The Palestinian Supreme Court declared that Sa'adat's imprisonment was unconstitutional, and ordered his release, but the PNA has refused to comply. ❋ Not A Sheep (2008)
The manager of this estate has had full control for twenty years and knows the "adat" (tribal customs) of his people and the individual peculiarities of the leaders. ❋ Unknown (1909)
So saying, he took the cattle-stick and flourishing it thrice in the air, was about to come down with it on the first ape, when Abu al-Sa'adat's ape said to him, "Let him be, O Khalifah, hold thy hand and come hither to me, that I may tell thee what to do." ❋ Anonymous (1855)
Sa'adat's wife, Abla, also a political activist, faced Israeli harshness numerous times, including her January 23, 2003 Allenby Bridge border crossing arrest, preventing her from addressing the Porto Alegre, Brazil World Social Forum. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Aziz Dweik of Hamas and Marwan Barghouthi of Fateh, Palestinian national leaders also imprisoned by Israel, also issued statements echoing Comrade Sa'adat's sentiments, calling for national unity and resistance to the occupier. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Ahmad Sa'adat's hunger strike has sparked thousands of people around the world to appeal for his release, as a living example who symbolizes the steadfastness and strength of the Palestinian prisoners amid isolation and dire conditions, and it must compel all of those outside the prisons to act. ❋ Marcy/مارسي Newman/نيومان (2009)
So saying, he took the cattle stick, and flourishing it thrice in the air, was about to come down with it on the first ape, when Abu al-Sa'adat's ape said to him: "Let him be, O Khalifah. ❋ Naipaul, V.S. (1981)
This is the same Mr. Erekat who recently wrote an admiring letter to Ahmed Sa ' adat, the mastermind of the 2001 assassination of an Israeli cabinet member. ❋ Unknown (2010)
We live to Pervert the Platform, Jigger with the Djurus, and Stretch the Sambuts -- if you know what I mean -- and as for adat and hormat, those are those little sausages that come in cans, right? ❋ Steve Perry (2009)
Demi mengingat Hacchan dididik dengan adat Jawa,, lama2 Hacchan ga enak berdiri sendirian di tengah2 orang2 yang duduk .. rasanya ga sopan ... ❋ Mayoineko (2007)
Everything I knew about Ina's people I had learned from the Sumatran guidebook I had read on the plane from Singapore: there were more than five million Minangkabau living in villages and cities in the highlands; many of Padang's finest restaurants were operated by Minangkabau; they were famous for their matrilineal culture, their business savvy, and their blend of Islam and traditional adat customs. ❋ Unknown (2005)
All these actions announced him as a secularized man, a businessman, equally disdainful of Muslim sharia and Minang adat. ❋ Unknown (2005)
And for the Minang, it was: rantau, the tradition of sending young men abroad, was part of the system of adat, custom and obligation. ❋ Unknown (2005)
_Malacca_, and was probably suited to the people; but it has undergone such clippings and emendations by the successive Rajahs or Sultans of these native States, that the custom now in force bears a very faint resemblance to the original adat. ❋ Isabella Lucy (2004)
Secretary, says that the few upright Rajahs who exist say that there is no longer any “adat Malayu,” but that everything is done by “adat Suka hate,” i.e., the custom by which a man can best suit his own inclination. ❋ Isabella Lucy (2004)
The ancient customs of the Malays and Javanese did not prescribe any religious ceremony for marriages; they had their 'adat,' or customs, which were as strictly adhered to as if they had been religious, but there was nothing consecrating the marriage tie. ❋ P. M. Hough (N/A)
The head-hunting should not be charged against him as a dastardly deed; for him it is an adat. ❋ Carl Lumholtz (1886)
In treating the question under its present condition – I mean under Malay rule – it is necessary to consider the all-but slavery of the debtors and the difficulty of making any arrangement between debtor and creditor which while it frees the one will satisfy the other, and still be in keeping with the "adat Malayu," as interpreted in these States. ❋ Isabella Lucy (1883)
Mr. Swettenham, the Assistant Colonial Secretary, says that the few upright Rajahs who exist say that there is no longer any "adat Malayu," but that everything is done by "adat Suka hate," i.e., the custom by which a man can best suit his own inclination. ❋ Isabella Lucy (1883)
