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Aga Khan is the spiritual leaders of Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, a sub group of Shia Muslims. He is one of the rare gems of Islamic scholarship and a Harvard Graduate. He has understood the essence of Islam and articulates it very well. Islam to him is serving and caring for people around you, regardless of their affiliation.
Los Angeles police confirmed that all Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools are closed Tuesday as police investigate what The LA Times reports as a bomb threat was called into a LAUSD board member. LAUSD is the nation's 2nd largest district. The LAUSD superintendent said "I am not going to take a chance when it comes to the lives of students," stating that the threat was made to many schools, involved packages and backpacks, and says he wants every school is system searched. L.A.
Westerners have been taught since kindergarten that democracy means choosing their own leaders at the ballot box. By the time we're adults we wouldn't think of challenging that definition, never mind whether is works or not. In the centuries since The Enlightenment, it's become clear that governance needs new paradigms.
In the US, the average age of a first-time mother is now over 26 years old, up from 21.4 years-old in 1970.
Through 2008-2013, the birth rate declined each year, likely the result of the financial crisis and its aftermath. Furthermore, as Goldman's Taposh Bari notes, amid the decline in births since the beginning of the Great Recession, one thing that stands out is that the decline in births has come from the youngest mothers – women under 25 years of age.