Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by SIRMED Marvi
Before reading this argument on recent Burqa-ban by France, you need to know who I am. Raised in an orthodox Muslim Deobandi family, I’ve been educated in Pakistan’s Punjab where urban middle class used to be too sensitive about purdah in 1980s and 90s – the decades when I went to school and (…)
, by GHANI Meera
I must start by stating that I’m not pro-burqa but my argument is simple. No one has a right to tell a person how to dress- not their family nor the State. I oppose the law banning the burqa for the same reasons I would oppose being told to wearing one.
By making it a State law against (…)
, by MAZARI Imaan Hazir
How do we know when a state oversteps its bounds? When do we, as the citizens of any state, determine how far a government can intervene in our personal lives? When France decides to ban the burqa, that’s when I, personally, feel a state is exceeding its scope of power. Having established that, (…)
, by SULEHRIA Farooq
Many discourses have emerged with regard to the phenomenal rise of political Islam, also referred to as Islamic fundamentalism, or integrisme in French. These discourses, however, are often found lacking when it comes to the political economy of ‘Islamism’ and consequences of successful takeover (…)
, by ’t VELD Sophie in
Europe is generally regarded as the most secularised continent in the world. But in few EU member states is there a complete separation between church and state. The old interweaving of religious and worldly authority still makes itself felt in many countries today.
In England, the head of (…)
, by in ’t Veld Sophie
Europe is generally regarded as the most secularised continent in the world. But in few EU member states is there a complete separation between church and state. The old interweaving of religious and worldly authority still makes itself felt in many countries today.
In England, the head of (…)
, by NAFEES Muhammad, Ul HASSAN Riaz
There are eight Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran, where blasphemy is liable to death penalty. In 13 countries, the punishment against blasphemy is imprisonment. At least in 19 Muslim-majority countries, state stays neutral in religious realm. Even Israel and (…)
, by HELIE LUCAS Marieme
Paper presentated at the conference on : Secularism, racism & the politics of belonging. January 2011.
Note: This paper exclusively discusses secular laws in state schools in France and their most recent implementation, i.e. the 1905, 1906 and 2004 laws which have repercussion on (…)
, by POLLITT Katha
Is the pope Catholic? The whole world broke out the champagne the weekend before Thanksgiving when the news came that Pope Benedict XVI had approved the use of condoms in certain circumstances to prevent the transmission of HIV. In Light of the World, a new collection of interviews with the (…)
, 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 SULEHRIA Farooq
The enthusiasm for Islamified world at times assumes ironically absurd character. For instance, in 1996 the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain recommended that all mosques in the UK be wired up to the network in order to provide porn-free access to Internet and [to] establish places where (…)
, by SULEHRIA Farooq
The anti-imperialism currently on display in the Muslim world is symbol rather than substance, signifying a new phase in the relations between two estranged lovers, fundamentalism and imperialism. The anti-imperialism of religious forces thus actually serves imperialism in the current global (…)
, by JOYCE Kathryn
Glenn Beck’s efforts to transform himself from Fox News demagogue into a religious leader for Tea Party America has a lot of commentators discussing the feasibility of a Mormon convert leading a wary evangelical and Catholic right in a faith-driven cause. While there are significant roadblocks (…)
, by El SAADAWI Nawal , SABA Sahar
The Taliban like Ben Laden and other religious fundamentalism are US products, they kill not only women but they kill the mind of all men and women in the name of god.
Award-winning Egyptian writer and feminist Nawal El Saadawi hardly deserves an introduction. Author of over forty (…)
, by ALI Mubarak, JADOON Mazhar
The News on Sunday: How do you view secularism as having evolved in the particular case of India where the kings did not run their empires on the clergy’s instructions but according to political exigencies?
Mubarak Ali: Secularism has been in evolution since medieval times and if you go back (…)
, by JACOBY Susan
I am an atheist with an affinity for non-fundamentalist religious believers whose faith has made room for secular knowledge. I am also a political liberal. I am not, however, a multiculturalist who believes that all cultures and religions are equally worthy of respect. And I find myself in a (…)
, by MANN Carol
Three universities, besides Al-Azhar, in Egypt stopped their female students to turn up to exams dressed in niqab. Since July 18th, the same law applies in Syria and 1200 teachers have been fired
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From Sabirnazar: Viewpoint’s cartoonist’s viewpoint The recent (…)
, by MUSTAFA Seema
Bans ---on dress, art, music, literature even political parties---can never be seen as progressive legislation as these seek to impose the prejudiced will of a government on peoples and individuals
A ban on wearing the burka is as bad as a diktat to wear one. Both are born out of intolerance (…)
, by KHALIQ Bushra
On 13 Jul, 2010 the parliament of France, on the eve of Bastille Day, voted 335 to one in favor of preventing Muslim women wearing a full face-covering veil in public. According to French daily, Le Monde, the new law was strongly supported by the right, while Socialist Party, Communist Party and (…)
, by SABA Sahar
Advocates of veil say it earns women respect. But women have been punished, killed, flogged and insulted even under burka. Last year, the ’Swat video’ shamelessly aired by Pakistani TV channels, showed a girl pinned to ground and flogged by Taliban. She was wearing burka!
A week ago on my way (…)
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