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...nature of the Shari'a - Islam's prescriptions for human behaviour. Babès sees Shari'a as a spiritual code of ethics appealing to each believer's individual conscience, not a strict code of conduct to be enforced by an outside authority. Oubrou argues for a more traditional interpretation, in which the expert analysis of religious texts determines the way all believers should act. For Oubrou, free interpretation of the Koran could lead to nothing less than the disappearance of recognizably Islamic values. Another crucial exchange focuses on who is qualified to interpret the Koran and the hadiths...
Some experts suggest that as North Korea's rigid system breaks down around him, Kim is reaching clumsily for reform. Many in South Korea and Japan interpret last week's confession as a clearing of the decks, kicking over the old framework to negotiate a new, more stable one. But others point to Kim's history of trading momentary friendship and empty promises for monetary assistance: he's just giving the world another head fake...
...pathologists tend to look favorably on the phenomenon. "I believe it raises the level of awareness patients have of their own health status," says Dr. Bruce Friedman, a professor of pathology at the University of Michigan. With the exception of predictive genetic tests, which Friedman feels only specialists should interpret, he believes a responsibly selected battery of tests could help patients more than it harms them. And the risks that so upset his colleagues? "There's probably a greater downside to ordering a total body scan or a lung scan than ordering a panel of lab tests for yourself." Whatever...
...seemed to me you might be leaving too much room for people to interpret it to mean that any criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic,” Mendelsohn said. He encouraged Summers to use the Faculty meeting—the only official forum for professors to discuss issues of this degree of significance—as an opportunity to “clarify” his views...
...such a late date. The law is silent on the procedure for filling a vacancy later than 51 days before the election, which gives the court the right to decide the appropriate procedure. As a result, the court—which includes two Republicans—was right to interpret the election laws liberally in order to create a “full and fair ballot choice for the people of New Jersey.” The entire point of an election is to let voters decide between the candidates; when one candidate drops out, even at such a late...