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...theme to the special Ideas issue this year, it's renewal. This is not false hope or irrational optimism but the power of ideas and innovation to transform the world and us. A decrepit transport system becomes the nerves of a new, greener network. A 16th century sect inspires a new generation of believers. The power of ideas is to make old, broken things work in fresh new ways. In fact, transformation is at the heart of what is going on in America and around the world, and we're tracking it and explaining it for you every week...
...rendezvous. Barretta was arrested along with Sgarbi in January last year, as they sat in a car waiting for their next chunk of cash. On March 23, an Italian court in Pescara will decide whether Barretta, 63, has a case to answer. Barretta, the leader of a Christian sect in northern Italy of which Sgardi is a member, says he is "100% innocent...
...evolving strengths of different strains of Islam in South Asia provide an important context for Qasab's tale. In 2007 the Rand Corp. suggested that such groups as Pakistan's Sufi-influenced Barelvi sect - which does not have a jihadist bent - be encouraged in order to combat extremism. But since the anti-Soviet war, Wahhabi groups, drawing their influence from Saudi Arabia's austere brand of Islam - together with the Wahhabis' South Asian counterparts, the ¬Deobandis - have gained ground in Pakistan. Soheil decries the Wahhabi focus on jihad. "Here we teach peace and love...
Evangelicals have not projected a united pro-life platform in Brazil, certainly not one as monolithic as the Catholic Church's. But at least one major sect, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, has taken a stance that showcases its differences with its Catholic rival. The Universal Church's television channel TV Record recently aired spots featuring a woman declaring, "I decided who to marry. I decided to use the pill. With my vote I decided who'd be elected President. I decided to work so that I won't be discriminated against. Why can't I decide...
...among the most damaging tactics is to refer to those who accept evolution as Darwinists, because it feeds off the sense of awe many scientists genuinely feel toward Darwin. American creationists use it to imply that believers in evolution form little more than a religious sect, owing irrational fealty to a charismatic spiritual leader. It doesn’t help that the term Darwinism is actually used by scientists, although only to differentiate between early evolutionary hypotheses...