Basically, the war was a religious struggle in Minangkabau country between revivalist Islamic leaders (called Padris) and the local adat ("customary law") leaders, who were supported by the Dutch.
The most common application of the title mullah is to religious leaders, teachers in religious schools, those versed in the canon law, leaders of prayer in the mosques (imams), or reciters of the Qurʾān (qurrāʾ).
This has created a crucial power disparity: The small cadre of church leaders have became the sole interpreters of the Bible on Old Colonies, and because the Bible is seen as the law, leaders use this control over the scripture to instill order and obedience. .
This has created a crucial power disparity: the small cadre of church leaders have became the sole interpreters of the Bible on Old Colonies, and because the Bible is seen as the law, leaders use this control over the scripture to instill order and obedience.
The care, wisdom and grace she selflessly bestowed as nurse, teacher, wife, mother, hostess, aunt, in-law, leader, friend, will be cherished forever by the countless many who will never forget her.
Ellison confronts the challenges of developing a stable sense of self in a country whose laws, leaders, and social norms undermine your worth.
FOR Mike Campbell and Ben Freeth, his son-in-law, leaders of a legal battle to save Zimbabwe's last white-owned farms, Robert Mugabe's warning came too late.
Even now, as lawmakers in Washington are debating an overhaul of immigration laws, leaders from both parties are arguing that no federal money should be spent on health care for immigrants on their way to obtaining citizenship.
Mr. Bonar Law, the leader of the Unionist party in the House of Commons, in a speech at Ashton-under-Lyne, favored them.
The Bundys had hoped that Ward, as the top county law enforcement leader, would take a stand against the federal government and defend the Hammonds from imprisonment.
