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  • Justin Shirk, Central Daughin (Harrisburg, Pa.), 235-3 (No. 3 all-time performer);

    Boys' track and field final marks: World champs 2009

  • It is a doctrine founded on Ijmá ', that God will not pardon Shirk, that is, the ascribing plurality to the Divine Being.

    The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

  • "Shirk," giving a partner to Allah, attending chiefly to Christians and idolaters and in a minor degree to Jews and Guebres.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • [FN#20] i.e. We are forced to love him only, and ignore giving him a rival (referring to Koranic denunciations of "Shirk," or attributing a partner to Allah, the religion of plurality, syntheism not polytheism): see, he walks tottering under the weight of his back parts wriggling them whilst they are rounded like the revolving heavens.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • "Shirk," partnership, evening or associating gods with God; polytheism: especially levelled at the Hindu triadism,

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • More emphasis has to be put on reducing drug consumption in the U.S. and creating jobs in Mexico, Shirk said.

    U.S., Mexico police unite to fight border crime 2011

  • Mr. Shirk said he is still a novice currency trader but is starting to get into following the foreign-exchange market.

    Small-Businesses Try Hand at Forex Andrew J. Johnson 2011

  • Thomas Shirk , president of Hoosier Magnetics, based in Ogdensburg, N.Y., said he "had no idea what my revenue would be like at the end of the year."

    Small-Businesses Try Hand at Forex Andrew J. Johnson 2011

  • "It's the case of the 'Sorcerer's Apprentice,' " said David A. Shirk, who studies Mexican organized crime and politics at the Trans-Border Institute, a San Diego think tank.

    Mexico Cartels Defy Onslaught Nicholas Casey 2011

  • More emphasis has to be put on reducing drug consumption in the U.S. and creating jobs in Mexico, Shirk said.

    U.S., Mexico police unite to fight border crime 2011

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