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According to Oxford English Dictionary, the Urdu word Mushaira comes from an Arabic word “mušā'ara” meaning “vying poetry”. [2]Some legends suggest that Mushaira was first organized by Amir Khusraw (1253–1325), while some legends reject this hypothesis and claim that instead it was Qawwali, that was introduced by Amir Khusraw and not mushaira.
Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime. In some jurisdictions, actually obtaining the benefit is not required to commit the offense, and making a threat of violence which refers to a requirement of a payment of money or property to halt future violence is sufficient to commit the offense. [ 1 ]
Graffiti of Inquilab Zindabad slogan from Bangladesh, drawn by the students after the July Revolution. Inquilab Zindabad (Urdu: اِنقلاب زِنده باد; Hindi: इंक़िलाब ज़िंदाबाद; Bengali: ইনকিলাব জিন্দাবাদ) is a South Asian phrase, [1] [2] [3] which translates to "Long live the revolution".
Derives from the Hindi/Urdu for 'cut' referring to circumcision, a common practice among Muslim men. [75] [80] Khatmal Pakistan: Sh īʿi Muslims: Derives from the Urdu word for 'bedbug,' this term is used to dehumanize Shīʿites by portraying them as bloodsucking parasites. [81] Miya: Assam, India: Bengali Muslims: Derives from the honorific ...
According to Rajaa Moini the word 'azad' holds a unique significance in the Urdu language, which inspires reverence, pride, but in the context of women, downright hostility and revulsion.In Pakistan while an azad mulk, a free country, can be cause of celebration and revelry, where as an azad aurat, or a free woman, is faces accusations of ...
The word was also used in Rita, Sue and Bob Too – set in Bradford, one of the first cities to have a large Pakistani community. [citation needed] In the 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, Freddie Mercury, who was Indian Parsi, is often addressed derogatorily as a "Paki" when he worked as a baggage handler at London Heathrow Airport in 1970. [31]
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"Normal = bad word", a graffiti in Ljubljana, Slovenia Deviance is defined as " nonconformity to a set of norms that are accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society " [ 33 ] More simply put, if group members do not follow a norm, they become tagged as a deviant.