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Remember ‘Bring Back Our Girls’? Obviously not. You care… long enough to shoot off a hashtag, or wave a sign for an hour or two. And then you go back to your little self-absorbed lives. Life as a social justice warrior must be really tough. Does THIS sign ring a bell? You know what happens to girls like that? Forced to convert from Christianity to Islam. Used for sex. Some were sold. Starved. Those who found their way back to freedom were skeletal when they were released. But you feel the need to march. One day after an inauguration. To...

Peshawar, June 4, 2011, Militant groups has banned the travel of women in agency and warned the transporter if they carry women without man they will face penalty. Outlaw ban organization of militants put the poster about the threat in Malik din Khel area and Alam godar of Khyber agency. According to poster no body will clean shave in the area, if some one found clean shave in area they will face not only 50 thousands rupees but also they will send 4 months for preaching of Islam. In a poster outlaw militant organization warned the tribe of Malik Din...

Women’s Rights groups, like NOW, commendably call out advertisers and networks for airing sexist and demeaning portrayals of women that lead to young women’s diminished self-esteem and acceptance of roles as mere sexed-up objects. What a ridiculous situation they’re getting themselves into now with their protest of CBS airing a pro-life ad during the upcoming Super Bowl game. The ad will feature Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mom, and they’ll speak to the sanctity of life and the beautiful potential within every innocent child as Mrs. Tebow acknowledges her choice to give Tim life, despite less than ideal...

23-year old has been sentenced to death for downloading information about women's rights in Afghanistan. Journalist Pervez Kambaksh was reading about the role of women in Islamic socieites. But he was accused of blasphemy after he downloaded a report from a Farsi website which stated that Muslim fundamentalists who claimed the Koran justified the oppression of women had misrepresented the views of the prophet Mohamed. Yesterday the upper house of the Afghan parliament supported the sentence against the journalist, despite an international outcry over the harsh punishment for blasphemy. The UN has criticised the sentence and said the journalist did...

She has been dubbed Iran's Paris Hilton after appearing in a sex video on the internet. But while Paris's exploits propelled her to worldwide stardom, Zahra Amir Ebrahimi faces ruin, a public lashing and even a jail term. Ebrahimi is one of the best-known actresses in the strict Islamic country and made the 20-minute sex tape privately with her boyfriend on a camcorder at the flat they shared two years ago. Unbeknown to her, it was posted on the internet and widely released as a DVD - angering millions in Iran. Her boyfriend, who has not been named by the...

The following are excerpts from a discussion about the veil between Iqbal Baraka, editor of the Egyptian women's magazine Hawaa, and Al-Jazeera TV news presenter Hadija bin Qinna. The show was aired on LBC TV on May 28, 2006... Interviewer: "How do you view the phenomenon of celebrities taking up the veil, Iqbal Baraka?" Iqbal Baraka: "In my personal view, this phenomenon has less to do with religion than with social, economic and political factors. Women are intimidated and terrorized. The Arab woman is subjected to continuous pressure to wear the hijab. The Arab man tries to gain control and...

I was beginning to like the whining voiced Greta Van Cistern......until tonight. Maybe the little cutie just had too much coffee before the show, but she trying to implore that Tiger Woods stand up to allow women in PRIVATE CLUBS like Augusta was DISGUSTING tonight. She's so cute, but she should be silent ........on this issue. My, I can't believe how sophomoric she was on this. Tell the girls to go to their OWN CLUBS !!!! Anybody see this horsemanure claptrap from Greta this evening???? I thought I was back in the late 60's and the bras were burning!