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Blogs – a resistance to extremism
Comment by Aishath to Moosa’s comment to my blogpost, Half of Quran “void”?
Moosa,
Your comment disturbed me to an extent, because you have reduced the Maldivian culture and identity to Islam. This is something that alarmed me, and I believe this is what a lot of bloggers are fighting against. When I compare the time when… »
Enslaving Citizens – Part 2: The plight of the average Maldives teenager
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The end of men
Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are now women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same. For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what… »
Feminist group launches letter writing campaign against sponsors of Dr Bilal Philips event
Would Seyku Shaheem recognize child abuse if he stumbled upon one?
… State Minister for Islamic Affairs Sheikh Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed said the Ministry had received no information that Dr Bilal Philips’ preaching including the abuse of children’s rights, and “guaranteed” that the Islamic Ministry “would not let such acts happen in the Maldives.”
”We… »
West Bank rabbi bans women from local election
The chief rabbi of a West Bank settlement has prohibited women from standing in a local community election.
Rabbi Elyakim Levanon of the Elon Moreh settlement, near Nablus, said women lacked the authority to stand for the post of local secretary.
He wrote in a community newspaper that women must only be heard through their husbands. Read… »
“Sharing the same breast” – the “new interpretation”
First time I heard the phrase “Eh kiru vun” as a teen I asked my Islam teacher at Majeediyya and he then explained:
Sometimes a mother naturally does not produce milk; so we take the child to another woman in the island community to breastfeed. It will made known to everyone on the island of this… »
Girls are Facebook junkies, study finds
So much for stereotypes about tech being male-oriented…
Tired of Facebook mania dominating the news? Blame it on the girls, at least according to a study undertaken for the U.K.’s National Family Week, which found that the social networking site has become one of the most important things in their lives. Read… »
Banning the Veil
The French government this week decided to fine Muslim women who wear a full-face veil in public — and France is only the latest in a series of European countries seeking to ban the religious garb. Is this an infringement of religious liberty intended to discriminate against Muslims? Or is the measure necessary to protect… »
“Illegal” second wife lands politician in jail
An Islamic court sentenced a senior Malaysian politician to a month in prison on Wednesday for taking a second wife without the permission of his first wife.
Muslims are allowed to take up to four wives in Malaysia and the multiple marriage has become more popular with a “polygamy club” being set up, although it… »
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އަދާލަތު ޕާޓީއާއި އެމީހުންގެ ބައިވެރިން ބޭނުން ގޮތަށް ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ އަފްގާނިސްތާނަށް ބަދަލުވާ ދުވަހު ތަސްމީން ހުންނަން ޖެހޭނީ ތުބުޅި ދިގުކޮށްފައެވެ. ޔާމީންވެސް ހުންނަން ޖެހޭނީ ތުބުޅި ދިގުކޮށްފައެވެ. ވިސާމް އާ ރޮޒޭނާ ތިބެން ޖެހޭނީ ބުރުގާ އަޅާފައެވެ. އަންހެނުންނަށް ރައްޔިތުންގެ މަޖިލީހުގައެއް ނުތިބެވޭނެއެވެ. ވިސާމް އާ ރޮޒޭނާ ތިބެން ޖެހޭނީ ދަރިންނަށް އަލިފުބާ ކިޔަވައިދޭން… »
