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Later this year, the Turkish scholars are expected to publish six volumes that reject thousands of Islam's most controversial practices, from stoning adulterers to honor killings. Some hadith, the scholars contend, are unsubstantiated; others were just invented to manipulate society. "There is one tradition which says ladies are religiously and rationally not complete and of lesser mind," says Ismail Hakki Unal of Ankara University's divinity school, a member of the commission. "We think this does not conform with the soul of the Koran. And when we look at the Prophet's behavior toward ladies, we don't think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Quiet Revolution Grows in the Muslim World | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

...short story about a young girl who channels her fear about her mother’s cancer diagnosis into an obsession with “bloodthirsty” and “scary” animals. The $1000 prize—which was established in 2000 in honor of former Harvard Advocate editor and contributor Louis Begley ’54—is awarded by the Advocate’s Board of Trustees each year to the best undergraduate fiction piece published in the Advocate, the College’s quarterly literary magazine. Over two dozen students and faculty...

Author: By Arhana Chattopadhyay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Advocate Awards Prize | 3/19/2009 | See Source »

...decades, heart disease has had the dubious honor of being the leading killer of Americans. Most heart-related deaths happen among the elderly, by far the largest at-risk group for cardiovascular disease. But a new study finds that an alarming portion of heart failure cases are occurring in a much younger group - under age 50 - and overwhelmingly among African Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For Blacks, Risk of Heart Disease Starts Much Younger | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

...statement announcing his withdrawal, Khatami hailed Moussavi as "faithful to the ideals of the revolution and the nation," saying he had "defended and will defend fundamental rights and freedoms, as well as people's right to determine their own destinies, the nation's interests and the country's international honor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Khatami's Exit Could Be Good for Ahmadinejad | 3/17/2009 | See Source »

...since escaping federal prison in 2001. As Forbes senior editor Luisa Kroll told The Times of London: "He is not available for interviews, but his financial situation is doing quite well." But while he's not the first narco-kingpin to make the list (that dubious honor went to Colombian cocaine czar Pablo Escobar in 1989), Guzman's inclusion has rankled more than a few readers. As one commenter wrote on Forbes.com: "Since you have started glorifying drug lords and letting younger people see them as 'Billionaires,' this will be my last article...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joaquin Guzman Loera: Billionaire Drug Lord | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

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