theguardian: by Richard Holoway — There are as many expressions of religious faith as there are of gender and sexuality Preaching to the converted: Graham Chapman in Monty Python’s Life of Brian, 1979. Photograph: Python Films/Rex/Shutterstock SOME PEOPLE ARE GAY. GET OVER IT.’ That slogan was posted on London buses […]
Huff Post: by JamesMichael Nichols — We need to feel that pain of this moment. And we need to take care of each other. ANADOLU AGENCY VIA GETTY IMAGES Waking up today felt like waking up from a fever dream. Over the past 18 months, minorities have endured an […]
Dawn.com: by Faiza Ilyas — KARACHI: Every second woman in Pakistan suffers from some form of domestic violence that has an extremely damaging effect on her physical and mental well-being, said Dr Tazeen Saeed Ali during a session held on Saturday as part of the three-day national health sciences research […]
theguardian — Rabbinical authorities bar man from leaving Israel, claiming he is responsible for his son’s refusal to grant his wife a divorce The headquarters of the chief rabbinate in Tel Aviv, which controls all matters of marriage and divorce in Israel. Photograph: Dan Perry/AP Israeli rabbinical authorities have seized […]
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — “She made me do it.” I hear this phrase all too often, and each time I hear it my heart bleeds. In my pro bono legal practice, I represent indigent women who suffer or have suffered through domestic violence. As an attorney, as a […]
Parental Stress Centre: by Jackie Hall — “IT IS NEVER THE EVENTS THAT CAUSE STRESS, IT’S HOW WE PERCEIVE THOSE EVENTS AND WHAT WE PERCEIVE THEM TO MEAN ABOUT OURSELVES.” Often we blame the things going on around us for feeling stressed or angry – it’s the child’s behaviour, it’s […]
United Soul Theory: by Dondi Leigh — At my house, we take off our shoes. I live with two roommates and the no shoes rule was in place when I moved in so I have abided ever since. We have a little area by the front door where we kick […]
Business Insider: by Emily Espahani Smith — In most marriages, levels of satisfaction drop dramatically within the first few years together. But among couples who not only endure, but live happily together for years and years, the spirit of kindness and generosity guides them forward. Every day in June, the […]
Huff Post: by Carol Kuruvlla — Ilhan Omar is making waves in Minnesota. NITIKA GUPTAIlhan Omar. Ilhan Omar is a former refugee, a Somali-American activist, and a proud Democrat. On November 8, the 33-year-old is poised to become one of the few Muslim women ever elected to a state […]
theguardian: by Matthew Weaver — Newsreader Fatima Manji condemns decision by press regulator Ipso as ‘fundamentally flawed’ in appeal Fatima Manji. Ipso ruled that in the context of the Nice attack, MacKenzie had a right to question her headdress under free speech. Photograph: Twitter The presenter Fatima Manji has questioned […]
Huff Post: by Marilyn Katz — The ten women who spoke out about their sexual harassment by Donald Trump have opened a veritable flood-gate, with personal revelations of abuse from both the famous and the unknown, and with commentators and columnists asking “Will more women now believe their own stories?” […]
theguardian: by Alison Flood — DC superhero punching for gender equality to be honoured at her 75th birthday party, attended by Ban Ki-moon and ‘surprise guests’ Heroic role model … a Wonder Woman party plate. Photograph: Handout The United Nations is due to welcome a new honorary ambassador for […]
Huff Post: by Christopher Mathias — Oh and by the way, his dad fights terrorism for a living. “I’m done with the U.S.,” Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani’s wife told him on Friday. Seeing her youngest son, just 7 years old, walk off the school bus bruised and battered that afternoon outside their […]
theguardian — The killing and jailing of people on accusations of insulting Islam is shameful. Pakistan’s supreme court should spare the life of Asia Bibi and curb future convictions Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court. ‘Her freedom would send a powerful […]
Source: The Guardian By Simon Jenkins As desanctified, secularised buildings owned by the community or local trusts, ailing churches may just survive. More Muslims go to mosques than Anglicans go to […]
Dawn: by Muhammad Bilal — ISLAMABAD: A joint session of the Parliament unanimously approved anti-honour killing and anti-rape bills moved by PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar on Thursday. The legislation on honour killings will introduce strict punishment for the convicts making it tougher than the ordinary murder cases. Under the new […]
theguardian: by Sally Weale and David Batty — Stories of more than 100 women shared with Guardian expose pattern of harassment which remains largely hidden Have you been affected by sexual harassment at university? Female academics, undergraduates and PhD students all contacted the Guardian with reports of abuse by predominantly […]
theguardian: by Jason Burke — Accra academics win removal of Mahatma sculpture after petition denouncing Indian leader and saying African heroes ‘come first’ The Ghana university Gandhi statue, a focus for claims that the Indian leader was racist towards black South Africans. Photograph: Christian Thompson/AP A statue of Mahatma Gandhi […]
theguardian — 4 October 1926: After the opening ceremony the Imam called the faithful to prayer from the minarets high over the roofs of suburbia 1935: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (far left) on a visit to London’s Fazl mosque, the first purpose-built mosque in the capital. Photograph: Alamy/Stock […]
Huff Post: by Krutika Pathi — This post originally appeared on Bustle. Growing up in America with an Iranian mother who, after an arranged marriage, came to this country with no agency to pursue an education, I realized how difficult it can be to navigate gender along the lines of […]
