News On 2 September, the media of the Republic of Mordovia again reported that the legislative consolidation of ban on religious symbols was protested by some Muslims of the republic. The discussion of this sharp problem by the parties yielded no results. The Mufti of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Mordovia Fagim Hazrat Shafiev went to the republican prosecutor's office. Now the question of the legality of hijab…

Thirty-year-old Marubhat, a resident of Samo Bheel village - a two-hour drive from Chhachhro, Pakistan- decided to end her life on 23 August 2014, after she had failed to provide food for her children, as reported by Dawn Newspaper on 2nd September. Soon after her death, her home was visited by reporters and social workers where during interviews her family attributed the cause of her death to persistent financial problems.…

News The parents of a two-year-old boy are suing a nursery after staff allegedly used duct-tape to restrain their son during nap time. A former employee of the Heart2Heart daycare centre in Texas took a widely-circulated picture showing a small child wrapped in a blanket and apparently bound to a mat by duct-tape. The employee then gave it to parents Kristi and Brad Galbraith, who are suing the centre for…

News By the Associated Press: LONDON. Experts say police and security services are using voice-recognition software and other technology, as well as human tips, as they scramble to identify the militant recorded on a video showing the killing of American journalist James Foley.Prime Minister David Cameron has said the masked jihadi is likely British. Linguists say his accent suggests he is from the London area. The Guardian Newspaper quoted an…