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		<title>Question of the Week: Boring</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2008/07/13/question-of-the-week-boring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If you&#8217;re bored, it&#8217;s because you are boring.&#8221; Who defines who is boring and who is interesting? Are some individuals interesting to all persons? Are some individuals boring to all people? Are you &#8211; with reference to the quote above &#8211; bored only because you are a boring person?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=544&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Question: Conversation</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2008/07/06/question-conversation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SA'ILA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are good conversationalists just people who know how and when it&#8217;s appropriate to talk a lot?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=543&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the Week: Corruption</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2008/06/29/question-of-the-week-corruption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SA'ILA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are people inherently corrupt, in that it is built into one’s culture? Or are people corrupt depending on alternative incentives offered?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=542&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the Week: Love, Twice</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2008/06/22/question-of-the-week-love-twice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SA'ILA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Islam, polygamy is effectively allowed. Can a man be in love with two women at the same time&#8212;and should it acceptable that he may be? Further, can a woman be in love with two men at the same time?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=541&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the Week: Ideas</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2008/06/15/question-of-the-week-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SA'ILA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does the success of an idea depend more on the idea itself, or on the execution behind it?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=540&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the Week: Teaching</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2008/06/08/question-of-the-week-teaching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SA'ILA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it possible to effectively teach a subject you don&#8217;t believe in?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=515&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the Week: Value</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2008/06/01/question-of-the-week-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SA'ILA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does one know show value for another human being? If this varies across cultures, how has Islam taught us to value the people in our lives, and to express it to them so they are aware of it?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=514&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the Week: &#8220;For the Best&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2008/05/25/question-of-the-week-for-the-best/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SA'ILA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Muslims, we&#8217;re encouraged to accept that everything is for the best: does that mean that the outcome of every action we take is for our betterment?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=513&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the Week: Loss</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2008/05/18/question-of-the-week-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 01:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it worse to lose children in infancy or when they are older? Does spending more time with a child in this world make the loss even greater if it happens? Does having knowledge of something (someone) and then losing it worse than not having known it at all?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=512&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the Week: Missing You</title>
		<link>http://othermatters.org/2008/05/11/question-of-the-week-missing-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 10:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SA'ILA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does it mean to miss someone?   Does their absence make you miss them or is it because of an expectation you have of what their presence would signify?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=othermatters.org&amp;blog=46480&amp;post=488&amp;subd=othermatters&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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