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Today I made a notecard and practiced my closing argument multiple times. I have been taking vigorous notes throughout the trial and feel confident about the outcome of this trial coming out in our favor. Mongols are innocent.

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Finished reading chapter 18 and took notes on the part with Genghis khan. The knowledge of his background should help me show him as more personable and less likely to be found guilty. Which of course he is not. 

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I started reading chapter 18 today. It has plenty of information that should help me with the trial. I find it interesting that there are various spellings for Genghis such as Chinggis.

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Today, I prepared for the trial by going in depth in learning about Genghis Khan's life. I have started reading a biography on iBooks of Genghis khan as well as watching the crash course videos in the Mongols. I have the role of lawyer, so knowing all sides of information is necessary in order to play this to our side and defend Khan well.

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Al-ghazali

1. The selections on mathematics tell you that the values of Islam are based on faith alone. The proofs that back the selections up are irrelevant because they have no relation to religion.

2. According to al-Ghazzali, mathematics and religion should be separated as the fact that math is backed up by clear proofs does not mean that religion is backed up by the same logic. Inherently, religion will not be backed up by clear proofs. It is not a study of logic but a study of faith.

3. Al-Ghazali's writing is similar to that of Plato's as they both discuss how knowledge and "seeing the light" can make it difficult to go back to how one was before. In this particular example, this is a commentary on how blindly trusting faith and religion is being kept inside the darkness of the cave while the light is the exposure to mathematics and other logical studies. These two diverge since mathematics are not directly related to each other as both rely on two completely different ways of thinking and therefore, should not affect one's belief in either.