Pakistan’s national identity is based on not being Hindu – a thin reed on which to hang a unified state.… Read the rest
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HNN Interviews Charlie Savage 
Jan 8th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cheney has wanted to restore the imperial presidency for three decades.… Read the rest
Canadian Islamic Congress v Maclean’s
Jan 8th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Canadian Islamic Congress has launched two human rights complaints against Maclean’s. … Read the rest
Tariq Ramadan is Rather Bossy
Jan 8th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Islamic studies must be taken seriously. Politicians, university administrators, faculty and students must say so.’… Read the rest
More Power for Muslim Women
Jan 7th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bunglawala says the government wants Muslim women to act as spies.… Read the rest
Funny Way to Apologize
Jan 7th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Vatican calls for ‘perpetual adoration’ of eucharist to atone for sex abuse.… Read the rest
Iranian Artist Threatened With ‘Execution’
Jan 7th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
She photographed gay men wearing masks of the prophet; her work was removed from the Hague museum.… Read the rest
Doubts About Education in Islamic Seminaries
Jan 7th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
16 of the 25 UK seminaries, producing 80% of graduates, are Deobandi.… Read the rest
British Imams Get Inadequate Training
Jan 7th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Musharraf Hussain gives withering assessment of training in many of Britain’s 26 Islamic seminaries. … Read the rest
H E Baber on the Solidarity of the Oppressed
Jan 7th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
First we needed to combat the oppression of minority males; then there would be time for luxuries like feminism.… Read the rest
Rebecca Goldstein on Falsifiability
Jan 7th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Scientists don’t, and shouldn’t, jettison a theory as soon as a disconfirming datum comes in.… Read the rest
Indirect effects
Jan 7th, 2008 11:43 am | By Ophelia BensonThe Vatican is planning a party. Sounds like fun.
… Read the restThe Vatican has called on Catholics to atone for the sex abuse scandals that have engulfed their church in recent years by taking part in what may be the largest global prayer initiative ever seen…[E]very diocese in the world should name a priest to work full-time on the arrangements for the “perpetual adoration” of the eucharist. This would involve parishioners taking turns to keep a round-the-clock vigil in front of a consecrated host representing the body of Jesus…The aim was “to make amends before God for the evil that has been done and hail once more the dignity of the victims”, who had suffered from the “moral and sexual conduct
BHL on Grieving for Benazir
Jan 6th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
We should have seen many heads of state, to make the funeral a global demonstration for democracy and peace.… Read the rest
Call to Prayer Application in Oxford
Jan 6th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A two-minute call three times a day. Ibrahim Mogra of the MCB says most residents get used to it.… Read the rest
New Forced Marriage Power Planned
Jan 6th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Ministers may let third parties intervene in coercive relationships where victims are too scared to act. … Read the rest
Third Parties Will Be Able to Stop Forced Marriages
Jan 6th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Pragna Patel of Southall Black Sisters said that the change to the law was absolutely necessary. … Read the rest
MCB Says Safeguard Cultural Norms
Jan 6th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Forced marriage totally different from arranged marriage. Really?… Read the rest
Bunglawala on Forced Marriage
Jan 6th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Good marriages are meant to symbolise the coming together of two families and not just two individuals.’… Read the rest
Mediawatchwatch Reads the UN Resolution
Jan 6th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The right to freedom of expression should be exercised with responsibility and may therefore be subject to limitations…’… Read the rest
Universality of Human Rights v Cairo Declaration
Jan 6th, 2008 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Cairo Declaration definition of human rights differs widely from those of the UDHR.… Read the rest
