Some scholars have contended that the issue was a religious issue, between the Muslim lowland population desiring independence while the highland Christian population sought a union with Ethiopia.

Some Muslim scholars, have noted the similarity to the Greek " peryklytos " which can be translated as " admirable one "; or in Arabic, " Ahmad ".

Some Muslim scholars argue that the Gospel of Barnabas has been modified, thus inconsistency is observed.

Some Muslim scholars state that this references the Mahdi, an eschatological figure in Islam, who will help defeat al-Masih ad-Dajjal ( lit " the false messiah ", cf.

Some Muslim religious organizations cite this work in support of the Islamic view of Jesus ; in particular, the Islamic apologists Rashid Rida in Egypt and Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi in Pakistan gave it qualified acceptance.

Some of the reforms that were actually put in place, such as the abolition of the traditional Muslim veil for women and the opening of a number of co-educational schools, quickly alienated many tribal and religious leaders.

Some Muslim scholars, such as Ibn Kathir and Kisa ' i, reproduced Jewish traditions, transmitted through early Jewish converts to Islam, regarding Isaiah.

Some Muslim majority countries have held public gay events, as in Turkey or Azerbaijan.

Some Christians favor political and administrative decentralization of the government, with separate Muslim and Christian sectors operating within the framework of a confederation.

Some groups also sprang up including the National Union for Liberation led by John Osmena and Diosdado Macapagal, the Mindanao Alliance, the Muslim Federal Party, the Pusyon Bisaya, and the Young Philippines.

Some scholars emphasize that its higher rate is also a sign of submission and acceptance of Muslim rule, and some argue humiliation for failing to embrace Islam.

Some Serbian intellectuals sought to unite all of the Southern, Balkan Slavs, whether Catholic ( Croats, Slovenes ), Muslim ( Bosnian Muslims, Sandžak ), or Orthodox ( Montenegrins, Serbs, Macedonians ), under their rule ( under the so-called panserbic ideologue, accordingly as " Serbian nation of three faiths ").

Some ghulat Shi ' a Muslim sects also regard their founders as in some special sense divine incarnations ( hulul ).

Some Muslim parents, residing in Western countries mimick modern Christmas celebration traditions, as a means of trying to make Ramadan a more enjoyable time for their children who are too young to fast and understand the spiritual significance of the holy month.

Some call themselves Muslim, and some call themselves Hindu.

Some of the largest Muslim countries, including Indonesia and Bangladesh have largely secular constitutions and laws, but with Islamic law provisions in family law.

Some continuity theorists point to earlier intellectual revolutions occurring in the Middle Ages, usually referring to either a European " Renaissance of the 12th century " or a medieval " Muslim scientific revolution ", as a sign of continuity.

Some members of Scholars for 9 / 11 Truth believe that the man in this videotape is not Osama bin Laden at all, citing differences in weight and facial features, along with his wearing of a gold ring, which is forbidden by Muslim law, and writing with his right hand although bin Laden is left-handed.

Professor Dwight Reynolds describes the subsequent transformations of the Arabic version: " Some of the earlier Persian tales may have survived within the Arabic tradition altered such that Arabic Muslim names and new locations were substituted for pre-Islamic Persian ones, but it is also clear that whole cycles of Arabic tales were eventually added to the collection and apparently replaced most of the Persian materials.

Some Muslims often regard adherents of the Bahá ' í faith as apostates from Islam, and there have been cases in some Muslim countries where Baha ' is have been harassed and persecuted.

Some Islamic scholars point out it is important to understand the hadith in its proper historical context: it was written when the nascent Muslim community in Medina was fighting for its existence, and the enemies of Islam encouraged rebellion and discord within the community .< ref >

Some Muslim scholars assert that this prohibition actually addresses only the abuse of alcohol, but they do not have sufficient numbers or authority to override the familiar total prohibition.

** Jamal Badawi: Muslim and Non-Muslim Relations: Reflections on Some Qur ’ anic Texts 5 April 2005

Some 77 percent of the Indo-Fijians are Hindu, with a further 16 percent being Muslim and 6 percent Christian.

Some Muslim girls wear a veil and many Sikh boys a turban in addition to the school uniform.

( Some SEATO nations disagreed, however.

Some scholars have suggested that Amos ’ s reference to Edom is symbolic of all nations who were once enemies of Israel and not meant to literally mean Edomites in the flesh.

Some forms of Islamic law, as in Saudi Arabia, may require capital punishment, but there is great variation within Islamic nations as to actual capital punishment.

Some nations ( e. g., Germany ) instead had a single tag with identical information stamped on both sides of it, which could easily be broken off for the purpose of record keeping.

Richard Nixon, then President, spoke of Eisenhower, Some men are considered great because they lead great armies or they lead powerful nations.

Some Ecuadorian nationalists attributed it to the Peruvian government because the crash took place near the border where, the two nations had participated in a Paquisha War in their perpetual border dispute.

Some national flags have been particularly inspirational to other nations, countries, or subnational entities in the design of their own flags.

Some nations imitated this flag so as to symbolize their similarity to the United States and / or the American Revolution.

Some Islamic nations prohibit gambling ; most other countries regulate it.

Some points of interest are the Planet M., the former German Pavillon, some nations ' vacant pavilions, the Expowale, the EXPO-Plaza and the EXPO-Gardens ( Parc Agricole, EXPO-Park South and the Gardens of change ).

Some indigenous nations resisted forced migration more forcefully.

Some governments guarantee the freedom of the press ; while other nations severely restrict what journalists can research and / or publish.

Some nations distinguish between mechanized and armored infantry, designating troops carried by APCs as mechanized and those in IFVs as armored.

Some nations have military ordinariates of the Anglican Communion, Lutheranism and Eastern Orthodoxy.

Some theorists and writers argued that human rights, liberal democracy and capitalist free market economics had become the only remaining ideological alternative for nations in the post – Cold War world.

Some examples would include the European Union which, while it does not hold much political sway on a national level ; has the authority to dictate some laws of member nations and impose norms and policies that may not have been voted for by national referendum.

Some breakdown can be expected to continue due to CFCs used by nations which have not banned them, and due to gases which are already in the stratosphere.

Some nations with proportional elections, like Israel and the Netherlands, have one electoral district only: the entire nation, and the entire pie is cut up according to the entire outcome.

Some nations, with either exclusively proportional representation or — as is the case with Germany — additional member systems, require a party list to achieve an election threshold — a set minimum percentage of votes to receive any seats.

Some nations, such as Indonesia and Azerbaijan, began as secular.

Some of the well known states that are often considered " constitutionally secular " are USA, France, India, Mexico South Korea, and Turkey although none of these nations have identical forms of governance.

Some nations were noted for their long spears, including the Scots and the Flemish.

Some conferences have sent missionaries to other nations including Malawi, Fiji and Argentina.

Some political commentaries, including Walter Bagehot's Physics and Politics ( 1872 ), attempted to extend the idea of natural selection to competition between nations and between human races.

Some 45, 000 Tanzanian-born people are currently living abroad, the overwhelming majority of these reside in the United Kingdom ( over 32, 000 ), whilst thousands also live in Canada, the United States and various European nations.