Zayn Malik’s mother has joined Twitter to lash out at online bullies targeting her son. The One Direction singer has been reeling since trolls began to send the star cruel remarks about his Muslim religion and Asian heritage.
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Death Star commander actor dies
Character actor Richard LeParmentier, who as a young Death Star commander learned the hard way that Darth Vader brooks no disrespect, died Tuesday. He was 66
Woman Living in Fear of ‘Honor’ Death
A woman lives in fear of being killed for ‘honor’ after asking her husband for a divorce. A woman “Zara” tells her story of fear from her husband and her family after asking for a divorce following years of dehumanization from her so-called husband. She asked that not even her hands be shown during […]
Identity Crisis
Revathi Masoosai should be the perfect embodiment of Malaysia. Her ethnic Indian parents were both born in the ancient port of Malacca in 1957, the very year the colony of Malaya gained independence from the British.
What’s Behind Thailand’s Lèse Majesté Crackdown?
In Thailand it’s often referred to, usually in hushed tones, as “the institution.” In a land where the holy trinity consists of nation, religion and king, talking about the monarchy, except in terms of adulation, can be risky business. Political activists, university professors, webmasters and now even a U.S
Mathematician KURT GODEL
Kurt Godel was born in 1906 in Brunn, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and now part of the Czech Republic, to a father who owned a textile factory and had a fondness for logic and reason and a mother who believed in starting her son’s education early. By age 10, Godel was studying math, religion and several languages.
Religion: Protestantism & Capitalism
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,” said Jesus, “for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Yet it is a widely argued thesis that Protestantism is a pillar of the profit system, and that piety and “treasures upon earth” can live comfortably together.
The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam
There are 1.2 billion Muslims in the world, and Islam is the world’s fastest-growing religion. If the evil carnage we witnessed on Sept.
Religion: Sex Before Marriage
In the continuing war between science and religion, the issue last week was sex.
Religion: God & Steel in Pittsburgh
The Rev. Dr.