鈥淚t is forbidden in Islam to have any of these haram substances in our bodies.鈥�
Abdul Majid Katme, head of the UK Islamic Medical Association, says that almost all vaccines contain products derived from animal and human tissue, which make them 鈥渉aram鈥�, or unlawful for Muslims to take, a view strongly criticised by the Department of Health, the British Medical Association and the Muslim Council of Britain (The Sunday Times, 28 January)
鈥淚 am convinced the gospel that brute armed force is the basis of all existence finds its main support in Germany.鈥�
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Extract from one of several newly published letters written by Albert Einstein in 1915 (LA Times, 29 January)
鈥淎t the moment we have no choice, we have to provide people with water.鈥�
Queensland premier Peter Beattie, who on Sunday announced that residents in the state鈥檚 tinder-dry south-east would be drinking recycled sewage water as early as next year, like it or not (AFP, 29 January)
鈥淚t鈥檚 like putting artificial apples in an apple pie. People would consider that a downright violation of the American way.鈥�
Joseph Mendelson of Washington-based consumer group Center for Food Safety, reacts to a recent government decision that meat and milk from cloned animals should be allowed for sale (The Washington Post, 29 January)
鈥淭he number of women aged between 15 and 50 is fixed. Because the number of birth-giving machines is fixed, all we can ask is for them to do their best.鈥�
Japan鈥檚 health minister, Hakuo Yanagisawa, makes a gaff in a speech attempting to highlight the country鈥檚 problems with the declining birth rate (The Japan Times, 28 January)