Testimony from women is given only half the weight of men, and testimony from non-Muslims may be excluded altogether ( if against a Muslim ).

Unfortunately, according to Shostakovich's comments in Testimony, Glazunov's alcoholism may have progressed to the point that he could not give a lesson while sober.

The spectrum of opinion on these issues includes some who believe that Volkov may have faked Testimony, but that it accurately reflects Shostakovich's views ( e. g. Elizabeth Wilson ).

" While this passage may have seemed far-fetched to some critics when Testimony first appeared, especially in the context of linking the symphony to the Hungarian Revolution, the concept of recurrence is reportedly one which has been central to Russian artists in the wake of that event and held tremendous significance among the intelligentsia in Russia.

Testimony by Charles W. Yost ( former U. S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations ), Richard A. Falk ( professor of International Law and Practice, Princeton University ) and John W. Lewis ( professor, Institute of Political Studies, Stanford University ) on the desirability of setting firm withdrawal date ; policy in SE Asia following withdrawal, including need for Geneva-type conference ; moral aspects of the Vietnam war including debate on the extent to which U. S. war policies may have constituted war crimes ; China's changing role in Indochina ; necessity and means of persuading President of present opportunities to end Vietnam war.

Testimony must be from at least two witnesses, and preferably free Muslim male witnesses, who are not related parties and who are of sound mind and reliable character ; testimony to establish the crime of adultery, or zina must be from four direct witnesses.

Surrounding the platform is the circular repository, housing the approximately 2. 2 million Pages of Testimony collected to date, with empty spaces for those yet to be submitted — room for six million Pages in all.

developed a vaccine for males and females and that the researchers were still searching for a means by which it could be delivered to make blacks sterile without making them aware. Testimony given at the Truth and

Although he testified before the Bronx grand jury that he only heard the words " hey doc " and that it would be very difficult to say he could pick a man by his voice, he did identify Hauptmann's as having the same voice during his trial in Flemington .< ref >" People vs. Hauptmann ," < u > The Bronx Grand Jury </ u >, Charles Lindbergh Testimony, page 5, September 26, 1934.

The folklorist Charles G. Leland, who positively reviewed MacRitchie's book The Testimony of Tradition ( 1890 ), wrote " The book should be of exceptional interest to every folk-lorist, both on account of its subject-matter and also on account of the manner in which it is treated ".

Testimony can be direct evidence or it can be circumstantial.

In this sense, Testimony can be read as the great monument of Objectivist poetry.

Testimony in a resulting prosecution over the term demonstrated that in Old English, the word referred to a priest, and could also be used to mean " nonsense ".

After the Testimony, the apostles were directed to travel through Christendom, to visit all parts of Christianity and Christian worship, and search for the correct forms ; the form and content of worship was not to be the result of arbitrary choice but defined by interpreting the Bible.

However, this final movement, often being criticized for sounding shrill, is declared in Testimony to be a parody of shrillness, representing " forced rejoicing ".

Testimony to the long history of the name can be found in some records, which state that once, while the Ahom king Pratap Singha was passing by the region during the seventeenth century, he was particularly impressed by the taste of fish and on inquiry, he was told it came from Kaziranga.

Testimony by John W. Gardner ( Chairman of Common Cause, Washington, D. C .) on the swing in public opinion regarding Vietnam war ; support for announced withdrawal date and schedule whereby prisoner releases would be phased with stages of withdrawal ; need for reassertion of congressional power and influence vis-a-vis the Executive Branch.

Testimony has been classified, and will be kept secret for the next 50 years.

Testimony at Meyer's war crimes trial, later deprecated, also suggested that Meyer later made it clear he expected no prisoners to be taken during subsequent fighting.

* Testimony from survivors referring to IDF assistance and grenade explosions in the massacre was found to be contradictory and inconsistent ; investigators did not find any grenade fragments.

This effort culminated in 1666 with the " Testimony from the Brethren ," aimed at those, in its own words, who despised a rule " without which we ... cannot be kept holy and inviolable "; it continued the centralizing process that began with the Nayler affair and was aimed at isolating any separatists who still lurked in the Society.

They simply set a fixed price that they considered fair, which went against the custom of earlier times, but was felt by them to be simpler and more honest ( this practice is generally considered more a part of the Testimony of Integrity than a part of the Testimony of Simplicity ).

The Testimony of Simplicity is an important part of Quaker life, and many examples of its influence can be seen in both day-to-day and ceremonious practices.

His Christian testimony can be found in the book The Testimony of a Hundred Witnesses ( 1858 ) edited by John Frederick Weishampel.

