The Archbishop of Canterbury certainly stirred up a hornet’s nest. First up, the inimitable Christopher Hitchens:
Picture the life of a young Urdu-speaking woman brought to Yorkshire from Pakistan to marry a man—quite possibly a close cousin—whom she has never met. He takes her dowry, beats her, and abuses the children he forces her to bear. [...]
Posted on February 12th, 2008 by pwyll
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The BBC reports recent remarks by Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury:
Dr Rowan Williams told Radio 4’s World at One that the UK has to “face up to the fact” that some of its citizens do not relate to the British legal system.
Dr Williams argues that adopting parts of Islamic Sharia law would help maintain [...]
Posted on February 9th, 2008 by pwyll
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HYDERABAD (Reuters) - A teenage girl in southern Pakistan, whose late father lost her in a poker game when she was 2 years old, has asked authorities to save her from being handed over to a middle-aged relative.
Rasheeda, 17, said she has filed applications with the police and a local councillor asking them to prevent [...]
Posted on February 27th, 2007 by pwyll
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Via The TimesOnline:
A Pakistani minister and woman’s activist has been shot dead by an Islamic extremist for refusing to wear the veil.
Zilla Huma Usman, the minister for social welfare in Punjab province and an ally of President Pervez Musharraf, was killed as she was about to deliver a speech to dozens of party activists, by [...]
Posted on February 20th, 2007 by pwyll
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Scott Adams pulls no punches.
I just saw in the news that Shiite Muslims in Iraq are engaging in a practice called mutaa, or “temporary marriage,” for the purpose of sex. A Shiite man can have more than one wife, so whether he is married or single, if he wants to buy some sex, he arranges [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2007 by pwyll
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Captain’s Quarters:
Is it just me, or does it seem like radical Islamists deeply fear women and their sexuality? Their entire worldview appears focused on the oppression of females — burying them under yards of cloth, denying them any freedom of movement, and avoiding even their singing voices in public. After all of Ahmadinejad’s ludicrous diplomacy [...]
Posted on December 5th, 2006 by pwyll
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