Ugh. I have lost count of the number of times I’ve had this conversation.
It is important for women of all traditions, colours, cultures, faiths and political beliefs to exist in solidarity with each other for equality and in remembrance of the sacrifices made by those before us. It is also important to remember that secularism is an essential prerequisite for the amelioration of women's rights and equality.
International Women’s Day resources for equality are available here.
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RE-BLOG: This is an excellent blog post by Sasha Pasulka on the widespread public acceptance of Chris Brown’s return to glory, less than 3 years after being convicted of felony assault against singer, Rihanna.
Personally, I too am deeply offended, not by the cartoons, but by what some priests say in Churches, Synagogues and Mosques. This does not mean that I start burning their effigies, making death threats, burning religious symbols (I refer to the flags that were burnt), intimidating people and dragging them through court.
Why is this behaviour accepted as an appropriate expression of “offence” from Muslims? Papers like Charlie Hebdo had been poking fun at Christianity and Judaism for decades before they decided to give the Muslim faith the same treatment. Don’t Muslims have a sense of humour or proportion?
SOURCE: Plantu
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