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  • Indiana Univ. Scholar Explains How Awesome Sharia Law Is

    Indiana Univ. Scholar Explains How Awesome Sharia Law Is0

    My knowledge of Sharia Law is modest. So when I came across an article on The Conversation—“What Sharia law means: Five questions answered”—written by Indiana University professor Asma Afsaruddin, I decided to learn a little more about it.    I’m glad I did this, because apparently a lot of my assumptions on Sharia Law were

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  • India’s COVID Debacle and its Strategic Implications

    India’s COVID Debacle and its Strategic Implications0

    Update: Paragraph 12 has been added to provide more background information on the economic differences between India and China. In the last seven days India has seen more COVID cases than any other country in the world. The official death toll is over 200,000, although the country’s flawed mortality statistics lead experts to believe that the true

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  • India’s ‘Instant Divorce’ Ban: the end result or the first step in reforming Islamic law?

    India’s ‘Instant Divorce’ Ban: the end result or the first step in reforming Islamic law?0

    “Un-Islamic, arbitrary, unconstitutional.” That was the judgement of the Indian Supreme Court as it announced a ban on the contentious practice of instant “triple-talaq”. Triple-talaq is a form of Islamic divorce which allows a husband to dissolve his marriage instantly and unilaterally, simply through pronouncing “talaq” (divorce) three times to his wife. While it has

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  • Independent Voices Sing in Symphony

    Independent Voices Sing in Symphony0

    One of my earliest memories of classical music is accompanying my father and older brother to hear Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony when I was 7. The symphony conveyed pure magic, filling my head with sonorous themes and exquisite harmonies, permeating the whole of my being. Enveloped in an emotional reverie, I was struck by an unbelievable

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  • Independence – Would You REALLY Have Rebelled?

    Independence – Would You REALLY Have Rebelled?23

    The American heritage is one of pride in independence, both as a country and as individuals. We can point to one chapter after another in our history and experience Freedom! Independence! Hurrah! Yet would Americans today really rebel? Are we still filled with that spirit of freedom and independence? Let’s consider why our colonial forefathers

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  • Incredible Prediction of Drone Warfare from 1937!

    Incredible Prediction of Drone Warfare from 1937!0

    • August 13, 2015

    February 4, 2002, was the first time a Predator drone was used for a targeted killing. Since then, much has been written and debated about drone warfare. From a pragmatic, military perspective, drones make sense. Why risk your soldiers’ lives if there is another option? Drones can also stay aloft for incredible lengths of time,

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