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  2. Taqiyya - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In Islam, Taqiyya (Arabic: تقیة, romanized: taqiyyah, lit. 'prudence') [1][2] is a dissimulation and secrecy of religious belief and practice. [1][3][4][5] Generally, taqiyya is regarded as the action of maintaining secrecy or mystifying one's beliefs. Hiding one's beliefs in non-Muslim nations has been practiced since the early days ...

  3. Competition Commission of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    cc .gov .pk. The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) ( Urdu: کمپیٹیشن کمیشن آف پاکستان ), formerly Monopoly Control Authority, is an independent agency quasi-regulatory, quasi-judicial body of the Government of Pakistan for the enforcement of economic competition laws in Pakistan that helps ensure healthy competition.

  4. Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices - Wikipedia

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    Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices is a proposal for bank regulation in the United States under Federal Reserve Regulation AA. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced in a press release on Saturday, May 2, 2008, that the proposed rules, "prohibit unfair practices regarding credit cards and overdraft services that would, among other provisions, protect ...

  5. Deception - Wikipedia

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    Deception is the act of convincing one or many recipients of untrue information. The person creating the deception knows it to be false while the receiver of the message has a tendency to believe it (although it's not always the case). [1] It is often done for personal gain or advantage. [2][3] Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda ...

  6. Women in Islam - Wikipedia

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    The Arab love story of Lāyla and Majnūn was arguably more widely known amongst Muslims than that of Romeo and Juliet in (Northern) Europe, [286] while the Persian author Jāmī's retelling of the story of Yusuf (Joseph) and Zulaykhā — based upon the narrative of Surat Yusuf in the Quran – is a seminal text in the Persian, Urdu, and ...

  7. False advertising - Wikipedia

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    False or deceptive practice in relation to a specific list of key factors; Omission of material information (unclear or untimely information) Aggressive practice by harassment, coercion or undue influence; These elements of deceptive advertising may impair a consumer's ability to make an informed decision, limiting their freedom of choice.

  8. Hoax - Wikipedia

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    The Dreadnought hoaxers in Abyssinian regalia; the bearded figure on the far left is the writer Virginia Woolf.. A hoax is a widely publicised falsehood so fashioned as to invite reflexive, unthinking acceptance by the greatest number of people of the most varied social identities and of the highest possible social pretensions; that is done in order to gull its victims into putting up the ...

  9. Care.com to refund $8.5M to customers for its ‘deceptive ...

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    The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that Care.com had agreed to a proposed $8.5 million settlement to address what the FTC called “unlawful practices,” which include misleading both the ...