Finweek - English

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This issue’s isiZulu word is isiko. Isiko is a custom or tradition or practice. Amisiko (plural) are often specific to particular cultures, and in a country like ours can be contested and be divisive. Take the case of those that honour isiko of slaug

The Atlantic

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Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia possesses the same limited view of religious freedom supported by the conservatives currently on the Supreme Court.

TIME

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THE LAST COUPLE of days have been like déjà vu: an unhinged white guy, middle-aged, filled with hate and rage. Only this time he walked into a synagogue, not a church, and pulled out a gun and started shooting. He killed people simply because they we

Foreign Policy Magazine

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American Foreign Policy Council, Rowman & Littlefield The American Foreign Policy Council’s World Almanac of Islamism is the definitive resource on political Islam and Islamic extremism, featuring sixty-two country studies and chapters on ten separat

JOY Magazine

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Mothers’ Day has been celebrated all over the world for centuries. It has been recorded that the sales of Mothers’ Day cards each year outnumber those of Fathers’ Day cards by tens of thousands. Intrinsically nurturing comes from our mothers. A mom p

PEARL

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Chuma Ikenze is a Business Management Consultant with an interest in history, philosophy, religion and in the broader sense of how our ‘spirituality’ manifests in the way we live in the world. ■

Post South Africa

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IT IS INDEED breathtaking to note and experience this wonderful work of His Majesty, King Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, and the Sivananda World Peace Foundation to promote peace, working together and instilling the spirit of charity in the hearts of the pe

Futurity

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Muslim and Protestant scientists are more likely than other US scientists to experience religious discrimination, according to a new study. The study also shows that for some scientists, religious identity may fuel perceptions of discrimination. The

PEARL

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Only that man who stands aright in the Creation of his God, who recognises himself as a part of Creation and lives accordingly, only he is the true servant of God, no matter in what way he earns his necessary living on earth. As a part of Cre

The Christian Science Monitor

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And in Chiang Rai, Thailand, the cave where 12 boys were famously rescued this summer has become a busy tourist destination.

MOTHER EARTH NEWS

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Readers, we received a number of responses to Joel Salatin’s “Faith-Based Farming” in the June/July 2019 issue. Joel wrote about how his faith informs his farming. Here are our favorite letters from you.— MOTHER I want to thank you for Joel Salatin’s

The Christian Science Monitor

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Politics is often injected with a religious fervor, a winner-take-all attitude. But religion also has a different function: community building.

Black Belt Magazine

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“What will martial arts 2.0 look like?” When George Chung, five-time world martial arts champion and the CEO of JungoTV, asked that question to make a point in a meeting, he knew that he and Black Belt were perfectly situated to answer it. To ensure

Journal of Alta California

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How does a fixation on borders undermine the idea of identity and culture? Nations and borders are relatively new concoctions in the history of humanity. They emerged as capitalism stretched out from Europe. I’m interested in the larger idea that all

The Christian Science Monitor

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Letters to the editor for the August 2, 2021 weekly magazine. Readers discuss experiences with religion and local solutions to the outdoor divide.

Sunday Independent

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EDWIN Naidu needs to be appropriately admonished for his stance. He is a traitor and a zealot for the ruling party, and may have also converted to becoming a believer of another faith, but stands against the Hindi/Indian cause in SA. We have always b

60 Days of Prayer

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Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. ROMANS 5:3–4 (NIV) IN THE ABOVE verse, Paul shares that trials, suffering and pain help refine your

Sunday Independent

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SOME political analysts say that the ANC should have also applied its step-aside resolution to former president Jacob , pictured, and serve him with a suspension letter as he has been indicted of corruption and is facing sentencing for defying the Co

The Christian Science Monitor

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News from Iraq Regarding the Oct. 19 Monitor Daily editorial, “Identity politics on the ropes in Iraq?”: Finally, a positive article regarding the Middle East. Hope they succeed in their experiment. If they do, the Iraq War will have finally created

Post South Africa

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PEOPLE in the Indian community around the world need to take account of the fact that India was partitioned for religious reasons. As one who lectured in the department of science of religion at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, my studies long inform

Mornings with Jesus

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MY SON ISAAC HAS DOWN syndrome. For the longest time, Isaac didn’t speak much at all and what he did say was largely unintelligible. Since the development of kids with Down syndrome can vary dramatically and they are unpredictable in their level of f

PEARL

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In writing a letter to the magazine, please include the writer’s name, address, and daytime telephone number, and bear in mind that letters to the editor always reflect the writer’s personal opinion, which is not necessarily that of the editors. We m

60 Days of Prayer

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He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. ISAIAH 40:29 (NLT) A FARMER WHO lives just a stretch down the road from me recently painted the word HOPE on his barn and every time I pass by, it lifts my spirits. With the coronavirus pand

India Today

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An online image search could well make one think that Meghalaya is only a sum of its vistas, waterfalls and root bridges. Having lived in the state since 1980, documentary filmmaker, photographer and activist Tarun Bhartiya calls India’s touristy emp

MoneyWeek

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blog.acton.org Socialism is what Jesus would have wanted, say those who take Acts 4:31-5 as gospel. There it is recorded that the early church “had all things in common” and distribution was made “according as he had need”. The argument is fallacio

India Today

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REYNAA AZMAT HULLA, 20 BENGALURU International Studies and Journalism, FLAME University, Pune We see India divided on matters of religion, caste or politics, but I also see India divided when it comes to food—vegetarians and non-vegetarians. The idea

Mornings with Jesus

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THIS MORNING I WOKE UP to crazy headlines—again. Foreign wars and carnage. Refugees clamoring for safe haven. Political strife. Financial difficulties. Undercurrents of discontentment. I have been feeling as if I should chuck my phone straight out th

American Outdoor Guide

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“I don’t belong to the ‘no-God’ or ‘no-use-for-God’ world,” Grover wrote in one of his letters to me. “I try to read the Scriptures every day and say my prayers three times every day, 365 days a year. Anyone who thinks I’d do that year after year if

The Atlantic

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The terrorist attacks on mosques in New Zealand bring to mind Martin Luther King Jr.’s response to white-supremacist murders.

Post South Africa

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A LETTER by Pavania Naidoo “Columnist should keep his opinions to himself” (the POST, February 24-28) is distorted and framed similar to the apartheid regime causing a hullabaloo. Her writing is tantamount to fanning hatred and developing tensions wi