News: The number of children who have admitted to attempting suicide has soared by 43% in a year, the British children's charity ChildLine has revealed. The counseling service said it has received more than 34,000 consultations with children who talked about wanting to kill themselves in 2013/14 - an increase of 116% since 2010/11. Nearly 6,000 of these children had told a counselor that they had previously attempted suicide- a…

News Sadly another report comes of a student shooting in his school, killing one student and seriously wounding four others before killing himself. "The students and teachers in this community, near Seattle, had known they were no more immune to violence than Columbine or Sandy Hook; they had even practiced lockdown drills. But they never could have guessed who the perpetrator would be." [New York Times, 26/10/2014] Comment Practical lockdowns…

The issue of population extinction of South Korea - that emerged since the beginning of last September - was a shocking concept to the ordinary public. The first question that comes to mind is why the societies with advanced technology, high levels of welfare and the rapid pace of modernization are actually at risk of extinction? This question needs an answer. Research by the National Assembly Research Service (NARS) in…

It is undeniable that numerous Muslim sisters in various walks of life have begun to wear the hijab. Not only in Malaysia, but in neighboring countries such as in Southern Thailand and Indonesia, more women are starting to wear the hijab. According to statistics, more than 70% of Muslim women in Malaysia consistently wear the headscarf. This is surely a positive phenomenon among Muslim women. Not only that, many Muslim…