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Walking around the streets of the United Kingdom, I couldn’t help but wonder;
How come I never heard about alcohol restricted areas in the streets of the UK before? How come it is considered a normal thing that no one talks about it, while when this...
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Beyond its excellence in watch-making and financial services, Switzerland is still a retrograde nation in many ways. This neutral and very wealthy state did not give...
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Reading the article “Good or Bad, Hard to Say!” suddenly struck a chord with me regarding the deteriorating status quo of the institution of marriage in India and...
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Since the time I began to think several years ago I have often heard several things in all kinds of fora. “Women are being oppressed”, “women are...
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To,
Dr. Manmohan Singh,
Prime Minister of India,
South Block,
Raisina Hill,
New Delhi,110011
Date : 14-Oct-09
Sub: Objections to NCW’s proposed recommendation to...
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The female version of the homo sapien species. Always trudging forward in every aspect. And leaving their male counterparts with open mouths and wide eyes in bafflement...
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Late-night comedian David Letterman (who is still nursing a petty grudge against Jay Leno for losing the bid to succeed Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show) has found...
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In continuation with my previous two posts on Domestic Violence viz “Violence against Women – A perception or a reality” and “Violence against Men – The...
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In continuation with my article, “Violence against Women – A perception or a Reality” this article covers the topic of Violence against Men extensively as we head...
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To,
The Honorable Minister for Law and Justice
Dr M Veerappa Moily,
Sub: – Paying maintenance to qualified and empowered women for short marriages must be stopped...
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One day a reporter decides to take a sneak peek at what goes on in the marriage counseling centers, given the current spate of skyrocketing divorce rates. And thus,...
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“Violence Against Women (VAW)” referred to as VAW herein is a very commonly heard and most unchallenged social meme. Such high is its acceptance in society that we...
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Male Dominated Society! It’s a man’s world! These are the phrases one often hears. They are often used to boost the ego of males that it is your world and you rule...
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Shiite Muslim Afghan women have been thrown to the dogs for political gain by President Hamid Karzai who surreptitiously enacted a marriage law that states, in essence,...
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The question of polygamy or polygyny in Islam has always been a source of controversy in the West. Many Western commentators hostile of the faith have used the...
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O’ the trials of the Saudi royal family. Not even the British royal family spends as much time and resources toward public relations as the House of Saud. That is...
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So Saudi Arabia has decided that even it has limits tolerance when its comes to the debasement of women. The illiterate King has officially outlawed the trafficking of...
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When I analyze the failed marriage of my cousin Deepa, I wonder if its her liberal brought up and education, or the conservative attitude of the Indian in-laws that is...
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The incidence of persecuting female students continues in the country’s top universities and unlike popular belief, that male students tease girls on campus, the...
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Although often portrayed as a practice born from Islam or Arab culture, honor killings are really a Mediterranean punishment that herald from Greek civilization. And...
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The mass weddings are quite common as part of the social work either through NGOs or through State government sponsored one. As per the reports from the dailies, last...
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There is much controversy surrounding Muslim women who wear a hijab. For those who don’t know, a hijab is the veiling of hair and body parts, allowing the woman...
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n Iran, women have made remarkable strides in education in the last decades — 65 percent of college undergraduates are female and 70 percent of graduate students...
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A Sudanese woman has been jailed for a month after refusing to pay a fine for “dressing indecently” by wearing trousers, her lawyers say.
Lubna Ahmed...
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A Sudanese woman journalist was preparing to be flogged 40 times in Khartoum on Wednesday for wearing “indecent” clothes, with 10 women already whipped for...
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In her book “Women and Gender in Islam,” Professor Leila Khaled coins the term “Colonial Feminism” which she defines as the cynical practice of...
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It is easy to understand why epithets such as brave and courageous often accompany the name of Malalai Joya. Slight of stature and serenely demure, the young Afghan...
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By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi
The Muslim women veil issue in France is gradually taking an ugly shape across the world. The ‘extra’ liberal people possessed with Western...
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French President Nicholas Sarkozy announced in front of the French parliament that the Islamic face covering - Niqab - [not to be confused with the veil: Hijab] is a...
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It finally came into open ,while delegating the ban on Burqas’ the garment which Muslim women wear and which covers them from head to toe, is a sign of...
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It appeared as a brief news item, a few days ago, that a Saudi judge told a seminar on domestic violence that slapping one’s wife for spending money carelessly is...
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There’s always something bizarre coming out of Saudi Arabia. It would be laughable if it wasn’t for the fact that these occurrences adversely affect women,...
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O.K. Step one is done!
Obama-Rama said they are going to bail on Iraq!
Good move there slick!
Now, when is the U.S. , Canada and the rest of N.A.T.O. going to...
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A female member of Kandahar Province’s Provincial Council Sitara Achakzai was gunned down near her house by unidentified gunmen.
Police has started its...
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A prominent Shi’ite religious scholar has declared that none including the Ministry of Justice or any other governmental organ can bring any sort of change in the...
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Saudi women are finally standing up against the repression they face in their society. And their public stand is more personal than driving: lingerie.
[They call it...
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I came from a purely Hindu family where we were always taught to regard ourselves (i.e. women) as beings who were eventually to be married off and have children and...
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If you thought that just by stopping education for woman and prohibiting them from moving anywhere without a male escort and having them covered from top to toe would...
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There is no equality for women in Islamic states, as much as people want to proclaim there is; particularly under the penal code. A woman is worth half that of a man....
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Since when is a rape victim suddenly a criminal? As if the raped woman isn’t subjected to enough humiliation, violence and degradation, in Saudi Arabia she is...
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