Sentences with phrase «end to violence by»

Consumed by grief at the destruction of his family by evil Chief Tadodaho, Hiawatha is chosen by the Peacemaker to override his own feelings and bring an end to violence by uniting the five warring Iroquois nations.

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«There must also be an immediate end to violence by Syrian security forces, the release of all political prisoners, an end to the torture and abuse of those who remain in detention and access given to international humanitarian agencies,» he concluded.

Not exact matches

I am disturbed... by calls from both federal and state officials for an end to the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States, These refugees are fleeing terror — violence like we have witnessed in Paris.

On the other hand, the non-Christian — the one who, living under a tyrannous regime or in a society where, it seems, social injustice will never end, wants to kill the tyrant or destroy the society; the one who, exploited or degraded by a colonialist regime, wants to kill the oppressor; the man who, victimized by a racist society, wants to avenge by violence the indignities heaped upon him — all these, along with their violence, their hatred, their folly, must be accepted by those of us who are Christians.

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It is certainly not the only way, and should not by any means be our first response to all situations; however I can not agree with Wink's conclusion, as summarized by Jeremy, that «history has proven time and time again that violence will never put an end to violence,» or that violence itself is always an evil action (Wink concludes the latter much more firmly than Jeremy.

«But do we really think that violence, even a «justified» act of violence, has the capacity to heal the wounds inflicted by violence - or to end the cycle of violence?»

Cobb even gives us one concrete example, claiming that «in Nicaragua the Christian conscience sided with the use of relatively limited violence to bring an end to massive structural violence by a corrupt dictatorship» and that «this is surely a gain worth the price paid» (PTT 107).

While Old Testament verses of blood and guts are generally bound by historical context within the text itself, koranic imperatives to violence all appear open - ended.

This rational relationship between the means of violence and the ends of foreign policy has been destroyed by the availability of nuclear power as a means to these ends.

I prefer to believe that we are there to put and end to acts of violence perpetrated by organizations like the Taliban.

The crowds stirred with Messianic hopes often used no violence, but expected the end of the Roman rule and the coming of the Kingdom of God to be achieved purely by a miracle of God's working.

The Methodist Church in UK has said it's horrified by violence on the Gaza - Israel border and has called for Christians to pray for an end the tragedies there.

When we seek to understand the violence of God in the Old Testament, we must begin by looking at the end.

Jesus redeemed us, bought us back, rescued us, released us from the never - ending cycle of sacred violence and sin by subjecting Himself to it.

In Nicaragua the Christian conscience sided with the use of relatively limited violence to bring an end to massive structural violence by a corrupt dictatorship.

Black men were 67 percent of those killed by CMPD since 2013, according to data collected by Campaign Zero — a data - driven platform that presents solutions to end police violence in America.

Make your feeling known in other ways by organizing everyone to leave 20 minutes before the end, or protesting outside the Emirates, but no violence please.

Angered by a shootout last week on Howard Street, about 70 people took to the streets in a peace march organized by community organizations Sunday, calling for an end to violence in Rogers Park.

President — elect, Nana Akufo - Addo has condemned the recent violence attacks allegedly being perpetrated by supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a result of the party's victory in the just ended December 7 polls and has admonished Ghanaians to forgive one another to ensure peaceful co-existence.

Edochie, who was a guest at a seminar to end violence against children, told NAN that she was sexually violated at a young age by a family friend.

Whereas, New York State is a leading voice for women's equality and has raised that voice in action through such significant achievements as passage of the historic «Women's Equality Agenda» in 2015 - eight laws that advance women's equality in New York State by helping to achieve pay equity, strengthen human trafficking laws and protections for domestic violence victims, and ending pregnancy discrimination in all workplaces; other measures further safeguard and promote women's interests and help improve their status in settings where they live and work; and

The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, co-chaired by foreign secretary William Hague and Angelina Jolie, the UN's...

A more holistic approach — one capable of ending sexism and sexual violence within military practices — would be to acknowledge the values intrinsic in militarism that condone and promote an idea of hypermasculinity, which is determined upon one's ability to express power through the devaluation of others by committing acts of violence.

I can't say I'm surprised by this turn of events, given Perkins» call for Paterson to end his re-election bid in the wake of the David Johnson domestic violence scandal.

«I've also been very humbled by helping to start this national conversation about ending sexual violence,» Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Friday to a meeting of the state committee.

«I've also been very humbled by helping to start this national conversation about ending sexual violence.

We partner with the New York Police Department (NYPD) to place one domestic violence victim advocate and one crime victim advocate in every precinct in New York City by the end of 2018.

Cerberus needs to honor its promise to the victims of Sandy Hook and to all Americans whose lives have been turned upside down by gun violence by ending its investment in this destructive industry.»

