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Archive for February 2nd, 2009

Sweden: Greens outraged by school language proposal

February 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments

A Swedish Liberal Party working group has proposed ending the policy of allowing students to study mathematics in Arabic, and the Green Party hits the roof. “We are very skeptical toward the experiment taking place around Sweden right now, with maths being taught in Arabic. The risk is that it will worsen students’ development of [...]

Montreal court hears lawsuit against Iranian government

February 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Stephan Hachemi has initiated a civil lawsuit before the Quebec High Court against the government of Iran in the death of his mother, photojournalist Zahra Kazemi. While visiting Tehran in June 2003, Ms Kazemi, who held dual Canadian and Iranian citizenship, was arrested, beaten, and died in custody. Despite repeated assurances by Iranian authorities that [...]

What counts as religious persecution?

February 2nd, 2009 | Comments Off

Some Christian leaders in the United States claim that attacks on supporters of traditional heterosexual marriage reflect general persecution of Christianity in America. Doug Bandow, former Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, thinks not.  Many Americans are clearly antagonistic to Christians but, on the other hand, the current and former presidents both profess to be [...]

The Presentation of Christ

February 2nd, 2009 | Comments Off

The collect for today, The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, commonly called The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin, from the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer: Almighty and everliving God, we humbly beseech thy Majesty, that, as thy only-begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so [...]