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FP blog explains: “What Makes a Sex Shop Halal?…………. A literati roundup…

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  What Makes a Sex Shop Halal? Responding to apparent pent-up demand for tacky bachelorette parties, the 38-year old Turkish entrepreneur Haluk Murat Demirel has opened the country’s first halal (permissible in Islam) sex shop online. It’s not the first such enterprise in the world — successful predecessors can be found in such varied locales … Read more

An Academic Job Satisfaction survey etc..

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No, Turkey is not in it. 18 countries included: Worldwide Academic Job Satisfaction July 2, 2010 A study of academics in 18 countries has highlighted disparities in the satisfaction levels among university staff around the world. Job Satisfaction on Scale of 1-5 by Academics in 18 Countries 2.5 Britain 3 Portugal, Australia, China 3.5 Finland, … Read more