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...question of violence. "There is a need for an authority, unanimously acknowledged by Muslims, that could say 'From now on, only this verse is valid.' But this does not - and probably will never - happen," he writes in response to Question No. 26. "This means that when some fanatics kill children, women and men in the name of pure and authentic Islam, or in the name of the Koran or of the Muslim tradition, nobody can tell them, 'You are not true and authentic Muslims.' All they can say is: 'Your reading of Islam is not ours.' And this...
...idea that it should be illegal to help someone commit suicide is most often ascribed to the Biblical Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Despite this, several Judeo-Christian societies have condoned assisted suicide in recent years. Australia legalized it in 1995, only to rescind the law two years later. The Netherlands and Switzerland have decriminalized the practice, paving the way for a British man named Craig Ewert to travel to Zurich in December 2008 intent on taking his life. Ewert's journey and death were broadcast on British television. Although British law makes it illegal to help someone commit suicide...
...case of Final Exit, according to authorities - and an undercover agent who infiltrated the group - the four arrestees instructed a 58-year-old man how to kill himself using a plastic hood filled with helium. The defendants face at least up to five years in prison if convicted. It appears the man who died was not terminally ill; according to the Associated Press, his doctor told authorities that although he suffered from cancer that left his face disfigured, he was cancer-free at the time of his suicide...
...contest against Quinnipiac (15-15-13, 8-10-3 ECAC) was nothing short of war, as both teams traded a combined 18 penalties and battled to the last second of the game.But the Harvard men’s hockey team (8-14-6, 8-7-6 ECAC) killed five power plays and broke a second-period tie to secure a 2-1 win over the Bobcats—earning home ice for the ECAC playoffs.The Biega brothers—junior Alex and sophomore Michael—landed both goals for the Crimson, and Carroll made 27 saves to seal...
...penalties—including a bizarre delay of game infraction when the Big Red’s Catherine White attempted to pick up the puck during a faceoff—Harvard found itself on a 5-on-3 power play.The Crimson pounded the net against an overmatched Cornell penalty kill, and after Mazzotta repelled point-blank shots by Vaillancourt and tri-captain Jenny Brine, Ryabkina slammed a rebound into the net to notch her second goal of the game and ninth on the season.“We just wanted to score,” Ryabkina said...