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The Rise of ‘Bride Snatching' in Kazakhstan

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A prominent international policy group, the Wilson Centre has reported on the rise of forced marriages in Kazakhstan. There are specific historical and cultural attitudes that distinguish the abuse of women's rights in this region that set it apart from other nations. In the southern areas of Kazakhstan, many men who want to get married will simply ‘hunt' out a possible bride through social links or personal investigation and bypass…
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American "Withdrawal" from Afghanistan Another Treachery from Traitors within the Political and Military Leadership

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On 12 February 2013, during the State of the Union Address, U.S. President Barack Obama announced, "Tonight, I can announce that over the next year, another 34,000 American troops will return home from Afghanistan. This withdrawal will continue. And by the end of next year, our war in Afghanistan will be over." Just before this announcement, Pakistan had already started the release of Afghan Talban which has increased its pace…
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Egypt's President Morsi is the New American Stalwart in the Region

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Ever since assuming the office of the Presidency, Morsi has worked resolutely to portray himself as a moderate Islamist working independent of American influence for the betterment of Egypt and the region. But beneath the veneer of Islamic rhetoric surrounding his domestic and foreign policy actions, Morsi is no better than his predecessor Mubarak- the former gatekeeper of American interests in the region. On the domestic front, Morsi can claim…
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Pakistan National Women's Day Conference Fails to Offer the Solutions to Women's Economic Hardship and Political Disempowerment

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On Tuesday 12th February, many Pakistani newspapers including The News, Dawn, The Nation and Daily Times reported a conference held on Monday 11th February at Pakistan National Council of the Arts to commemorate National Women Day. It was attended by different human rights and women rights NGOs and was arranged by the Aurat Foundation, South Asia Partnership-Pakistan (SAP-PK), Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO), Sungi Development Foundation and Sustainable Development Policy Initiative.…
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Syria: America Continues to Flounder and Is Fast Running Out of Options

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After two years of desperately trying to derail the revolution through a combination of Arab League initiatives, UN backed peace plans, and bloodshed perpetrated at the hands of its agent Assad, America still finds itself floundering. Washington is nowhere near to devising a suitable alternative to Assad's regime and continues regurgitate failed political solutions in the vain hope that the Islamic character of the revolution will somehow be thwarted. In…
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Women Need Islam, Not Feminism

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Natasha Walter, acclaimed British feminist campaigner, today claimed that women still need feminism.  She said feminism had changed and women today did have the freedom to be what they wanted, but were still in more need than ever of feminism due to ‘real and urgent' challenges women still faced. I could not agree more with Walter on one thing - that the challenges women face today are without a doubt,…
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Najib's Visit to Gaza - a Sign of Solidarity?

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n the 23rd of January 2013, the Prime Minister of Malaysia paid, what was described as ‘a humanitarian visit' to Gaza City to show ‘solidarity and steadfast support of Malaysia and its people to the Palestinian struggle.' He was received by the Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh who declared that "this is an Islamic declaration for breaking the Israeli siege on Gaza." In his speech, Najib "admired the steadfastness…
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The Indian Gang-Rape Case Once Again Highlights the Flaws of the Man-made Capitalist Liberal System

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On 16 December a 23-year-old paramedic student was raped on a moving bus in Delhi, by six heavily drunk men who brutalized and tortured the victim for about an hour, and then threw her out from the moving bus. After struggling for her life in a Singapore hospital for many days, she succumbed to her injuries and died. The incident has triggered a tsunami of protests not just in the…
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