ScienceDaily — Dec. 10, 2013 — Priming people to think about money makes them more likely to cheat, but priming them to think about time seems to strengthen their moral compass, according to new research published inPsychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The research, conducted by psychological […]
Huff Post: by Charles Redfern. Someone picked up scissors and snipped our mentalities. Our thoughts lay like scraps on the floor: thinking is severed from doing; spirituality is cut from its heritage and theological reflection mutates into one-liners from an adolescent-like preacher in an empty comedy club. Such imagery comes […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — Lawyer and human rights activist Seodi White has long been an outspoken campaigner for gender justice in Malawi, a country where half its women are married before the age of 18. As the head of the Malawian chapter of Women in Law in Southern Africa (WLSA), […]
Source: The Paisano, by Marcia Perales. Many westerners don’t fully understand that a half or full-face covering is not required for Muslim women. The Quran requires women to cover everything except their face, hands and feet; therefore, when a Muslim woman covers more than what is required, it is typically […]
Source: Time – Health & Family Author: Bonnie Rochman If parents can’t limit their children’s TV time, then they can at least try to improve what youngsters are watching. That’s the if-you-can’t-beat-them-join-them approach that researchers in Seattle took in trying to address the issue of how much TV children, including […]
The Economist: “STAR TREK”, said one commentator. “They may as well wear a burqa,” huffed another. Supposedly chaste new uniforms for Turkish Airlines (THY) cabin attendants have triggered mirth and horror in the cyberworld. They have also sharpened debate about creeping conservatism under the mildly Islamist Justice and Development (AK) […]
Indonesian Ulema in favour of female circumcision: a “human right” The practice is “recommended” and according to “tradition”, although it can not be made compulsory. For the head of the […]
Daily Times: Ayesha Asghar. The survivor is a Bheel, not just Hindu but also a scheduled caste one. The rape of children from scheduled castes is, unfortunately, very common in Sindh The survivor is a student of Grade I, in the district of Umerkot in Sindh. She is much younger […]
Huff Post: Gerry Gavin. Every animated child’s movie has some sort of moral to the story. Generally they are predictable and revolve around the basic things that we teach our kids about good guys always winning and bad guy always losing in the end. But “Wreck-It Ralph” has more. ….. […]
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy By Tim Alamenciak Source: Toronto Star – Staff Reporter A request for a lunch-hour haircut has turned into a battle over human rights, pitting freedom of religion against a woman’s right not to be denied […]
ScienceDaily (Oct. 17, 2012) — Hindus and Muslims are less likely than Christians and Jews to have premarital sex, and Muslims are the least likely among people of these religious groups to have extramarital sex, according to a new study that analyzed data on premarital and extramarital sexual behaviors in over […]
Huff Post: Zachary Young. What are morals and where do they come from? Is morality like the laws of physics, ironclad dicta from nature? Or is morality like language, where there is no “right answer” but different languages that different groups of people speak? These are eternal questions with many […]
the guardian: by Nesrine Malik. A few years ago, the only “halal” signs one saw were on butchers’ shops. But now halal is turning into a global brand – as highlighted in a BBC documentary proclaiming that “The Future is Halal“. The Arabic word “halal” means simply, that which is […]
Rueters: Time magazine and CNN said on Thursday they were reinstating journalist Fareed Zakaria after suspending him last week for plagiarism. Time said in a statement that it believed Zakaria […]
Huff Post: Dr Emma Tarlo Earlier this month FIFA overturned its ban on the wearing of hijab in competitive football just in time for the London Olympics but too late […]
PJMedia: by La Shawn Barber The solution to reducing inequality isn’t more government, but more marriage. Liberal politicians divide and conquer through class warfare. They pontificate about how the “rich” don’t pay their fair share of taxes or how that nice, safe neighborhood isn’t diverse enough, so the government ought […]
In what was possibly the first protest of its kind, a religious organisation was met with aerial firing by the police in Karachi, when they gathered to demonstrate against the […]
A new study of teenage “sexting,” primarily as defined by having sent naked pictures of yourself or sex-related messages, shows that it’s much more prevalent than previously believed. Specifically, researchers found: 28% […]
Express Tribune: The honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan says he is losing patience with the Capital Development Authority (CDA). In a court-initiated (suo motu) action, he wants a quick rebuilding […]
Dave Sanders for The New York Times: Late last year, the New York City health department unveiled the latest installment in a subway advertising campaign meant to illuminate the perils of […]