Alaska’s largest provider of abortions will be selling holiday gift certificates good for services including abortion in a fundraising effort during a Jewish bazaar on Sunday.
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November 30th, 2010
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November 30th, 2010
The following is an abridged version of a chapter in Fr. Charles Curran’s newest book, The Social Mission of the U.S. Catholic Church: A Theological Perspective, which will be published in early January 2011 by Georgetown University Press. This text originally was given as a lecture sponsored by the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility at Southern Methodist University in Dallas Oct. 28.
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November 30th, 2010
The problem is a gap between Western and Islamic law. Traditional, closed adoption violates Islamic jurisprudence, which stresses the importance of lineage. Instead, Islam has a guardianship system called kafalah that resembles foster care, yet has no exact counterpart in Western law.
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November 30th, 2010
A lesbian couple have been turned away from a registry office after attempting to apply for a marriage licence.
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November 30th, 2010
Teachers and sexual health workers fear that changes to services for young people could spark a rise in teenage pregnancies in the East of England.
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November 30th, 2010
A Christian in Ethiopia’s southern town of Moyale who languished in jail for more than three months after he was accused of desecrating the Quran has been sentenced to three years of prison, church leaders said.
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November 30th, 2010
One of the luminaries of the international Jewish community, Rabbi David Rosen, has warned that Europe risks being "overrun" by Islam unless it rediscovers its Christian roots.
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November 30th, 2010
US embassy cables reveal Conservative hardline on Pakistan ahead of British elections.
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November 30th, 2010
A Swiss Islamic group said on Monday, 29, it was launching a popular initiative to reverse a ban on building new minarets in the Alpine state, saying voters would decide differently if the matter came up for referendum again.
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November 30th, 2010
If gift wrapping and church going are Christmas traditions, carrying out massacres during other people’s holiday celebrations is a Muslim tradition. In Israel, holidays are a time for extra special caution.