In his work, Changing Gods the Jesuit sociologist Rudolf Heredia very eruditely unpacks the rather prickly subject of religious conversion- no mean job. Fr. Heredia looks at the subject from several angles and poses some probing question. At the outset, he defines some terms – Atmaparivartan – a conversion within one’s religious tradition – […]
In Bahrain, Sect Determines Spouse
Coolred38 is an American Muslim living in Bahrain, and she often finds herself frustrated at examples of what she sees as bad and even harmful behaviour being justified by religion. She recently posted about a ‘scandal’ in the family of a friend of hers: Long story short…Sunni girl and Shiite boy have loved each other […]
A national charter for better living standard
The price of labor and the governance: look at issues through the eyes of a day-laborer. Can you do us a favor by pushing the rickshaw fare for 1000m (1km) ride to the level of the price of 1000 grams (1kg) of rice? You must be very surprised at the headline and sub-headline of the […]
A national charter for better living standard
The price of labor and the governance: look at issues through the eyes of a day-laborer. Can you do us a favor by pushing the rickshaw fare for 1000m (1km) ride to the level of the price of 1000 grams (1kg) of rice? You must be very surprised at the headline and sub-headline of the […]
Interview: Palestine as seen by Matt Rees, author of crime novels
What is the right book to read during the celebrations for Israel 60th anniversary? Probably a crime fiction set in Palestine. That is, what Matt Rees’ books are about. Matt Beynon Rees is (or he might prefer to say was) a journalist from Wales who for over a decade wrote stories from the Middle East for […]
Martin Evans Nobel prize winner
Sir Martin Evans won the most prestigious award in science, the Nobel Prize, for “a series of ground-breaking discoveries concerning embryonic stem cells and DNA recombination in mammals.” This fulfilled a boyhood dream for Sir Martin and firmly placed the Cardiff bio science centre on an international stage. He was one of three recipients of […]
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