http://www.torontosun.com/2012/12/20/thumbs-up-for-niqab-ruling Dr Farzana Hasan, The Toronto Sun The niqab is in the news yet again. In a split decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has, in effect, ruled against the wearing of the niqab when testifying in most cases, citing the rights of the accused to receive as fair a […]
I changed my iPod name to Titanic. It’s syncing now. I tried to catch some Fog. I mist. When chemists die, they barium. Jokes about German sausage are the wurst. I know a guy who’s addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop any time. I stayed up all […]
By KRISTINA COOKE, DAVID ROHDE AND RYAN MCNEILL INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, DECEMBER 20, 2012 The U.S. federal government spends hundreds of billions of dollars a year on aid to the poor. There isn’t enough to go around for Shaun Case. The 34-year-old Indiana native has learning disabilities and endured a childhood […]
By Anthony Faiola, Published: December 19 In LONDON — The surprising defeat last month of a measure allowing the ordination of female bishops has plunged the Church of England into a crisis with one […]
Dawn Blog: byMichael Kugelman: It’s been about a week since the Connecticut school massacre, and Americans are still grieving. Yet we’re comforted by the thought that, with time, the bereaved community of Newtown will bounce back. Students will return to school, and victims’ families will somehow get on with their lives. […]
Source: Indonesian-Ahmadiyya Studies, originally published in the The Jakarta Post, Winy Trianita, Watching violence against Ahmadiyah on TV (again!) has encouraged me to present another side of the Ahmadiyah which […]
Fiji’s military to ‘monitor’ parliament From:AAP FIJI’S ruling military has warned it will closely monitor parliament when the coup-plagued nation finally elects a new government, as officials wrapped up work on a draft constitution. Military leader Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized power in a 2006 coup and tore up the last […]