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South Africa has a vast private security industry alongside its police

South Africa has one of the world's largest private security sectors, with millions of people recorded in industry registration systems. But the number registered is not the same as the number currently employed as guards. Private companies protect homes, businesses and neighborhoods, reflecting a security landscape in which commercial services play a particularly visible role.

A Sufi mystic argued that love mattered more than heaven or hell

Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya, an early Muslim mystic, became associated with the idea that worship should arise from love of God rather than fear of punishment or hope of reward. Stories attributed to her challenge the idea of religion as a transaction. Her teachings helped make divine love a central theme in later Sufi traditions.

Quantum results cannot simply be decided in advance

Experiments with linked quantum particles rule out a simple idea: that each particle already carries a fixed answer for every measurement scientists might choose to make. The measured links between the particles cannot be explained that way, showing that quantum objects do not behave like ordinary everyday objects.

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South Africa has a vast private security industry alongside its police

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