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Brilliant quote on beauty
Read this "Coco Chanel: "I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she...
Kill the women to protect their honour!
I spoke about honour killings before. But here is another example of this tragic situation. This is the reason why this is not going to go away any time soon and I quote: But there were other mut...
Who speaks for Muslim women?
This is a curious blog-post which TBS chucked over to me. We have our differences over these three ladies that the post mentions, Asra, Ayaan and Irshad. I have written about Asra Nomani. Well, the po...
The role of gender and beauty in economics
We know that being beautiful helps in the workplace, yes? Or rather, if you are ugly (like me), then you face problems. Also, if you are a male (also like me, but that gets washed out because of the u...
Rapists should be publicly castrated!
No questions asked. Whenever I read stories like this, I get furious, may these animals be treated like animals, publicly castrated and made to beg for public forgiveness. Vengeful? You betcha, I want...
University Student and Beauty Parades
So this young lady who has A grades in maths, physics, chemistry and biology at A-level and an A in further maths at AS-level. She has 10 A* GCSEs and is studying for a natural sciences course at King...
Who speaks for Muslim women?
This is a curious blog-post which TBS chucked over to me. We have our differences over these three ladies that the post mentions, Asra, Ayaan and Irshad. I have written about Asra Nomani. Well, the po...
Muslim moderates 'face hate campaign'
Good for you, mate, go for the girls, best target for you girly men. I quote: Websites set up by opponents have carried photographs of its director engaged in what they deem to be 'un-Islamic' be...
And now Yemen enters the FGM game
I have spoken before (here, here, and here) about the fact that as FGM seems to have some Islamic jurisprudence backing, it will be very difficult to remove it in this febrile atmosphere. And as it se...
India: 10 Million Innocent Girls Killed in 20 Years - The Myth of Gandhi India is non violent country
I wrote this note in response to this tragic story on a mailing list: Actually, these estimates are actually still not counting the lot. I researched this topic in 2004 and I found a figure of 35 mi...
And here are women in the Russian Army
Further to my note about women in the Israeli and American armies, here's a note about Russian ladies in the Russian Army. Technorati Tags: Women,Armies,Russia ...
Women in Armies
Participation of women in armed forces is a complex and very emotive topic. But sometimes you get to see something that makes you go hmmm. Here's a bunch of photographs of Women in the Israeli Army. ...
Swedish dads steer clear of paternity leave
This is quite curious, why on earth would you steer clear of paternity leave? I would have leapt at the very idea of spending months on end with my little babies when they were born. But not so in the...