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Women In The Muslim World Need Genuine Reform

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 05.24.2012

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Ida Lichter, M.D.

Is misogyny prevalent and gaining traction in the Muslim world and why did most women vote for Islamists in Middle East elections?

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Airline Passenger Faces Caning For Groping Flight Attendant

Posted 12.22.2011

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A Ukrainian man is facing punishment for allegedly groping a Singapore Airlines flight attendant last month, The Straits Times reported. Sierkov S...

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Woman Caned For Adultery Outside Indonesian Mosque

Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Adultery, Indonesia, Indonesia Woman Caned, Extramarital Affairs, Jantho, Al Munawwarah Mosque, Sharia Law, Irdayanti Mukhtar, Caning, World News

A 34-year-old Indonesian woman was caned in front of a mosque after being caught having extramarital affairs while divorcing her husband. Irdayant...

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Woman Dies From Caning Injuries Over 'Affair' With Stepson

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslim Women, Islam, Physical Abuse, Extramartial Affair, Pregnancy, Bangladesh, Woman Whipped, Caning, Rape, Muslim Women's Rights, Women's Rights, Adultery, Muslims, Physical Assault, Fatwa, Incest, Affair, Woman Caned, Sexual Assault, Sufia Begum, World News

Two Bangladeshis -- including a Muslim cleric -- have been arrested after a local woman who had been caned for allegedly having an extramarital affair...

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A Politically-Polarized Sesquicentennial

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Newspapers, Contrarian, Andrew Butler, Secession, Secede, Media, Democracy in America, Civil Rights, Republican, Partisan Press, History, Alexis De Tocqueville, World War I, American History, Yellow Journalism, Mob, Espionage Act, Mccarthyism, Slavery, Bleeding Kansas, Abraham Lincoln, Julian Assange, House Divided, Preston Brooks, Caning, Civil War, Tea Party Republicans, Southern Strategy, Heritage, Missouri Compromise, Democrat, Tocqueville, Red-Baiting, Yellow Dog, Anti-War, Vincennes Gazette, Cane, South, Chris Weigant, Individualism, Sesquicentennial, Fox News, Being Mobbed, Lyndon Johnson, 150th Anniversary, News, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

While we are indeed currently politically divided and somewhat polarized, this is actually our normal state as a nation -- and on the polarization scale, we're nowhere near the "most divided" we've ever been. Far from it.

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Controversial Caning Beer Sentence Dismissed By Malaysian Ruler

AP | EILEEN NG | Posted 05.25.2011

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Muslim woman's caning sentence for drinking beer has been commuted unexpectedly, ending a high-profile case that rais...

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Malaysian Woman Caned For Having Extramarital Sex: 'I Deserved It'

Posted 05.25.2011

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One of three women caned in Malaysia last week for having extramarital sex has spoken about the experience. "On the day I was caned, I was scared b...

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Model in Malaysia To Be Caned For Drinking Beer

AP | JULIA ZAPPEI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Muslim, Alcohol, Model, Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, Malaysia, Sharia, Caning, Islamic Law and Alcohol, World News

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Muslim part-time model will be caned next week, becoming the first woman in Malaysia to be given the punishment under...

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