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...flooded Wadud and the organizers with angry calls and e-mail. Outside the cathedral, a dozen protesters held signs that said, MIXED-GENDER PRAYER TODAY, HELLFIRE TOMORROW. One veiled woman voiced an argument common among conservative Muslims everywhere: Restrictions on women are for their protection--and are "signs of respect." Inside the hall, police ejected a man after he burst in, shouting "God save your souls!" The organizers "should be stoned," he said later...
...Happiness is not a product of achievement or wealth or fame. It is the reaction of our mind to the environment. Faith in God and the values of religion are a source of well-being. Happiness comes from caring for others and giving whatever we can?help, hope, love, respect, sympathy or just a smile. Mansoor Malik South Hadley, Massachusetts...
...predictably, Xinhua, China's state-owned news agency, mentioned only Rice's complimentary remarks on China and did not refer to her comments on democracy and freedom. Some in China, ever suspicious of U.S. intentions, will bristle at Rice's language, and her belief that "freedom of religion and respect for human rights are part of the foundation of decent and successful societies." But for now, most observers believe the Chinese leadership wants to have good relations with the U.S, even if?as Jin Canrong of the People's University in Beijing puts it?China is hedging its bets...
...would be great if antiabortion activists would join pro-choicers to advocate for measures to reduce abortions. But often those who most strongly oppose abortion rights do so not out of respect for life but to control women and punish them for exercising their sexuality...
...comes what may be the crowning blow--at least with respect to staving off heart disease. A double-blind placebo-controlled trial, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association last week, found that taking 400 IUs of vitamin E each day did nothing to prevent heart attacks or strokes in a group of nearly 10,000 mostly elderly patients with cardiovascular disease or diabetes. This disappointing news comes on the heels of the Women's Health Study finding earlier this month that vitamin E confers no cardiac benefit on healthy women age 45 or older...