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Belief in hell *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

79.7% in Ireland, 74.6% in the US, 58.3% in the UK.… Read the rest



Brad DeLong on books as people *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘As long as I think of these as “texts,” they are dry and boring. But there is a key to making them exciting: to remember that they are not texts: they are people–people urgently trying to talk to me, to tell me something very important that they think I desperately need to know.’… Read the rest



LRA accused of selling food aid *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

ICC prosecutor says the rebels are using the money they make to rearm.… Read the rest



Flora Terah: beaten and tortured for running for office *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘In Kenya, and especially in the Ameru community I belong to, women are not supposed to get leadership positions.’… Read the rest



‘Honour’ killing rewarded with prize of 3 girls *

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Guy kills wife, gets 3 underage girls in ‘compensation.’… Read the rest



Katha Pollitt talks to Der Spiegel *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Feminism created a new normal. … Read the rest



Charles Murray is Deeply in Love With Sarah Palin *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

The last thing we need are more pointy-headed intellectuals running the government.… Read the rest



Katha Pollitt on Palin the Affirmative Action Babe *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

There’s the fun of watching conservative pundits scramble to deny the obvious.… Read the rest



Dick Taverne rebukes Prince Charles *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

A democratic country cannot tolerate a monarch whose views command notice not because of expertise, but because of his birth.… Read the rest



Saudi Arabia: more female graduates, no more jobs. *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Only 16% of Saudi women work, mostly teaching in segregated classrooms.… Read the rest



Swimming in Saudi Arabia *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Foreign woman demands to use pool in international hotel, succeeds.… Read the rest



Maryam Namazie on the veil *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

The veil is a tool for the suppression and oppression of women.… Read the rest



Rape victims are guilty of zina; their rapists go free. *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Four male witnesses of good standing are required to prove rape. Charging rape is proof of zina – by the woman only.… Read the rest



Women’s lives in Afghanistan *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

More than 60% of marriages are forced; 57% of women marry under the age of 16.… Read the rest



Woman’s Hour on women in Afghanistan *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Maternal mortality and female illiteracy rates are among the highest in the world.… Read the rest



Primacy of the UDHR *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Universal means universal.… Read the rest



Nahid Toubia fights against FGM *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘This is about women and elevating the status of women and making them equal human beings.’… Read the rest



Canada will not participate in Durban II *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Durban I degenerated into open expressions of intolerance and anti-Semitism that undermined the very goals the conference sought to achieve.… Read the rest



Muslim students file rights complaint against Maclean’s *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Faisal Joseph, a lawyer from the Canadian Islamic Congress who is representing the four students, argued that journalists can’t write just anything.… Read the rest



Got a complaint? Call 1-800-Human-Rights. *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

The Canadian Islamic Congress has a new partner in its censorship campaign: the state … Read the rest