Sunday, May 27th, 2007
A few thoughts on hadiths and religion in general:
I had a difficult relationship with religion while I was growing up. As a child, I used to be a voracious reader and stumbled upon lots of things, including the Hadith collection my parents had. Now there was one particular Hadith that ...
Posted in Crisis of Religion, Dodgy Hadith, Hadith, Islam, Patriarchy, Prophet Mohammed, Rape, Religion, Religious Inquiry, Rights of Woman, Sahih Muslim, Slavery, Troubling Hadiths, sexuality | 376 Comments »
Sunday, August 6th, 2006
More nation-state woes. Right: so discrimination against women is rampant in Bangladesh, as in other parts of the world. But I was really shocked when i found out recently about some pretty fundamental discrimination: citizenship laws and how they affect women. That seems to me rather critical. Okay so ...
Posted in Bangladesh, Citizenship, Discrimination, Patriarchy, Rights of Woman | 8 Comments »