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On My Watch
Chavismo changed everything
While Latin America continues to mourn the loss
of its most influential leader in recent decades, the entire
developing world too will feel the loss of Hugo Chavez Frias, for
the leadership he gave to anti-imperialist thinking, and his support
to the struggles to liberate people from the control of political
elites with stronger links to the forces of neo-colonialism than to
the sovereignty of free and independent nations.
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Point of view
HALAL AND HARAM - setting the RECORD straight
Allah Almighty does not impose hardships on
people. Neither does He impose hatred in people. Islam is built on
love and understanding and on logical reasoning so as to make the
community of Muslims into better human beings and not into bigots.
Take for an example the Taleban in Afghanistan or Pakistan even
today, they are creating a bad name for Islam. Islam is the most
tolerant religion in the world as there are only preferences when
you consider the fact that all actions are judged according to one's
intention and not according to the letter of the Law,
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G E Chitty (QC) - 39th death anniversary:
Master of legal interpretation (and dog signs!)
In life, Edmund Chitty was at the top runs in
the hall of fame. During a good part of his professional career,
there was not one notable criminal case in which he had not appeared
for one side or the other, at the Assizes or in the appellate court.
The Matara Police Station conspiracy case which continued for seven
weeks at the Colombo Assizes, the Turf Club murder case, the case of
Seder de Silva, who murdered his lovely young paramour and laid out
the corpse with flowers and candles before calling in the Police,
were all sensational trials,
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