RELIGION: JAKARTA – MUI Calls on Police to Investigate ‘Jellyfish Kingdom’
Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) deputy chairman Zainut Tauhid Sa’adi, left, said the religious sect, known as Kerajaan Ubur-Ubur, or the
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RELIGION-MASON: Unveiling the history of the highly secretive Freemasons in Malaysia
The founding members of Lodge Kedah in 1918. . . “WHAT else do you have?” I ask the elderly Chinese
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MEDICINE: BEIJING – Chinese parents stage rare public protest over vaccine scare
A child receives a vaccination shot at a hospital in Huaibei in China’s eastern Anhui province. – AFP.. BEIJING (AFP)
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SOCIETY: KUALA LUMPUR – Government moves to eventually ban child marriages [NSTTV]
(File pic) Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa said the standard operation procedure (SOP), which would be finalised
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HUMANS RIGHTS: France honours rights icon Simone Veil with Pantheon burial
Simone Veil in 1974, the year she pushed through a law legalising abortion in France despite fierce opposition by many
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SOCIETY: PETALING JAYA – Marriage with child bride not consummated, says groom
A Facebook post by one of the man’s wives. . PETALING JAYA: The 41-year-old man who married an 11-year-old child
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COLUMN-OPINION: By MICHAEL MCGOUGH – The ‘liberal’ Pope Francis again says no to female priests
Pope Francis, shown on a 2015 visit to Philadelphia, has reaffirmed the church’s ban on women priests. (Jewel Samad /
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HUMAN RIGHTS-CULTURE: Yogyakarta – Pluralism Needed to Preserve Indonesian Identity
Sumanto Al Qurtuby speaks at the Faculty of Theology of Sanata Dharma University in Yogyakarta on Friday (01/06). (JG Photo/Yudha
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SOCIETY-PARENTING: U.S. – Why adults in different parts of the globe live at home with their parents
The shore of Alexandria, Egypt is pictured in this undated stock photo. . . Some parents dream of the day
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SOCIETY-FAMILY: PHNOM PENH – Sexpat Stereotype Takes Toll on Daughters and Fathers
Chris Minko and his daught Anya, who is half Thai, discuss being stereotyped with Khmer Times reporters. KT Photo: Fabien Mouret
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