of the debate as defined by the 2011 October/November/December edition of Hinduism Today centers upon the question, “as to whether or not Yoga is intrinsically a Hindu practice or a universal science?” Based upon your studies and research this week, compare and contrast these two positions and then academically defend ONE SIDE of this debate by clearly demonstrating your position as to why you believe Yoga is best identified as an intrinsically Hindu practice OR a universal science? In your discussion, you will want to clearly identify and define what type of Yoga is being referenced and the foundational role that Yoga has in Hinduism.

“Four Questions People Ask About Hinduism … and Four Tweetable Answers 1. Is Yoga a Hindu Practice?” (2011) . Hinduism Today, October/November/December. Accessed 13 October 2018

1- What is the difference between the House of Wisdom and the House of Wisdom? Who among them is a product of the Abbasids?

2- Who is Al-Mansour bin Al-Hussein Al-Hallaj? What was his job? How did it end? And why?

3- It is said that the heresy appeared in the Abbasid era? What is this?

4- What is the truth about burning books and throwing them into the Tigris River by the Mongols when the Abbasid Caliphate fell?

5- What is meant by the caliph? That is, what does the word caliph mean as a definition?

6- What are the insignia of the Caliphate? Are there specific emblems representing the state to be considered a caliphate? Can any country be called a caliphate?

7-Did the caliphs receive a salary?

8– Who are the caliphs who were described as the fifth caliph? To clarify here… there are four Rightly Guided Caliphs throughout history (they are the ones who ruled the Islamic world after the death of the Messenger Muhammad (PBUH), but some caliphs appeared there after the rule of the Rightly Guided Caliphate) and were described as the fifth Caliph? Why? And who are they????

9- Why do historians disagree about the validity of this (Umayyad) caliphate in terms of the nature of rule? Some historians doubt this caliphate, while others acknowledge the right of the Umayyads to this caliphate. Why in short?

If this type of medication existed, even if it had a good intention of helping people forget their traumas, I would not recommend its use for all people with some trauma for two reasons. The first reason is that not all people have the same reaction to a medication. Since depending on the person, a higher or lower dose is needed for the medication to take effect, some may develop unwanted side effects, The other reason is that since its purpose is to forget traumas, this drug would work at the brain level. Which may or may not bring some collateral damage to the brain, mainly in the areas that are involved with emotions and memory. Possibly this drug inhibits or eliminates some neuronal connections related to the traumatic experience, which is not exempt from the fact that it may also affect other neuronal connections. Therefore, in my opinion, I would support this drug if it were prescribed and supervised by a professional in the neurological area with a mental health professional and used this drug in extreme cases or as a last resort. By the areas of the brain involved in the memory. In addition to the fact that there are treatments to treat trauma, some require medication that reduces the symptoms of trauma, others require therapies that help cope with the trauma.

Legislative history, aka what solutions have been offered before

Take notes WHILE YOU RESEARCH: create a document where you paste links of potentially useful articles, so that you can read them later. Note dates of those articles.

You are looking for:
what government action has been taken before? Because it is PUBLIC POLICY, it has to be government (city, state, federal). [e.g. sanctuary city is the city level, contradicting federal level.

did any scientists or social scientists contribute to the debate?

What solutions by private organizations have been adopted before?

Research process:
Do you want to find the history or to write the history? To find published history: 1. Library of Congress; 2. Law Librarians’ Society Legislative Sourcebook. 3. Google; 4. Specialized paid databases (ask librarian); 5. Free access databases (see attached image for the list)

Citation:
The complete paper should have citation TWICE:
1. inside the text “according to”
2.at the end full citation: Author, Title, Publisher, Date, url. Note: for government sources, use issuing agency (house, number, session, year) for “author”

The actual paper should:

• report what action has been proposed or taken on fixing your issue; Include dates! Are these actions federal, state, city, private organizations, wards?
• identify who is mainly proposing solutions
• evaluate: are these actions/policies sufficient? are they working? Why or why not?

General tips:
The tone should be civil and constructive
Legislative history is interpretive
Look for original intent