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Beheh

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Describe the Society of Muslim Women in terms of its formation, goals, and approach. Identify how one of its characteristics is the product of the members' local cultural beliefs or values.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Discuss how cultural heritage preservation relates to development.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. The SMW was formed to combat the widespread domestic violence in Kazakhstan.
2. The group offers counseling and shelter for abused women, and marriage mediation.
3. Its general approach to domestic violence is as a private matter that should be addressed with Kazakh and Islamic values.
4. It draws on traditional Islamic notions of familial commitment and patience, as well as Kazakh traditions of offering shelter.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. Cultural heritage, typically in the form of tourism, offers opportunity for development in the form of revenue and employment.
2. Cultural tourism is a double-edged sword, however, and the infrastructure required to support it may impair normal life for the culture or physically threaten the tourist sites.
3. Cultural property rights law is a growing area. It offers both the possibility of local cultures retaining revenue from their cultural property and of the legalization process distorting the ways of life it pertains to.



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