Recently, I happened to be at the auzashar (breaking of the fast) in a local mosque. I listened attentively to the preaching of the Imam. On this day he told the hadith about the restraint of the Prophet.
Once the Prophet was at sports competitions. People competed in …
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The fate of the negotiator is unenviable.
Your people will always say that you are too soft and yielding.
Strangers will always say that you are too hard and inconsistent.…
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I’m an atheist.
I do not believe in supernatural power. I believe in the laws of physics, chemistry, biology, sociology, and others.
But that’s not the point.
How did it happen that in our society to own up to being an …
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When I have been to Italy last time, I talked with a Russian emigrant.
Her name is Irina. She moved to Italy from Moscow about 10 years ago. She married an Italian, but then divorced. She lives with her son. And she has excellent friendly relations with the ex-husband.
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– Dad, you say we have to stand up for the weak and those who are offended. And imagine that I am returning home in the evening, and someone is grabbing a girl in the yard and dragging her into a dark corner. What should I do?
– What do you mean …
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I remember, I was about 10 back then. One bully, who was a couple years older than me, was picking at me, he beat me and took a toy from me. Usual story.
Crying, I ran home and complained to my father. But instead of taking my side, my father got angry, gave me a slap …
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– Mom, Dad, are you always at home? Go somewhere to have a rest or to a sanatorium. I will buy you a voucher.
– Thank you, son. We are at home well. Do not worry about us.
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– Mom, well, you are on the train again. Let me buy you a plane …
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I’ve noticed one feature in the behavior of Europeans: intolerance to violations and the corresponding attitude towards people.
In the morning the girl from the reception desk at the hotel smiled and you gently rubbed your baby’s cheek. But then you were late with the check-out and that’s it. The same girl does not …
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Unfortunately, we still have bride kidnappings in Kazakhstan.
I want to express my extreme indignation with this phenomenon.
Medieval savagery! Assaults on the persons must be punished extremely hard!
It is necessary to toughen punishment in the criminal code for …
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An interesting situation has developed in our country with the writing of names. We all know that a considerable part of our fellow citizens has distorted Kazakh names. It happened in the years of leadership of the Russian language in our society. Russian-speaking officials wrote Kazakh names in legal documents as they heard. Therefore, we now …
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