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Blazing a feminist trail in Islam
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 The Qur'an is an advocate for women's rights, but sexism is rife in many Muslim communities. It's time to put theory into practice. First, Islamic theory does not match reality. The Qur'an is an advocate for women's rights, but the translations of its principles into reality have not borne full fruit to its promises. Because interpretation happens via culture, history, context, and most importantly prevailing power relations,Islam in Britain includes active policing of Muslim women, our bodies and our autonomy. We have forced marriage, murder in the name of honour, and female genital mutilation ......(Read More)
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown came to this country in 1972 from Uganda. She completed her M.Phil. in literature at Oxford in 1975. She is a journalist who has written for The Guardian, Observer, The New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Evening Standard, The Mail and other newspapers and is now a regular columnist on The Independent and London’s Evening Standard. She is also a radio and television ....(read more)
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Social Inclusion and Citizenship
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 In the narrow sense citizenship is exclusionary. It is about who is a citizen of a nation state and what bundle of rights that citizen can exercise and it is about what that citizen is entitled to as a member of the nation state. In the realm of formal equality the laws, the constitutions, the human rights codes proclaim the equality ...(read more)
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Race Victim or Rate Queen
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The race row that erupted on Big Brother reality show after Bollywood Actress Shilpa Shetty was constantly picked upon by one of her housemate Jade Goody supported by other housemates former S Club 7 singer Jo O'Meara, model Danielle Lloyd and Goody's boyfriend Jack Tweed, of bullying Shilpa, became one of international outrage. Viewers in the UK picked up on the comments made by Jade such as .......(read more) |
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Abhi & Aish …. Shuuu…..ishshshshsh
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 Amid all the media speculation, Bollywood's hottest and most talked about pair Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan were engaged on Sunday. It was confirmed to the public by proud father Amitabh Bachchan, at whose residence the ceremony took place in Mumbai. .......(read more)
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Silent Contributions by Spinder Dhaliwal - REVIEW
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The "growth" of Asian enterprises has been a prominent feature of the small business population. Asian entrepreneurs have been eulogised by the popular press keen to laud free enterprise heroes. While more detached academic commentary has sought to identify the key success factors for this entrepreneurial minority..............(read more)
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 A Forced Marriage is one where people are coerced into a marriage against their will and under duress. Duress includes both physical and emotional pressure. Forced marriage is an abuse of human rights and cannot be justified on any religious or cultural basis. It is, of course, very .......(read more)
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 Bindi - the red dot known as 'sindura' or 'sindoor' worn by Indian women in between the eyebrows on the forehead, has never been so popular throughout its historical and religious existence. Bindi represents Shakti (strength) and love, thus, primarily worn by married Hindu women to symbolise her........(read more)
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 Throughout our civilizations, our heritage has been either an intricate part of our lives or we have totally abandoned it. Our Known civilization spanning some 5000 years, would have us think that our past had always been feudalistic, that, our present scientific and technological advan.........(read more)
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Asian Women : A Reflection
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 The first generation of asian women were least fortunate to excel in any kind of career or higher education. Their primary task was domestic and financial support for their families - both in Britain & in their country of origin. There were very few, if any, support structures in place for the new migrants; further handicapped by the British education system.......(read more)
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