" Ever since the time of my ancestor Ali, the first Imam, that is to say over a period of thirteen hundred years, it has always been the tradition of our family that each Imam chooses his successor at his absolute and unfettered discretion from amongst any of his descendants, whether they be sons or remote male issue and in these circumstances and in view of the fundamentally altered conditions in the world in very recent years due to the great changes which have taken place including the discoveries of atomic science, I am convinced that it is in the best interest of the Shia Muslim Ismailia Community that I should be succeeded by a young man who has been brought up and developed during recent years and in the midst of the new age and who brings a new outlook on life to his office as Imam.

Papers from a recent Rabbinical Assembly conference on theology were printed in a special issue of the journal Conservative Judaism ( Winter 1999 ); the editors note that Kaplan's naturalism seems to have dropped from the movement's radar screen.

On the issue of reparations, he barely acknowledges the wrongs committed by the Swiss and German institutions — the burying of Jewish bank accounts, the use of slave labor — that gave rise to the recent reparations drive.

Historians and theologians regularly review the changing relationship between some Christian groups and the Jewish people ; the article on Christian-Jewish reconciliation studies one recent issue.

In the May 27, 2010, issue of The New York Review of Books, Columbia professor Mark Lilla analyzed five recent books dealing with American political party discontent in a review titled, " The Tea Party Jacobins ".

* The most recent issue of the webcomic Dr. McNinja features Dracula revealing that he discovered the cure for cancer and hid it on Mars.

A recent issue of Philosophy & Rhetoric presents current writing in the field.

In its early decades, the magazine sometimes published two or even three short stories a week, but in recent years the pace has remained steady at one story per issue.

In recent history, only Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have not taken up this privilege ( although Brown did issue the 2010 Dissolution Honours to similar effect ).

In recent years, the environmental movement has increasingly focused on global warming as a top issue.

In recent years, there has been a long public debate about whether to issue programs that would grant women a privileged access to jobs in order to fight discrimination.

For a representative debate on this issue, see the contributions to ; for a more recent view,.

Another issue is the recent finding that even monozygotic twins can be different and there is a mechanism which might account for monozygotic twins being discordant for homosexuality.

A recent ( 2007 ) issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A was dedicated to Prof. Wyatt and his work on " Computational Bohmian Dynamics ".

In recent times, the Simputer has seen deployment by the police force to track traffic offenders and issue traffic tickets.

Sometimes, a state wishing to achieve independence from a dominating power will issue a declaration of independence ; the earliest surviving example is Scotland's Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, with the most recent example being Azawad's declaration of independence in 2012.

The organisers said the decision was a result of recent ethno-religious tensions in Sydney, complaints that the previous year's festival had been marred by roving packs of aggressive flag-draped youths, and recognition that some indigenous Australians take issue with celebrating the start of British settlement.

In more recent popular and even academic press, the party's program has often been reduced to the single issue of immigration.

Israel does not issue civil marriages, only religious ones, with religious restrictions on the eligibility of marriage, and a recent law allows civil marriages in Israel under one condition: both individuals are non-Jewish residents of the state.

The recent expansion of the Internet and e-commerce has led to many patents being applied for and being granted for business methods implemented in software and the question of whether business methods are statutory subject matter is a separate issue from the question of whether software is.

The recent emphasis on visualization started in 1987 with the special issue of Computer Graphics on Visualization in Scientific Computing.

Although the cost of imported water has been a negative issue in recent years, avocado and citrus orchards are also prominent.

Examining the issue of walkability, a recent comparison of seven neighbourhood layouts found a 43 and 32 percent increase in walking with respect to a grid plan and conventional suburban layout in a Fused Grid layout, which has greater permeability for pedestrians than for cars due to its inclusion of dedicated pedestrian paths.

Much of the recent sociological debate on power revolves around the issue of the enabling nature of power.

In recent times the term " prequel " has also been applied to origin-story reboots, such as Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Batman Begins, and Casino Royale.

In the story, Batman recounts the JLA and JSA's battle alongside the original Legion to defeat Mordru, the " Reboot " team's assistance in destroying a Sun-Eater in the 20th century, and his own recent encounter with the " Threeboot " team.

They accepted his proposals for Animal Man, a little-known character from DC's past whose most notable recent appearance was a cameo in the Crisis on Infinite Earths limited series, and for a 48-page Batman one-shot that would eventually become Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth.

The recent appearance of the child ( under the name Damian ) in an issue of Batman implies that this policy may have changed.

In its most recent formation the group's leadership was relinquished by Nightwing to Batman, who recruited former members and newcomers.

In this series, the sadistic and psychopathic Batman takes the young pre-teen acrobat in as a potential sidekick, but berates and abuses him, preventing the boy from coming to terms with the recent killings of his parents and keeping him a virtual prisoner in the Batcave.

In the more recent Batman Begins ( 2005 ), the former Rothschild estate, Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire, was used to portray Wayne Manor's exterior and interior.

Many stories allude to Fox knowing the secret activities of his employer, and yet keeping it to himself, most notably in the recent feature film Batman Begins ; at the very least, he is aware that his employer is not the shallow playboy he pretends to be, though he notes his preference of plausible deniability.

A modern-day version of Ace was reintroduced in Batman # 462 ( June 1991 ), although he has been rarely seen in recent years.

Accompanied by Superman, Batman tracked a spree of recent disappearances to the Parasite's hiding place, during which Superman gained a new insight into Batman's methods and actions, and Lois was soon found alive by the two heroes.

More recent voice work includes the voice of Jim Gordon in the animated Batman: Year One.

In Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Batman is being hunted by the police as a suspect in the recent murder of several gang lords ( a crime actually committed by the Phantasm ), and Bullock, under orders from Councilman Arthur Reeves, tries to use the Bat-Signal to lure him in.

In a more recent arc in Superman / Batman, a new Composite Superman Batman was created when Mister Mxyzptlk merged the Supermen and Batmen of several alternate realities together.

Originally released as Batman: KnightsEnd, recent editions retitled it as Knightfall Volume 3.

Batman became involved in this matter while attempting to bring the League to justice for a number of recent killings.

Jason Marsden, who plays the young Burt Ward / Robin, has done a few voice roles in recent DC / Warner Bros Cartoons such as Batman Beyond and Justice League Unlimited.

Catman is a modern version of a fictional character in comic books published by DC Comics who was initially a supervillain and arch-rival of Batman ( although in recent years has developed into a more capable and antiheroic figure ).

In recent years he has also done some voice-over work in animation, most notably in the film Antz and the television series Batman: The Animated Series.

The Gray Ghost made a return appearance in an early issue of Batman: The Gotham Adventures in the late 1990s, and turned up again years later in the most recent Batman Adventures series in 2004, in a story about the making of a Gray Ghost film.

" The Man Who Falls " was reprinted in the Batman Begins tie-in graphic novel, which also included the film adaptation and reprints of other, more recent, Batman stories.