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...available to inmates and prisons that make faith their core corrections criterion. "We're glad the Governor wants to improve Florida's brutal prison conditions," says Simon, "but not under the condition that religious indoctrination has to be involved." A.C.L.U. lawyers are studying the extent of direct or even indirect government funding for Lawtey's religion-based activities before deciding whether to file suit against the program. Simon and other critics also complain that Bush unveiled the faith-based-prison concept last year at the same time the state was slashing more than $20 million from secular prison-rehabilitation programs...
...That's because the return you get out of any investment depends not just on its future growth but also on the price you had to pay to get in. And the Chinese stock market, at least for now, is dangerously overpriced. There's nothing wrong with having an indirect stake in China through a diversified, low-cost foreign fund like T. Rowe Price International Stock, Vanguard Total International Stock Index and the global fund that Younes runs. But buying Chinese stocks or a China-only mutual fund could give you a scalding if the teapot suddenly boils over. --With...
...Allah, it cannot be considered sacred or infallible. And if clerics have no God-given right to rule, he says, that means that Muslims may freely select their government in a democratic Islamic republic. Kadivar has also formulated a theory on why terrorism is forbidden in Islam--an indirect reproach to an Iranian regime that is widely accused of backing terrorist groups...
...collection. A patient identified as having heart trouble might get a call from an independent nurse to check whether he is controlling his weight and getting enough exercise. "Stopping these things early is so much better--and cheaper," says Dixie Sweeney, the company's benefits boss. And there are indirect benefits. "Healthy employees are bound to be more productive, more motivated and miss fewer days of work," she adds...
...Koran does speak in an indirect way about cloning,” Khan said after reading several passages from the Koran on human embryonic development...