Non-Violence, also known as The Knotted Gun, is a bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd of an oversized Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver...
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Nonviolence (redirect from Non-violence)
E. M. Houben, K. R. van Kooij, ed., Violence denied: violence, non-violence and the rationalisation of violence in "South Asian" cultural history. BRILL...
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Violence is the use of physical force to cause harm to people, or non-human life, such as pain, injury, death, damage, or destruction. Some definitions...
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The Non-Violence Project Foundation (NVP) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire, motivate, and engage young people on how to solve conflicts...
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International Day of Non-Violence is observed on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. It was established on 15 June 2007 according to United Nations...
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Jainism (section Non-violence (ahimsa))
are ahiṃsā (non-violence), anekāntavāda (non-absolutism), and aparigraha (asceticism). Jain monks take five main vows: ahiṃsā (non-violence), satya (truth)...
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (redirect from Student Non-Violence Coordinating Committee)
protections. By the mid-1960s the measured nature of the gains made, and the violence with which they were resisted, were generating dissent from the group's...
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An Apostle of Non-Violence (French: Un apôtre de la non-violence) is a 1997 Cambodian short feature film written, produced, and directed by King Norodom...
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and other violence in Punjab, the movement sought to secure Swaraj, independence for India. Gandhi promised Swaraj within one year if his non-cooperation...
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sometimes involves non-cohabitating family members. In 2015, the United Kingdom's Home Office widened the definition of domestic violence to include coercive...
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Bawa Jain (redirect from Gandhi-King Award for Non-Violence)
World Economic Forum, and is the creator of the Gandhi–King Award for Non-Violence. He launched the World Council of Religious Leaders (WCORL) Religion...
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purity. War is a special category of violence that is addressed in four different ways including pacifism, non-resistance, just war and crusade. The...
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Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence, 468 U.S. 288 (1984), is a United States Supreme Court case with the National Park Service's regulation which...
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The School Day of Non-violence and Peace (or DENIP, acronym from Catalan: Dia Escolar de la No-violència i la Pau) is an observance founded by the Spanish...
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in his speech, remain important tools for interpreting his vision of non-violence and satyagraha, and its evolution alongside the pursuit of Indian independence...
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define, however. Violence is a very broad concept, because it is used against both human and non-human entities. Furthermore, violence can have a wide...
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eating of meat, fish and eggs are based on the principle of non-violence (ahimsa, figuratively "non-injuring"). Every act by which a person directly or indirectly...
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Numerous scholars and authors, both Muslim and non-Muslim have testified to the underlying rejection of violence, cruelty, coercion, and intolerance of the...
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used by a state against other states (war), violence which is used by a state against civilians and non-state actors (forced disappearance, psychological...
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attitudes towards violence and nonviolence over time. Both currently and historically, there have been four attitudes towards violence and war and four...
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Nonviolent video game (redirect from Non-violent video game)
characterized by little or no violence. As the term is vague, game designers, developers, and marketers that describe themselves as non-violent video game makers...
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Brethren Church (section Military and non-violence)
in contrast to the way of the world. In non-resistance, Brethren have renounced the Christian's use of violence in combating evil, striving, as far as...
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India. The United Nations celebrates the day as International Day of Non-Violence. Called the "Father of The Nation" by Subhas Chandra Bose, Gandhi espoused...
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Ahimsa (section Non-human life)
as one of the four vows. No other Indian religion has developed the non-violence doctrine and its implications on everyday life as much as has Jainism...
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Diet in Hinduism (section Non-vegetarian diet)
scriptures promote a vegetarian dietary ideal based on the concept of ahimsa—non-violence and compassion towards all beings. According to a Pew Research Center...
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T. Sakhrie (section Advocacy for non-violence)
Naga nationalist and social activist, remembered for his commitment to non-violence and his role in the Naga National Council (NNC).Born in Khonoma, Nagaland...
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Community for Creative Non-Violence v. Reid, 490 U.S. 730 (1989), is a US copyright law and labor law case of a United States Supreme Court case regarding...
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A Door into Ocean (section Non-violence)
them to "hasten death" (kill). The Sharers continue to protest through non-violence, though this results in many Sharer deaths. They discover a cure for...
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Bhagat Singh was not a devotee of non-violence, but he did not subscribe to the religion of violence. He took to violence due to helplessness and to defend...
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Eleven vows (section Ahimsa (non-violence))
ISBN 978-1-4384-4674-5. Retrieved 2023-08-05. "Gandhi ji's views on non-violence". "Eleven vows". Prabhu, p. 293. Gandhi, pp. 11. Gandhi, Mohandas K....
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