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This table lists all two-letter codes (set 1), one per language for ISO 639 macrolanguage, and some of the three-letter codes of the other sets, formerly parts 2 and 3. Entries in the Scope column distinguish: Individual language; Collections of related languages; Macrolanguages; The Type column distinguishes: Ancient languages (extinct since ...
Jan Gierszewski (1882–1951), co-founder of the secret WW2 military organization Kashubian Griffin, Code name "Major Rys" [73] Günter Grass (1927–2015) Nobel Prize-winning German author of Kashubian descent; Marian Jeliński (1949– ) Veterinarian, author, Kashubian activist; Wojciech Kasperski (1981– ) film director, screenwriter
Starting in the 19th century the legal code of many Muslim states no longer included apostasy as a capital crime, and to compensate some Islamic scholars called for vigilante justice of hisbah to execute the offenders (see Apostasy in Islam#Colonial era and after).
Hezbollah's secret services collaborate with the Lebanese intelligence agencies. [ 150 ] In the summer of 1982, Hezbollah's Special Security Apparatus was created by Hussein al-Khalil, now a "top political adviser to Nasrallah"; [ 196 ] while Hezbollah's counterintelligence was initially managed by Iran's Quds Force , [ 197 ] : 238 the ...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Lady Ferguson [a] (born 13 November 1969) [1] is a Somali-born Dutch-American writer, activist and former politician. [2] [3] [4] She is a critic of Islam and advocate for the rights and self-determination of Muslim women, opposing forced marriage, honour killing, child marriage, and female genital mutilation. [5]
The Code Louis later became the basis for the Napoleonic code, which in turn inspired many modern legal codes. One of Louis's more infamous decrees was the Grande Ordonnance sur les Colonies of 1685, the Code Noir (black code). Although it sanctioned slavery, it attempted to humanise the practice by prohibiting the separation of families.
Justinian I (/ dʒ ʌ ˈ s t ɪ n i ə n / just-IN-ee-ən; Latin: Iūstīniānus, Classical Latin pronunciation: [juːstiːniˈaːnʊs]; Greek: Ἰουστινιανός, translit. Ioustinianós, Byzantine Greek pronunciation: [i.ustini.aˈnos]; 482 – 14 November 565), [b] also known as Justinian the Great, [c] was the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565.