| Readers write: Valuable college experience and tech opportunities Posted: 19 Jan 2019 03:00 AM PST ![Readers write: Valuable college experience and tech opportunities]( "Readers write: Valuable college experience and tech opportunities") Regarding the Nov. 26 Heart of the News article "A conservative Christian university where Muslims feel welcome": My experience at Brigham Young University was inspirational on so many levels. Through the prayer part in every class, I was given the opportunity to be connected to my faith and practice my Muslim prayer, share and explain, and be accepted. As a Muslim woman in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints community, I have an everlasting educational experience.
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| Global Newsstand: Thailand should not impede those who are seeking asylum, and more Posted: 19 Jan 2019 03:00 AM PST ![Global Newsstand: Thailand should not impede those who are seeking asylum, and more]( "Global Newsstand: Thailand should not impede those who are seeking asylum, and more") "The fate of a Saudi woman on her way to Australia, where she has a visa and seeks to obtain asylum, teetered in the balance in Bangkok [on Jan. 7]...," states an editorial. "Amid Thailand's apparent willingness to deport [Rahaf al-Qunun] back to Saudi Arabia, rights lawyers representing her failed to get a Bangkok court to accept an injunction against her repatriation, which could have spelled her doom. "It is still unclear whether U.S. citizen Paul Whelan was indeed, as the Russian authorities allege, a spy, or whether he is the victim of mistaken identity...," writes Mark Galeotti.
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