What Sharia law means: Five questions answered
Jun 16, 2017 04:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Editors note: A conservative grassroots organization, ACT for America, organized a March against Sharia in at least 20 cities across the United States on Saturday, June 10. Professor of Islamic Studies at Indiana...
Four things schools can do to help tackle extremism and radicalisation
Jun 14, 2017 15:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
The terrorist attacks in Manchester and London renewed discussions about how to stop young Muslims being radicalised. A lot of the ideas focus on closing down social media sites, reporting at-risk individuals or...
Some private hospitals are safer than others, but we don't know which
Jun 13, 2017 16:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
The recent jailing of British breast surgeon Ian Paterson after performing multiple unnecessary operations has highlighted the issue of hospital safety. Patersons unnecessary surgeries included some performed in private...
How the media can help protect people with albinism. A Tanzanian case study
Jun 13, 2017 09:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Albinism is a rare genetic condition which affects the pigment in the eyes, hair and skin. In the US about 1 person in 17,000 has albinism. In Africa the prevalence is estimated to range between 1 in 1100 to 1 in 15,000....
Effective giving: how the world's wealthy could help millions more people for free
Jun 09, 2017 18:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Last week easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou pledged to give away half of his 2 billion fortune. He was inspired by Bill Gates to join the Giving Pledge, an organisation that encourages the worlds wealthiest people...
Major change at work can trigger loss and grief. Organisations must accept this
Jun 09, 2017 18:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
There is hardly an organisation in the world big or small that doesnt have to adapt to changing circumstances. The pace of development in technology, the quick pace at which new rivals come on the scene, even the rapid...
A brief history of video games -- in the classroom
Jun 09, 2017 18:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Play has always been central to growing up, whether its in the street or on a playing field or in the structured formality of teachers quizzes. These days tablet computers are in nearly every pupils hands and children...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight