Unpleasant stuff.… Read the rest
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Martin Bright Disavows ‘Islamophobe’ Label 
Jul 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
His argument is with government ministers who have failed to seek out other voices among Muslims.… Read the rest
Two Sentenced for ‘Honour’ Killing
Jul 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Samaira Nazir was stabbed to death by her brother and cousin.… Read the rest
Review of Why Truth Matters
Jul 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Reference made to authors’ immense talents. Well exactly.… Read the rest
AI Renews Calls for Release of Prisoners
Jul 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Amnesty International calls for release of Ossanlu, Jahanbegloo, Mousavi-Kho’ini.… Read the rest
Free Political Prisoners in Iran
Jul 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A co-ordinated global hunger strike from July 14 through July 16, 2006.… Read the rest
Students in Iran Call for Hunger Strike
Jul 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Call in particular for the release of Ramin Jahanbegloo, Mansour Ossanloo, Ali Akbar Moussavi Khoeni.… Read the rest
Sean Wilentz on Hofstadter Biography
Jul 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Hofstadter’s sharpness about the darker follies of American democracy seems more urgently needed than ever. … Read the rest
Martha Nussbaum on a Book About Harvard
Jul 14th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Harry Lewis fails to realize that character-building is cognitive.… Read the rest
No Really, You’re Too Kind
Jul 13th, 2006 6:45 pm | By Ophelia BensonWhat a lovely morning. I woke up far too early (anxiety, no doubt), I spent most of an hour deleting spam from the comments database, then I got an email from a helpful reader (it is just barely possible that some of you can guess which one) who was worried that I might not realize that the signatories of the letter about ‘Christianophobia’ in the Telegraph were loopy. Apparently this reader, who reads B&W regularly and often and has done so for a longish time, thought that perhaps I posted that link because I approved of the letter and the signatories, or that while I might be a little doubtful about their stance I was perhaps not doubtful enough – … Read the rest
Faisal Bodi Gives a Cheer for ‘Religious Communities’
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And finds no one to agree with him.… Read the rest
Pickled Politics on ‘Connecting British Hindus’
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The report seems little more than an exercise by the Hindu Forum to make some noise.… Read the rest
Norm Geras and Nick Cohen Debate Front Page
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
And give up in exasperation.… Read the rest
Manly Men
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Manliness needs women to be inferior and subordinate, and cute when angry.… Read the rest
Hindus ‘Yearn to be Understood as a Community’
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Everyone else is a community, in fact the community, so Hindus want to be the community too.… Read the rest
Letters Reject Communalism
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘Racial and religious divides can go too far and lead us away from good community relations.’… Read the rest
Pastors Charge Government With Christianophobia
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The latest discrimination against Christians is the new law called the Sexual Orientation Regulations.’… Read the rest
Reliance on MCB May be Convenient But…
Jul 13th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Government is making a mistake if it hands the franchise of dialogue over to a single organisation.… Read the rest
Going to School
Jul 12th, 2006 10:50 pm | By Ophelia BensonWhat life is like when there is no rule of law, no security, no strong-enough central government, no one able to keep the strong and cruel and violent and selfish from preying on everyone else. Thrasymachus world. Thug world, warlord world, Mafia world, feudal world, give me that world, extortion world. Do what I say or I’ll hit you with a stick or cut you with a knife or shoot you world. Nightmare world.
… Read the restEscalating attacks by the Taliban and other armed groups on teachers, students and schools in Afghanistan are shutting down schools and depriving another generation of an education, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Schools for girls have been hit particularly hard,
Human Rights Watch on ‘Night Letters’
Jul 12th, 2006 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
3,000 (8%) of the 37,743 officially enrolled students in Zabul were girls in March 2006.… Read the rest
