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Definition of Shuras
1. shura [n] - See also: shura
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shuras
Literary usage of Shuras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Rights Watch World Report, 2003: Events of 2002 (November 2001 by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch Staff (2003)
"... using a "traditional manner" for selecting representatives (in other words,
using traditional local councils known as shuras); during the second stage, ..."
2. Afghanistan: Is There Hope for Peace? : Hearings Before the Subcommittee on by United States, Senate, Congress, Committee on Foreign Relations (1996)
"The enforcers are local groups called shuras, which are mobilizing mobs to assault
women on their way to work at international agencies or volunteer ..."
3. New Zealand Official Yearbook by New Zealand. Dept. of Statistics, New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, New Zealand Census and Statistics Dept (1908)
"... issue of shuras to am>nnt of 62 OJ).0)J. and purchase of Assets Estates Company
by Assets Board. ..."
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