The Islamic legal codes (Sharia) differ from contemporary Western (in this case the U.S.) legal codes in important ways regarding the appropriate punishment for a crime, sexual equality, trial by jury, and the like. Read through https://laws.com/sharia-law and then answer the following:
1) Provide at least two examples of these laws and discuss their specific differences.
2) Given America’s separation of church and state and the strong actions of Sharia law, what should America do regarding Sharia law as more Muslims become citizens of the U.S.? Provide one suggestion that you think addresses the problem.
Compare and contrast Muhammad’s 5 Pillars with 2 of the following: The 10 Commandments; Confucius’ Virtues; The Buddha’s 8-Fold Path; Jesus’ Beatitudes. Are we seeing some similarities on these religions? Explain your answer.
BUS 499: Business Administration Capstone:
“Finding the Best Buy” Please respond to the following:
- Read the Finding the Best Buy case located in the blue cases pages of the textbook.
- Corporate governance has become a hot issue in the U.S. over the past two decades. From your analysis of the case study, determine two possible corporate governance challenges that might be faced by Best Buy as a result of its rapid growth and why they could become corporate governance issues.
- Make recommendations for how Best Buy can overcome these challenges. Provide specific examples to support your response.
SCI 115: Introduction to Biology:
In the section about viruses, our textbook discusses how new strains of flu arise via viral reassortment (page 245). This is also known as genetic reassortment. Read the following recent article from MIT News about tracking the spread of bird flu that discusses the impact of reassortment: edu/2017/tracking-spread-bird-flu-alaska-north-america-0317” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>http://news.mit.edu/2017/tracking-spread-bird-flu-alaska-north-america-0317. Next, address the following:
- Discuss the factors that make Alaskan waters in the summertime an optimal place and time for new strains of influenza to arise by genetic reassortment.
- What do you think is the most interesting aspect of this situation?
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