Bhanga
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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Bhanga or bhang. A narcotic (
cannabis sativa) used in India to assist divination and produce ecstatic states. According to
Atharva Veda 9. 6. 15, it is one of the five kingdoms of plants ruled by
Soma.
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On the Shores of Islands: The Ocean Feeds the Zanzibar Archipelago.
Magazine article from: World and I; 8/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Arab-African culture. The Zanzibar archipelago lies in the Indian Ocean off...the African mainland settled in Zanzibar around the fourth century A...century, Islam had made its way to Zanzibar by way of Arab and Persian traders...
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Zanzibar gov't says no to same-sex marriage on archipelago
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 7/19/2005; 395 words
; Zanzibar gov't says no to same-sex marriage on archipelago DAR ES SALAAM, July 19 (Xinhua) -- A senior Zanzibar government official has ruled out...on the Indian Ocean archipelago. Zanzibar Education Minister Haroun Ali Suleiman...
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Unusual heavy rain kills 1 in Indian Ocean archipelago of Zanzibar
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 4/17/2005; 326 words
; ...rain kills 1 in Indian Ocean archipelago of Zanzibar DAR ES SALAAM, April 17 (Xinhua...left several others homeless in Zanzibar, according to reports reaching...flooded houses in several areas in Zanzibar. The Zanzibar State Radio cautioned...
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Zanzibar's government orders the largest newspaper in the Indian Ocean archipelago to shut down
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 11/24/2003; ; 372 words
; ...DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania Zanzibar's government ordered the...autonomous Indian Ocean archipelago to shut down without giving...peace." The letter, from Zanzibar's minister of state in the...has been a vocal critic of Zanzibar's government. Last month...
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Arsonists set fire to a Roman Catholic Church in Zanzibar
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/11/2004; ; 530 words
; ...religious hostilities in (Zanzibar) ... it's an act of religious...secular authorities who govern Zanzibar, an overwhelmingly Muslim archipelago off the Indian Ocean coast...up less than 1 percent of Zanzibar's 1 million people. Last...
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Arsonists set fire to Roman Catholic Church in Zanzibar
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/11/2004; ; 514 words
; ...religious hostilities in (Zanzibar) ... it's an act of religious...secular authorities who govern Zanzibar, an overwhelmingly Muslim archipelago off the Indian Ocean coast...make less than 1 percent of Zanzibar's 1 million people. Last...
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Zanzibar legislators pass bill to outlaw homosexual sex
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/14/2004; ; 416 words
; ...Worldstream 04-14-2004 Dateline: ZANZIBAR, Tanzania Lawmakers in Zanzibar have overwhelmingly passed...semiautonomous Indian Ocean archipelago. Legislators approved the bill late Tuesday, amending Zanzibar's 70-year-old penal code...
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Beer depot torched in Zanzibar after police use tear gas to disperse Muslim demonstrators
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/5/2004; ; 507 words
; ...autonomous Indian Ocean archipelago, which is overwhelmingly...Uamsho's policy. The Zanzibar archipelago is semi-autonomous...archipelago, which includes Zanzibar and the smaller island of Pemba. Zanzibar, a 19th century entrepot...
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Tanzanian police arrest more than three dozen in connection with bombings in Zanzibar
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/26/2004; ; 477 words
; ...explosions that rocked the homes of Zanzibar's top Muslim leader, Sheikh...Kalef, on Friday and the archipelago's transport minister, Zubeir...secular authorities who govern Zanzibar, an overwhelmingly Muslim...Johannes Rau from visiting Zanzibar. Rau's one-day visit...
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Zanzibar to outlaw homosexual sex
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/28/2004; 348 words
; ...semiautonomous Indian Ocean archipelago said Sunday. The Zanzibari...said Adam Mwakanjuki, Zanzibar's constitutional affairs...archipelago, which includes Zanzibar and the smaller island of Pemba. The Zanzibar archipelago elects its own...
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Zanzibar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Zanzibar , semi-autonomous archipelago, Tanzania, E Africa, in the Indian...Ocean, consisting of the island of Zanzibar or Unjuga (1994 est. pop. 800...main towns of the archipelago are Zanzibar (or Stone Town), Chwaka, Kizimkazi...
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Tanzania
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures
...known formerly as German East Africa became Tanganyika Territory. In 1964, Tanganyika was joined with Zanzibar, an offshore archipelago of islands, to form the present United Republic of Tanzania. Because of a unique combination of historic...
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Pemba
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...part of the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar within Tanzania, and is divided...Sayyid Said (later the sultan of Zanzibar) from the rulers of Mombasa. As part of the sultanate of Zanzibar, Pemba passed under British...
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German Second empire
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...long monopolized the trade; and German East Africa, thus threatening British interests in Zanzibar. Northern New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago in the Pacific were also claimed. With the accession of William II (1888) colonial activity...
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