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...date has been fixed for judgment. "My husband never once told me he had secretly converted to Islam," says Kaliammal, showing off a wall in her apartment dedicated to her husband's mountaineering achievements for the glory of the Malaysian nation. "He was always a Hindu and drank alcohol and ate pork right up to the time he died." His final resting place, though, will depend upon what the court decides-yet one more challenge for a country caught between mosque and state...
...roots. What happens in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, could presage the direction other Islamic societies take. Over the past four years, dozens of regencies-provincial subdivisions-across Indonesia have used the more permissive political climate to implement Shari'a-based bylaws that include bans on alcohol and prohibitions on women going out alone at night. In 2003, only seven districts had such faith-based initiatives in place. Today, 53, more than 10% of all Indonesian regencies, are living life under some form of Islamic-inspired law. More places are expected to implement similar initiatives this year...
...adulthood as the quintessential hippie chick. At 19 she hangs out in New York's Lower East Side and soon becomes pregnant amidst a series of lovers, none of whom she can recall since she was so high all the time. These stories of free love, massive drug and alcohol abuse and the sense of being part of major cultural movement have all been seen before, but the author manages to walk the fine line between idealized "you had to be there" representations and a jaundiced review of her youthful indiscretions...
...added. And many students said they are not about to ween themselves off the beverage. Julian K. Arni ’10, a self-proclaimed coffee junkie, said that he is a “very happy man” now that “they have found that alcohol and chocolate are good for your heart, and that coffee doesn’t increase the risk of heart disease.” Elizabeth G. Shields ’10, who drinks about two cups of coffee every day, said she relies on the stimulant to keep her going...
...from the community in which it has resided in since 1636. Why else would Police Captain and son of South Boston William B. Evans be able to develop a convivial rapport with Boston College officials, who extend him a warm invitation yearly to lecture students on the hazards of alcohol, while endlessly butting heads with the Harvard administration over Allston...