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Uganda bans female circumcision

Lets hope all Islamic states follow Uganda's lead, it is a barbaric practice that has nothing to do with Islamic teaching. Glad to see its now banned in Uganda. " The Ugandan parliament unanimously passed a bill...

created by Babel-Fish | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Quebec Girl 12, Wins Court Case over Dad's Grounding

Barry ORegan

Quebec Girl 12, Wins Court Case over Dad's Grounding

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Pub lic ContributorSociety has certainly opened a can of worms when a 12 year old how doesn't like the house rules sues her Dad over not being allowed on a school trip. Why? Well...

created by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Jumping Season Opens With Fatality

" For thrill-seekers, it's a 65-foot free-fall rite of passage. For law enforcement, it's the root of an endless cat-and-mouse game that too often ends in a 911 call. "

created by sweet east pearl | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Paul Conneally

Teen sues father after forced circumcision

"AN EASTERN Cape student is suing his father and traditional leaders in a landmark court case after he was abducted and violently circumcised last year. In court papers filed at the Bhisho High Court Division of...

created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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A Chinese Orphan Gets Her Bat Mitzvah

What I find particularly awesome about this is that, traditionally, one is only Jewish if one's birth mother is Jewish. That this congregation including adoptive mothers is a very important precedent."Of the 613 laws in the Torah, the one that appears most often is the...

created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago
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Panic in the chanceries!

Shawn Tribe at New Liturgical Movement yesterday posted an insightful essay describing the opposition to the supposed pontifical decree forthcoming that will effect a liberalisation of the celebration of Holy Mass according to the Pian missal. At Rorate Coeli, the...

created by rédaction | 5 years ago
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The Return of the Latin Mass

"Pope Benedict is preparing to widen use of the old rite. Some see it as a retreat from the reforms of Vatican II. Long before his run-in with the Malibu sheriff's department, Mel Gibson found himself in a very different kind of fix. Back in 2003, while filming The Passion of...