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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Mormons soften stance toward gays

http://m.washingtonpost.com/local/mormons-soften-stance-toward-gays/2013/01/04/03b6bcb8-5682-11e2-a613-ec8d394535c6_story.html


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Friday, January 4, 2013

Wolfe: End culture of rape in 2013


Gloria Steinem and I have written about how acult of masculinity is behind the constant violation of women around the world -- that some men brutalize women against their own self-interest because of an addiction to control or domination. To put it plainly: Rape is not about sex.

Opinion: Misogyny in India -- We are all guilty

"Rape is about violence," Steinem says, "proving 'masculine' superiority; often inserting guns and other objects into women's bodies; playing out hostility to other men by invading the bodies of 'their' females, including old women and babies; occupying wombs with sperm of a conquering group; owning female bodies as the means of reproduction; and raping men and boys to make them as inferior as females."



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Sexual violence against women is the result of the cult of masculinity | Women Under Siege Project

http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/blog/entry/Sexual-violence-against-women-is-the-result-of-the-cult-of-masculinity


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LA Times - Business - Al Jazeera will face hurdles to succeeding with Current TV

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/5/article/p2p-73895017/?related=true


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Saudi's Top Cleric Warns Against Mixing of Genders - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/01/04/world/middleeast/ap-ml-saudi.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0


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Washington Post

http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/in-the-gaza-strip-children-bear-psychological-scars-of-conflict-with-israel/2013/01/03/28617be0-5365-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_story.html


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India rape debate: Death penalty no solution

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/03/opinion/india-rape-amnesty/index.html?c=&page=0


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Afghan Genizah Manuscripts Revealing Jewish Presence Unveiled At Israeli Library - The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2013/01/03/afghan-genizah-manuscripts_n_2403893.html


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Plenty of historical firsts in the new 113th Congress - First Read

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/03/16326292-plenty-of-historical-firsts-in-the-new-113th-congress?lite


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BBC News - Church of England drops gay bishop opposition

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20914799?post_id=568011753_457285504318979


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Women's history pioneer Gerda Lerner dies at 92 - U.S. News

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/04/16340668-womens-history-pioneer-gerda-lerner-dies-at-92?lite

The former professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison wrote
several books in the field of women's history, including her 1986 work
"The Creation of Patriarchy" and her 1994 volume "The Creation of
Feminist Consciousness." She also edited "Black Women in White
America," one of the first books to document the struggles and
contributions of black women in American history.
After obtaining her doctorate at New York's Columbia University in
1966, Lerner went on to found the women's studies program at Sarah
Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, which in 1972 became the
first to offer a graduate degree in women's history.

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

From alcohol to kites: An A to Z guide to the Islamic Republic of 'Banistan' - World News

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/31/15996724-from-alcohol-to-kites-an-a-to-z-guide-to-the-islamic-republic-of-banistan?lite

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Commemoration or deification? Pakistanis honor 'martyred queen' Benazir Bhutto - World News

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/02/16283955-commemoration-or-deification-pakistanis-honor-martyred-queen-benazir-bhutto?lite


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First woman to lead Friday prayers in UK - Home News - UK - The Independent

From June 2010.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/first-woman-to-lead-friday-prayers-in-uk-1996228.html


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Gay-centered church founded in 1960s debates role given recent progress for gay rights

http://m.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/gay-centered-church-founded-in-1960s-debates-role-given-recent-progress-for-gay-rights/2013/01/01/43d399ce-5439-11e2-89de-76c1c54b1418_story.html?wprss=rss_social-nation-headlines&Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost


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Monday, December 31, 2012

BBC News - Libyans’ new love affair with ice cream

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20850246


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BBC News - Lahore roundabout sparks battle of identity in Pakistan

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20762866


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BBC News - Libya rediscovers its hidden talent

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20874795


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From alcohol to kites: An A to Z guide to the Islamic Republic of 'Banistan' - World News

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/31/15996724-from-alcohol-to-kites-an-a-to-z-guide-to-the-islamic-republic-of-banistan?lite


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Valentine's Day Across the Muslim World (2012)