At the time of the schism, Irvine believed that all those who died in " The Testimony " prior to 3 August 1914 were saved, but that only those who followed his continuing message could be saved.

* Voices of Rwanda: The Rwanda Testimony Film Project — A populous oral history archive dedicated to filming video testimonies of Rwandans

Fundamentalism is a movement, rather than a denomination or a systematic theology, which gained ascendance after the release of a ten-volume set of essays, apologetic and polemic, written by many well-known conservative Protestant theologians to defend what they saw as Protestant orthodoxy — covering a wide range of topics, from defenses of the Divinity of Jesus Christ, his Virgin Birth, of the historicity of Biblical narratives, Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, and of Biblical inerrancy against the prevalent higher-critical theories of the day, to the falsity of theological systems such as Christian Science, " Millennial Dawnism ", Mormonism, to the errors of " Romanism "— over the course of 1910-1915, called The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth, from which the movement receives its eponymous name.

Some performers were banned by the government, including Zé Manel after he began singing " Tustumunhus di aonti " ( Yesterday's Testimony ) in 1983, using lyrics written by Huco Monteiro, a poet.

Kara Karayev died in 1982, but his son Faradzh Karayev has testified in 1999 that his father had read the German translation of Testimony and told his family that " Mitya Shostakovich couldn't have written this, let alone allowed its publication.

He told CBS that Shostakovich had written a " hidden message " in the symphony, which is supported by the composer's words in Testimony.

From the Christian Fellowship Centre, Austin-Sparks and his co-workers also ran a publishing operation which printed a bi-monthly magazine, A Witness and a Testimony ( published from 1923 until the death of Austin-Sparks in 1971 ), and books either written by Austin-Sparks or edited from transcripts of his recorded messages.

Testimony showed that the witnesses to the purported will were out of town on the day it was signed, the typewriter used to type the document had not yet been manufactured when the will was purportedly written, and King ’ s signature and those of other witnesses were not genuine.

In 1839 the sisters edited American Slavery as It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses, a collection of newspaper stories from southern papers written by southern newspaper editors.

Aron Habrit ), also known as the Ark of the Testimony, is a chest described in Book of Exodus as containing the Tablets of Stone on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed and pieces of manna.

A Latin text was found in Milan in the 19th century by Antonio Ceriani who called it the Assumption of Moses, even though it does not refer to an assumption of Moses or contain portions of the Assumption which are cited by ancient authors, and it is apparently actually the Testimony.

Testimony to morphine's addictive and reinforcing nature is its relapse rate.

American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses, a volume co-authored by Theodore Dwight Weld and the Grimké sisters, is also a source of some of the novel's content.

On the upper cone is a display featuring 600 photographs of Holocaust victims and fragments of Pages of Testimony.

There is a Quaker belief called Testimony of Simplicity that a person ought to live her or his life simply.

Members of the Religious Society of Friends ( Quakers ) practice the Testimony of Simplicity, which is the simplifying of one's life in order to focus on things that are most important and disregard or avoid things that are least important.

The fair treatment of people of all races is now part of the Friends ' Testimony of Equality.

The period leading to this decision is described on the solo album Testimony ( 2003 ), an epic, introspective composition which features Kerry Livgren of Kansas and Mike Portnoy.

This argument is most fully exhibited in a treatise entitled The Testimony of the King of Martyrs ( 1729 ).

The Testimony of the King of Martyrs concerning His Kingdom ( 1729 ) is a classic repudiation of erastianism and defence of the spiritual autonomy of the church under Jesus Christ.

* The Testimony of Mr. Elon Musk-U. S. Senate Committee Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX: " If I can emphasize, underscore and highlight one strategy for Congress, it is to offer prizes of meaningful scale and scope.

Webb later sent Jackson a Motion to Recant Testimony, that declared, " Mr. Willingham is innocent of all charges.

Testimony ( Russian: Свидетельство ) is a book that was published in October 1979 by the Russian musicologist Solomon Volkov.

According to Heikinheimo, Mstislav Rostropovich ( in 1979 ) considered that Testimony is authentic, as did Rudolf Barshai, Kirill Kondrashin, Yuri Lyubimov, Gidon Kremer, Emil Gilels, and Sviatoslav Richter.

Testimony: The Story of Shostakovich is a 1987 British drama film, based on the book, directed by Tony Palmer and starring Ben Kingsley as Shostakovich.

The existence of apparently separate congregations is understood by the community not as in any sense being a schism or separation from the one Catholic Church, but a separation to a special work of restoration, blessing and intercession on behalf of it on the one hand, and the results of the rejection of the Testimony on the other.

The second movement is a short and violent scherzo, described in Testimony as " a musical portrait of Stalin, roughly speaking ".