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• Community Meeting on the SEPTA Margaret-Orthodox Station Rehabilitation Project

  
  The Frankford Gazette — Authority: 132
  Get details about what’s happening to update the station We invite you to attend the meeting to get: an overview and progress update about the project; details about improvements; possible impacts to businesses, residents, and riders; an opportunity to have your questions answered firsthand. Tuesday, ...
  3 days ago

• Netherlands: ‘Ambassadors’ appointed to fight female circumcision

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 605
  Ambassadors to fight against female genital mutilation were appointed by the deputy health minister Jet Bussemaker on Wednesday. The ambassadors, who were appointed at an international conference to fight female genital mutilation in The Hague, are from African communities in the Netherlands. They will pass on ...
  1 week ago

• Cultural Relativism, Challenging the Universality of Human Rights

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 479
  ( source ) There is no universal agreement on the universal applicability, validity and desirability of human rights . This post focuses on what I believe is a particularly strong attack on the universality of human rights, namely cultural relativism (henceforth CR). I’ll describe it, and then I’ll try to poke ...
  2 weeks ago

• Citizenship guide says no to barbaric cultural practices

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 605
  OTTAWA — A new citizenship guide for potential immigrants to Canada flatly declares that new Canadians cannot engage in "barbaric" cultural practices such as genital mutilation and "honour killings." The new guide, released Thursday by Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Canada: “No to Barbaric Cultural Practices like Genital Mutilation & Honor Killing”

  
  Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami — Authority: 574
  Interesting. Canuckistan with spine?Canada Says No to ‘Barbaric’ Cultural Practices…BY LAURA STONE, CANWEST NEWS SERVICEA new Canadian holds a flag as they attend a citizenship...
  2 weeks ago

• More Bunker-busting Javelin Missiles to be Sent to British Troops in Afghanistan

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  An extra 1,300 of light-weight, shoulder-mounted guided missiles are  being sent to the frontline to top-up stocks of the combat-proven weapon in Afghanistan, where it is being used extensively by frontline forces. Troops in Afghanistan are using Javelin to blow-up fortified enemy positions and mortar compounds. The ...
  3 weeks ago

• Welcome to the Circumcision series at GAB

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 157
  Circumcision is a widely-discussed topic in the United States and outside of the United States (with a heavy emphasis on many countries in Asia and Africa,  see Africa’s female circumcision prevalence map to the left). It also happens inside the U.S. Some people think it’s necessary because of health. Others ...
  4 weeks ago

• Hugo Schwyzer Suppresses Evidence Contrary to His Views on FGM and MGM (NoH)

  
  Feminist Critics — Authority: 118
  Hugo Schwyzer : Your thoughts are welcome. But no links to websites, please; this isn’t a soapbox. And anyone who suggests even the remotest degree of equivalence between the( generally) minor and harmless procedure of male circumcision and the various forms of female genital mutilation will have their comment ...
  4 weeks ago

• Hugo Schwyzer Suppresses Evidence Contrary to His Views on FGM and MGM (RP)

  
  Feminist Critics — Authority: 118
  [This post is a duplicate of the NoH post above and has the "Regular Parallel" comment thread. Please read this for the commenting ground rules, this for an explanation of why posts are being duplicated, and this for an explanation for why some links in this post may not work. The NoH post will contain ...
  4 weeks ago

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