Why extreme Islamists are intent on destroying cultural artifacts - World News

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/02/16788304-why-extreme-islamists-are-intent-on-destroying-cultural-artifacts?lite


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Turkish society: Of sex and Islam | The Economist

http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21570716-even-imams-discussing-sex-no-longer-taboo-sex-and-islam?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Ftr%2Fsexandislam


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BBC News - Decoding facial hair in the Arab world

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20877090?post_id=568011753_207467969398331#_=_


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BBC News - Hijab for a day: Non-Muslim women who try the headscarf

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21283301?post_id=568011753_342309675882320#_=_

For many people, the hijab is a symbol of oppression and divisiveness. It's a visible target that often bears the brunt of a larger debate about Islam in the West.

World Hijab Day is designed to counteract these controversies. It encourages non-Muslim women (or even Muslim women who do not ordinarily wear one) to don the hijab and experience what it's like to do so, as part of a bid to foster better understanding.

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U.N. rights inquiry says Israel must remove settlers

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GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators called on Israel on Thursday to halt settlement expansion and withdraw all half a million Jewish settlers from the occupied West Bank, saying that its practices could be subject to prosecution as possible war crimes.

A three-member U.N. panel said private companies should stop working in the settlements if their work adversely affected the human rights of Palestinians, and urged member states to ensure companies respected human rights.

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BBC News - Misery of Pakistan's abandoned wives

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An increasing number of Pakistani women say they have been forcibly separated from their children in the UK, and abandoned in their country of birth by their British husbands. The BBC's Tulip Mazumdar travelled to Pakistani-administered Kashmir to meet two such women. Their names have been changed for legal reasons.

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Timbuktu library – a treasure house of centuries of Malian history

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At Gay Conference, Applause for Obama Is Spirited but Wary - NYTimes.com

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LGBT rights groups release joint statement on immigration reform as U.S. senators release set of principles for comprehensive immigration reform

MEDIA CONTACT: Inga Sarda-Sorensen Director of Communications (Office) 646.358.1463 (Cell) 202.641.5592 isorensen@theTaskForce.org Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights groups release joint statement on immigration reform as U.S. senators release set of principles for comprehensive immigration reform WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 — National lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights organizations, including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund, today released a joint statement reiterating the call for a comprehensive immigration policy that ensures fair treatment of LGBT people and families under immigration law. It comes as a bipartisan group of U.S. senators today released a set of principles for comprehensive immigration reform, and as President Obama prepares to announce his own immigration plans tomorrow. The full text of the LGBT groups' joint statement is below:   "We are fully committed to and deeply understand the need for this nation to adopt a humane and effective comprehensive immigration policy which places a premium value on justice, dignity, respect and opportunity.   "Any legislation must include the ability of couples in same-sex relationships to sponsor their spouse or permanent-partner in the same way opposite-sex couples have long been able to under current immigration law.   "We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with those striving for and dreaming of a nation that embraces all who come here seeking a better life. We look forward to working with Congress, the White House and every community harmed by our broken immigration system to finally achieve the comprehensive reforms we all so desperately need."   Signatories: National Center for Lesbian Rights Human Rights Campaign Immigration Equality Action Fund National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund National Center for Transgender Equality To learn more about the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, visit www.theTaskForce.org and follow us on Twitter: @TheTaskForce. –30– The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund builds the grassroots political power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The Task Force Action Fund does this through direct and grassroots lobbying to defeat anti-LGBT ballot initiatives and legislation, and works to pass pro-LGBT legislation and other progressive initiatives. The Task Force Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation incorporated in New York. Contributions to the Task Force Action Fund are not tax-deductible.

LGBTQ Muslims in US Announce Formation of New Organization

The formation of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity
(MASGD) was announced at the 25th Annual Creating Change Conference on
January 27, 2013