Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by MACLEAN Ruth
Deputy grand imam of al-Azhar calls for marriage based on mutual consent with minimum age set at 18
One of the world’s most prestigious centres of Islamic learning has issued a fatwa against child marriage, saying marriage should be based on the consent of both parties and “particularly the (...)
, by ASHRAF Ajaz
Among the arguments that India’s Supreme Court relied on to invalidate talaq-e-biddat, or instant divorce, last year, was that the practice was considered unIslamic in even Muslim countries, many of which had abolished or reformed it. Except for Turkey and Tunisia, all Muslim nations allow (...)
, by POLLITT Katha
He seems like a lovely, modest man, but there’s no sign he will change the church’s stance on issues that matter to women.
Pope Francis seems a lovely man. He washes the feet of prisoners, drives a Ford Focus and lives in the Vatican guesthouse instead of the isolated papal apartments. He even (...)
, by TADROS Mariz
Faith-based organizations are playing increasingly prominent roles in service delivery. However, the premise that such organisations promote gender equality and the empowerment of women needs critical re-examination.
Faith-based organizations play a central role in welfare provision and (...)
, by GUPTA Rahila
None of the main political party manifestos tackle the encroachment of religion on our society. As more and more public spaces are devoured by religious interests creating particular problems for women, Rahila Gupta argues that it is time to end state funding of religion and faith based (...)
, by POLLITT Katha
I thought President Obama’s Cairo speech was basically fine: begin anew, extend the hand, reject “crude stereotypes” all around, turn the page on the Christian triumphalism of the Bush years. But there’s no denying that the section on women’s rights was rather minimal, just three paragraphs, (...)
, by HELIE LUCAS Marieme
It is beyond doubt that many people around the world, of various political opinions and creeds, will feel relieved after the discourse the President of the USA delivered in Cairo today. It is apparently a new voice, a voice of peace, quite far from Bush’s clash of civilisations. But is it so? (...)
, by CHERRINGTON Katie
Melbourne,
The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, has threatened that Catholic hospitals could be forced to close emergency and maternity wards if a proposed bill to decriminalise abortion is passed.
The bill was passed unamended in the state’s Lower House on September 12, and will (...)
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