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Religion and Science, The Forced Mix |
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Written by Said Samir
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Tuesday, 23 August 2005 |
The habit of mixing religion with science is as ancient as witchcrafts
in the early human history. Some even claim that religion was
introduced by the lack of science at the beginning of human history and
till now. During the last few decades, that ancient forced-mix popped
up again, and instead of using science to study and better understand
the development of religion, many islamist scholars are redefining
religious literature to explain and justify scientific facts.
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Terrorism or Freedom-Fighting |
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Written by Said Samir
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Sunday, 24 July 2005 |
 Weapons
never killed ideas. Therefore, military action against international terrorism
may not be a viable alternative. If the core motive for international terrorism
is ideological and/or political then those who perpetrate terrorism are not
just criminals, but they are also believers who consider what they are doing to
be the right thing and worthy of dying for. Here lies the real danger. The
whole world is responsible for letting such a belief grow and spread and
accordingly responsible for correcting this fiction. |
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Written by Said Samir
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Sunday, 24 July 2005 |
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This article is a result of an
interdisciplinary research project on the Metropolitan Food
System of Cairo, Egypt undertaken by the Institute of Cultural Geography, Freiburg
University, Germany, and funded by the German
Research Foundation (Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).
“Matariya” here is based on the 1986 census and includes
Matariya Bahriya, Matariya
Gharbiya, Matariya Gibliya, Shagaraat Mariam, Arab Abu
Tawiilah and the western parts of
Ain Shams. About the urban history see, for example, ABULUGHOD (1971). |
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Written by Said Samir
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Sunday, 24 July 2005 |
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Street
food vending is a full time occupation. It is closely bound to the area of
residence, and the vendors have deep roots in the local community. Street food
vending is also a highly competitive business and adjusts quickly to new
markets. In low income areas, particularly at the fast changing urban fringes
where the fonnal sector is not yet strongly present, the vendors play an
important role. As in the case of Matariya, they offer invaluable services to
the community. The needs of the customers for cheap food are being met within
these quarters by a highly flexible supply structure, ranging from mobile
vendors for beverages, sweets and snacks, to de facto locally established meat
and vegetarian food vendors. Each stall, for example, may serve an average of
approximately 100 customers per day, meaning that some 25,000 people are
relying on these vendors in Matariya alone. |
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