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SLAVERY IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD

DATE : September 13, 2013 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Center for Inquiry Joint Statement with British Humanist Association and International Humanist and Ethical Union UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: 24th Session 9 – 27 September 2013 Speaker: Raheel Raza: CFI Representative, 16 Sept 2013 Slavery in the Islamic World  Mr President  Slavery is alive and kicking in the Islamic world. We heard this morning at […]

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Raheel Raza’s presentation at the UNHRC in Geneva (Seminar)

DATE : September 13, 2013 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

A Brief Survey of Human Rights Abuses in Mauritania, With Particular Emphasis on Abuses of Women and Girls  1.      Context: Development Levels in Mauritania  Mauritania is a poor country and this is reflected in many of its statistics. It comes 159th out of 187 in the Human Development Index (HDI) for 2012, and its evolution […]

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Human Rights in Mauritania

DATE : September 13, 2013 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

INTERNATIONAL HUMANIST AND ETHICAL UNION, ANTI-SLAVERY ASSOCIATION IRA – MAURITANIE, CENTER FOR INQUIRY  In the context of the 24th session of the Human Rights Council  We cordially invite members of national delegations and NGOs to a seminar on Friday 13th September 2013 – 11:00 to 13:00 Palais des Nations: Gate 40 – Room XXIV  Speakers: […]

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ON THE VARIETIES OF SHIRQ By Shahnaz Aijazuddin

DATE : August 12, 2013 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

(An excerpt from her book Lost From View) I saw Mecca for the first time in 1977. We were driven there from Jeddah by a Pakistani bank official, with his wife and three young daughters. Jeddah at that time was in a state of transition and development, so that it made no impression other than […]

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NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE CONCERT – SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

DATE : August 3, 2013 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Please Join Us! SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 The National Day of Service Concert “Paying it Forward” Presented by The ACTV Foundation (The Alliance of Canadian Terror Victims) September 11, 2013 @ 8:00pm The Bluma Appel Theatre The St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts 27 Front Street East, Toronto  Canadians performing for Canadians. The Inaugural National Day […]

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SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY? Raheel Raza

DATE : July 23, 2013 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

  As a public speaker, I’m used to critique, sometimes hostility and opposition to my point of view because the word ‘public’ means that I have to accept and acknowledge all kinds of feedback being in the public forum. That’s good. I’m used to ‘friendly fire’ – friends telling me how to better conduct myself […]

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BUSINESSMEN AND THE SWINGING ’60s By Farooq Hassan

DATE : July 12, 2013 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

Monday, July 08, 2013  Karachi, east of the Suez and west of Bangkok, was the most swinging city in the 1960s. Dubai didn’t exist and Singapore was a colonial backwater, while Beirut was the only city with any comparable class. In those days, business entertainment and lifestyles were fun, relaxed and hedonistic. (1) Golf: Playing […]

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Looking for an authentic Muslim woman’s voice?

DATE : June 10, 2013 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

How can women’s rights advance if the mainstream idea of an authentic Muslim woman’s voice is strictly confined to the oppressed? What is an authentic Muslim voice? Raheel Raza On 10 June 2013 07:30 A few days ago I received a call from a producer at BBC World Service asking if I knew of a […]

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A Woman’s Voice at the Mosque

DATE : May 23, 2013 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : No Comments

by Raheel Raza May 23, 2013 at 3:00 am Most of all, we have to use reason and logic and broaden the use of ijtihad – individual reasoning in religious affairs. In the aftermath of the Boston bombings, Toronto and Montreal saw arrests of two Muslims charged with terror related activities. There’s been some hand-wringing […]

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PONDERING PAKISTANI POLITICS By Raheel Raza

DATE : May 10, 2013 AUTHOR : COMMENTS : One Comment

As Pakistanis are hunkering down for an election in which for the first time in 65 years, one elected government will hand over power to another elected government, I’ve been watching from afar and thinking about what we’ve seen unfold in the past year. Sometimes those of us who are physically at a distance can […]

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