Although most well known for its prohibition of interest, Shariah is in fact a wholly different philosophy from the conventional western outlook of finance.
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Although it is well known that longevity is hereditary (the best predictor of someone's life expectancy is the age at which his or her parents died), it is not clear why this should be so.
Although he worked with well-known Johannesburg interior designer Stephen Falcke to coordinate the placement, Lazarus chose the majority of the pieces.
Although I am a well-known person and have made my career as a professional athlete, I have been dismayed to realize the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means.
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Although the ancient Egyptians were well-known for their mummification practices, other cultures also used special embalming procedures to preserve their dead.
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Although a few big, well-known companies folded after the stockmarket fell, banks have in fact had to write off very few bad loans.
The band has been influential around the world, although it's not as well known in the U.S. In 2006, one of the group's founders died suddenly of a heart attack, and the Go-Betweens came to an end.
Although their links to the hotel industry may not be well known, many businesspeople with the smarts to make the newly released 2013 Forbes Hong Kong Rich List (click here for full list) are nevertheless profiting from its growth.
The English Football Association is a well-known advocate of goal-line technology, although Tuesday's announcement has come too late for either system to be used in this season's FA Cup.
Although Muhammad al-Hakim, its leader (and the son of a well-known grand ayatollah), claims to have a significant guerrilla network inside Iraq, last week's events show he cannot capitalise on Shia unrest.
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So although she's best known for her original songwriting, the jazz vocalist and pianist was well-suited to make a record of Cole Porter songs.
Although Mitsubishi has not yet announced plans for a full-size passenger jet, such a project is well known in Japan to be in the works.
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