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...initiative. Some European countries have found a better balance between state secularity and personal religious expression. In Britain, laws protect a person's right to wear a head scarf at school or work, and the hijab and other forms of religious observance are largely viewed as nonthreatening. Greece and Denmark have no problems with the hijab in schools, and head scarves are considered of little concern in Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands. But until Italy, Germany and France find a compromise that believers and secularists alike can embrace, the separation of church and state will continue to cause social division...
Electric Six is an eclectic sextet featuring not only a bass player, two guitarists, a drummer, synthesizer and a singer, but also a cowbell and dancing. Junior Senior, a duo from Denmark, are unique for their differences: one small man, one tall man, one gay man, one straight. The Middle East...
...parents traveling with children should know that laws against corporal punishment may take that decision out of their hands. Much of the world - including Asia, the Middle East, the U.S., the U.K., Canada and New Zealand - leaves the spanking issue up to parents. But 11 nations - Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Iceland, Latvia, Norway and Sweden - already have laws prohibiting corporal punishment of children. Sanctions range from fines to possible imprisonment. And if child-welfare activists and the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child have their way, the day will soon come when spanking is illegal...
...Much of the world?including Asia, the Middle East, the U.S., the U.K., Canada and New Zealand?leaves the spanking issue up to parents. But 11 nations?Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Iceland, Latvia, Norway and Sweden?already have laws prohibiting corporal punishment of children. Sanctions range from fines to possible imprisonment. And if child-welfare activists and the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child have their way, the day will soon come when spanking is illegal everywhere. As of this year, care workers in the U.K. are no longer permitted to strike children in their...
...Situations, is a throwback to classic 70s rock while still remaining unique through the edgy modern punk that’s thrown in the mix. The slow yet loud and angry tunes of Bongzilla lash at the country’s current marijuana laws in their third release, Gateway. Denmark-based On Trial, armed with their third album titled Blinded By The Sun, evoke the psychedelic 60s through the use of the organ and the sitar. 9:00 p.m. $9; 18+. The Middle East Upstairs, 472 Mass. Ave., Cambridge...