Mary and Joseph are sent to Bethlehem by a census designed to improve the tax take; they end up homeless; after Jesus is born, they are forced by the threat of political violence to flee - as asylum seekers - to Egypt.

The Local Government chairmanship primaries of the All Progressive Congress (APC) held in Lagos on Saturday, was marred by massive outbreak of violence leading to the abrupt ending of the exercise.

2face, while addressing journalists on Wednesday in Maiduguri immediately after the visit, said, «Unless government and politicians step up their games by doing the needful in eradicating poverty among the masses, particularly youths, and do justice to all manner of people, ending insurgency and other forms of violence currently happening in some parts of the north east and the country as a whole may be difficult and unrealistic.»

According to a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the military and the police have been therefore instructed to bring the violence to an end.

He has instructed the military and the police to not only bring the violence to an instant end, but also to draw up a plan to ensure that there are no further attacks and reprisals by one group against the other.

Senator Klein, joined on by other elected officials, community leaders, and Jacobi personnel, on Monday, speaking about a plan to end gun violence, Jacobi Medical Center.

The measures, introduced at a news conference by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Democratic lawmakers flanked by gun control advocates, are meant to close loopholes for gun ownership for people who are deemed a serious risk, those who have been convicted of domestic violence, expand background checks and end the legal possession of bump stocks.

While the coverage of the march ended up being marred by the violence, it doesn't mean they didn't damage the government, in fact the two student protests last year that ended in violence also hit government support — though the poll effect is probably more from the reminder of unpopular policies and opposition to them, than the violence itself!

He added, «The national leadership of our party, therefore, demand an urgent action by the Buhari - led Federal Government to restore peace and end the violence in the land, even as we urge the security agencies to ensure a thorough investigation into the killing of Zadock.»

GNYCfC SUPPORTS CAMPAIGN ZERO to end police violence in America by limiting police interventions, improving community interactions, and ensuring accountability.

On September 26, 2015 as part of the 6th Annual Break the Cycle Bike - A-Thon and walk, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined at Isle View Park in Tonawanda by members of the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women, Chairman of the Buffalo and Erie County Greenway Fund Standing Committee Alan J. Bozer, members of the Erie County Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry, WNY domestic violence agencies and community partners, victims of domestic violence and their families, and community members committed to ending domestic violence to cut the ribbon and officially open Erie County's new Tribute Garden honoring domestic violence victims and survivors.

We must put an end to the violence causes by guns.»

Levy's mother, Nadine Sylvester, and sister, Kyla Robotham, are keeping his legacy alive by leading the calls to end gun violence.

The rules submitted by Tkaczyk describe a broader and less specific purpose for the party: it will support «candidates and policies that end barriers to equality, eliminate discrimination, safeguard reproductive health, and protect women from violence.»

NEW YORK — Across the country, as well as across the tri-state region and all over New York City, students walked out of school by the thousands to call for stricter gun laws, and to call for an end to gun violence.

To this end, the Deputy Inspector General of Police Operations has been dispatched by the IGP to Benue State to muster, coordinate and supervise the implementation of the new security strategies put in place by the Force to put an immediate end to the senseless killings and violence unleashed on innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen and other criminal elements in the two StateTo this end, the Deputy Inspector General of Police Operations has been dispatched by the IGP to Benue State to muster, coordinate and supervise the implementation of the new security strategies put in place by the Force to put an immediate end to the senseless killings and violence unleashed on innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen and other criminal elements in the two Stateto Benue State to muster, coordinate and supervise the implementation of the new security strategies put in place by the Force to put an immediate end to the senseless killings and violence unleashed on innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen and other criminal elements in the two Stateto muster, coordinate and supervise the implementation of the new security strategies put in place by the Force to put an immediate end to the senseless killings and violence unleashed on innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen and other criminal elements in the two Stateto put an immediate end to the senseless killings and violence unleashed on innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen and other criminal elements in the two Stateto the senseless killings and violence unleashed on innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen and other criminal elements in the two States.

The danger lies in the fact that when our government fails in its obligation to protect «inalienable rights» as provided for in our constitution the end result — as we have repeatedly learned from our past history — is always violence by the unrepresented minority towards the overriding majority.

Despite these grim statistics and evidence that victims can end up suffering mental and physical health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder, health professionals have yet to nail down the best way to stop the abuse — which they call «intimate partner violence» — and to care for those affected by it.

As more Angles, Saxons, and Jutes arrived, violence broke out with the local Britons and ended in «rivers of blood,» according to accounts by medieval monks.

Ludwig is a co-author of a letter signed by more than 100 academics that calls for an end to the ban on gun violence research.