Attempts to practise aspects of sharia (Islamic) law in the Netherlands which involve compulsion, pressure and a misuse of power will be clamped down hard on by the government, justice minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin told MPs on Tuesday.
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September 2nd, 2009
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September 2nd, 2009
Patients with terminal illnesses are being made to die prematurely under an NHS scheme to help end their lives, leading doctors have warned.
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September 2nd, 2009
The Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, spoke of the dangers facing the Church of England and British society in a final interview published in The Daily Telegraph last week.
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September 1st, 2009
Nine out of ten younger teenage girls have been in an intimate relationship with a boy, according to a survey.
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September 1st, 2009
One in three teenage girls suffers sexual abuse in a relationship and a quarter experience violence, an NSPCC survey suggests.
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September 1st, 2009
A Christian preacher who has accused a radio station aimed at the Asian community of religious discrimination is to have his case referred to the European Court of Justice.
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September 1st, 2009
Readers of a Christian website have identified biblical verses purportedly backing sexism, genocide and the slaughter of sorceresses as the Holy Book's least endearing parts.
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September 1st, 2009
The Church has contributed to democracy and literacy through education programs, social work, and welfare activities.
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September 1st, 2009
A hospital which plans to be the largest IVF centre in Europe is to electronically tag embryos to reduce the chance of mix-ups.
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September 1st, 2009
A Christian preacher who has accused a radio station aimed at the Asian community of religious discrimination is to have his case referred to the European Court of Justice.