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Law Protecting Afghanistan Women Blocked By Conservatives
Kay Johnson (source 
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women’s freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience. A group of burqa-clad Afghan women cross a road in Herat early April 21, 2013. Afghanistan has made some progress in using the law to protect women against violence but many still suffer horrific abuse … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Culture, Denial, Discrimination, General, Human rights, Humanity, Middle East, Politics, Religion, Society
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The Islamist War on Women
Lee Habeeb (source )
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What those girls in Ohio suffered happens to millions of women around the world. The facts just keep coming out of Ohio. It is hard to comprehend what they went through, those young women. What they felt while trapped by a monster through those lost years of their early adulthood is almost impossible to fathom. How did they cope? How did they get through each … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, Culture, Discrimination, Ethics, Global issues, Human rights, Humanity, Morals, Opinion, Religion, Society
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Opposing radical Islamist terrorism is a moral duty
Colin Rubenstein (source )
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Terrorism will only cease to be a threat when extremist ideology is marginalised. ‘A terror attack is intended to send a message that civilians are not safe in public places.’ Photo: Reuters The horrific bombing of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring 282, demonstrated that the ”age” of Islamist terrorism against Western civilian targets – heralded by the September 11, 2001 attacks – is … Continue reading
Posted in Aggression, Australasia, Culture, General, Global issues, Historical, Humanity, Middle East, Morals, North America, Opinion, Religion, Security, Society
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Iraq: The Sectarian Divide
Editorial (source )
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Baghdad – The months-long standoff in Iraq between Sunni Arab protesters and the central government has begun a perilous, downward slide toward confrontation. The emergence of an arc of instability and conflict linking Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, fuelled by sectarianism and involving porous borders as well as cross-border alliances, represents a huge risk. Failure to integrate Sunni Arabs into a genuinely representative political system in … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Discrimination, Historical, Leadership, Middle East, Politics, Reconciliaiton, Religion, Society
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Belgium vs. Islamic Jihadists
Soeren Kern (source )
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Some 1,000 Muslims from across Europe are currently active as Islamic jihadists in Syria, which has replaced Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia as the main destination for militant Islamists to obtain immediate combat training with little or no official scrutiny. Belgian police have carried out dozens of raids and arrested six Islamists — including the pugnacious ringleader of a Belgian Salafist group called Sharia4Belgium — suspected … Continue reading
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Islam extremists against homosexuals
Loukas Mexis (source )
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Sometimes you need to have as strong stomach in order to face the dire facts of life. No matter how terrible the news, one needs to focus instead of turning the other way, and read the whole thing, accept what is happening in a far side of this world, the same world where you are part of. The recent news of more gay men being … Continue reading
Posted in A, Culture, Discrimination, Ethics, General, Global issues, Human rights, Humanity, Hypocrisy, Law & Order, Middle East, Morals, Opinion, Oppression, Religion, Society, Young generation
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A topless feminist revolution is taking place in Tunisia
Loukas Mexis (source )
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A 19-year old girl declared war on Islam by posting a topless picture of herself on the Tunisian Femen Facebook page, with writing on her body which read ‘F**k you morals’. Soon afterwards a second, with her smoking a cigarette and a new sentence: “My body belongs to me, and is not the source of anyone’s honour”. Activists of the Communist Youth Organization alongside women’s … Continue reading
Posted in A, Africa, Arts & Culture, Discrimination, Ethics, General, Global issues, Human rights, Humanity, Judgement, Law & Order, Morals, Opinion, Oppression, Protest, Religion, Society, Young generation
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A Female Muslim In Parliament
Shakira Hussein (source )
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The promotion of Mehreen Faruqi to the NSW Parliament is a great achievement. Not all Muslims – or women – agree with her views. That diversity of opinion is exactly the point, writes Shakira Hussein Dr Mehreen Faruqi is set to become to first Muslim woman to become a member of an Australian parliament after being preselected by the NSW Greens to fill the state … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Culture, Asia, Australasia, Compassion, Diaspora, Discrimination, Elections, Ethics, Global issues, Historical, Human rights, Humanity, Leadership, Middle East, Morals, Multiculturalism, North America, Opinion, Politics, Religion, Society, Special needs persons, Young generation
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Is this photo grounds for death?
Clementine Ford (source )
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Two weeks ago, a young Tunisian woman known only by the name “Amina” posted political self portraits to Facebook to protest the continued oppression of women in the Arab world’s first democracy. One of the pictures of Amina posted on the Femen Tunisia site. Posing topless, one photo featured Amina smoking with the Arabic declaration “my body belongs to me, and is not the source of the … Continue reading
