New Jersey state troopers schooled in Muslim culture submitted by Tahir Mahmood

If a police officer pulls over a female driver wearing a veil covering all but her eyes, can he demand that she lift the veil so he can identify her?

Before a classroom of state police recruits, Mohammad Ali Chaudry, a Muslim scholar, explained that there’s no religious reason for her to refuse. She has to obey the laws of her country “for everybody’s security,” he said.

– See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/New_Jersey_State_Troopers_schooled_in_Muslim_culture.html?page=all#sthash.eyewY3Ed.dpuf

Higgs Boson Particle-God’s Particle

Two physicists, François Englert and Peter Higgs, won the Nobel Prize on Tuesday for their theory explaining how particles acquire mass. Click Link below to watch pictorial display explaining Higgs Boson Particle, also called God’s Particle.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/10/08/science/the-higgs-boson.html?src=ISMR_AP_LO_MST_FB#/?g=true&higgs1_slide=0

Documenting a Pakistani Girl’s Transformation Submitted by Nasik Elahi

The story of how Malala Yousafzai went from being a quiet 11-year-old to a spokeswoman for girls’ education to a victim of the Taliban to a Nobel Prize candidate.

For more click the following link:

http://nyti.ms/17gKdwV

Moral Case for DNA testing

The article in Dawn newspaper discusses the restrictions in the Hadud ordinance and the efforts by some legislators in Sindh to pass more progressive legislation to ensure the rights of rape victims using DNA testing.

http://www.dawn.com/news/1048041/moral-case-for-dna-testing