Europe s High Court Confronts Racism

Kurdish forces take on the Islamic State

Don't challenge someone who has nothing to lose.

NEW HAVEN Once again, China has defied the naysayers.

Women challenging these norms are punished by violent means.

Global Voices challenges people to listen to people beyond their own borders.

These groups frequently challenge law and order through intimidation, extortion, and violence.

Why do we have that belief?

Historical forces are complex they defy any simple economic theory.

The Second Great Awakening was challenging women's traditional roles in religion.

Michael Shermer on strange beliefs

Doubt, like belief, requires justification.

The finale defies logic, gives new insight into the problem, and audiences express their amazement with laughter.

VIENNA Europe s current financial squeeze defies easy solutions.

But, at end of the day, no currency can defy the laws of economic gravity.

In the West, Afghanistan and what Henry Kissinger calls Islamist Jihadists challenges the international order.

New ideas and policies, especially when they challenge the status quo, will always have their critics.

The Prescript suggested elements of white supremacist belief.

At the same time, philosophy professors and students might also profit from the questions that challenge firms and industries.

Yet North Korea s world defying belligerency is not utter madness.

Feminists understandably have often shied away from scientific evidence that challenges this critique of sex roles.

The US does not challenge China s sovereignty, but it wants a peaceful settlement that will maintain Taiwan s democratic institutions.

One delicious irony in Europe is that Chinese banks are contesting the requirement to subsidiarize in London on precisely those grounds.

This week, we hear tales from Paraguay, Iran, Qatar and the Caribbean that challenge commonly held perspectives.

A tragedy that defies any logical explanation confirms only one thing the cruelty of chance.

The liberalization of media is apparently on its way and a new text is expected by mid 2013, Yasmine rejoices.

Plastic litter is increasingly believed to be a source of persistent toxic substances.

Italians shared the same belief after the disillusion of 1848.

This served to justify the premium placed on female chastity.

Watching a film which maybe highlights a character that is fighting to live, or just a character that defies stereotypes, makes a joke, sings a song.

A Muslim girl who wears a headscarf in a public school is simply wearing a headscarf, not provocatively challenging a hegemonic social order.

Local courts, whose judges are appointed and paid by the local government, often simply refuse to file cases that challenge official decisions.

I mean if I'm a good Darwinist, I've got to believe there's a reason for that.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, globalization is not homogenizing and Americanizing the cultures of the world.

mar3e Morsi in Germany lies and says I respect the people's right to belief.

One may be inclined to think that there is nothing important left to be said.

In public spaces, street art (or urban art) represents the voice of the community, marginal groups, and young people that strive to be heard, often defying the notion of private property.

Educación Viva (Live Education) has released the first of their videos challenging traditional education systems, titled I Don't Believe in Schools but I do Believe in Education.

Lusé Fiasco mocked Linton by posting a photo from the satire Instagram account Barbie Savior, which challenges perceptions surrounding volunteer work in Africa

But the belief that nothing will change is equally illusory.

Four differences lead me to believe that maybe just maybe the euro will survive.

But Malaysian history over the past three decades shows that this belief is mistaken.

Not everyone agrees with the sentiment that Miyamoto is not fit to be Japan's representative.

In fact, the name by which Zapotecs are known today results from this belief.

Freedom of belief and of thought, and freedom to profess a religious faith, and political or philosophical opinions.