Whether or not you consider human embryonic stem-cell research to be permissible depends on your evaluation of the ethical status of the human embryo, Professor of Biochemistry says.
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December 4th, 2008
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December 4th, 2008
Faith schools should be banned from selecting pupils by religion because they are too "insular", according to a report.
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December 4th, 2008
A primary school infuriated parents after cancelling the traditional Christmas nativity play to make way for the Muslim festival of Eid.
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December 4th, 2008
Greenwood Junior School sent out a letter to parents saying the three day festival of Eid al-Adha, which takes place between 8-11 December, meant that Muslim children would be off school.
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December 3rd, 2008
A stroke victim has become the first in the world to have his brain damage successfully treated by adult stem cell therapy.
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December 3rd, 2008
Young girls are being sexualised by inappropriate toys and magazines, a Holyrood committee was warned yesterday.
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December 3rd, 2008
Islamic banking can no longer claim immunity from the global financial crisis now that it is hitting the industry's main source of funding and property values in the Gulf Arab region.
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December 3rd, 2008
Southeast Asian sharia banks are vulnerable to a similar crisis that hit conventional lenders as a push for market share creates acceptance of risky products forbidden by Islam, a religious adviser said on Wednesday.
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December 3rd, 2008
A newspaper ad placed by Sandown Free Presbyterian church in Belfast breached advertising codes, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled.
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December 3rd, 2008
A church has been sanctioned by the UK advertising regulator for a campaign against ?sodomy? in which a Bible verse was used to describe homosexuality as an ?abomination?.