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Well technically (according to Merriam-Webster), 'the traditional practice in some countries of killing a family member who is believed to have brought shame on the family' is termed an honor killing. Was it a family member that killed him? - Check. Was it because of an alleged act that...

ISLAMABAD: Religious scholars from all schools of thought on Saturday issued a fatwa (religious decree) that declared suicide attacks, armed insurgency against a state and use of force in the name of imposing Shariah as ‘Haram’ or forbidden in Islam. The fatwa carrying signatures of 31 noted...

M-Phil in Managerial sciences with specialization in marketing (currently working on my thesis). Currently in me mid twenties ..

Amy was the real deal though ... she was beyond magical .. There have only been a very few live performances which really deserve mention in that 'magical' category ... Amy Winehouse's cover of Valarie and Tori Amos's cover of Nirvana's Smells like teen spirit to name a couple ..

Your a Brit and you don't mention Amy Winehouse!? and Ariana Grande ... like really :D BTW Lana del Rey, London Grammar, Tori Amos, Celia Pavey, Tove Lo etc. are brilliant!

Alice Foster of the express.co.uk, wrote a piece on this where she included an image which defined and differentiated different types of coverings used by muslim women and which parts of the world those coverings are banned. The burqa is defined as 'clothing that covers the entire body including...

Is that so? I recall that the post you quoted to start this debate was literally about the double standards of oppression (east vs the west in terms of the steward example) ... in fact I remember, you actually touched upon that comment in your original reply .. just to freshen up your memory ...

Alrighty! -Again, thank you for literally demonstrating that you don't actually contest points, your only aim is to argue for the sake of argument by putting forth carefully framed questions. I've already answered your questions in my previous posts and the ones you raised in your previous...

-I don't need to because, I never even contested any of those points ... e.g. I never said women shouldn't be allowed to drive. I never said that there won't be any repercussions for dressing provocatively, I never stated that all women who wear the burqa wear it by choice etc. -The points I...

I know why you won't because up till now you've pretty much exposed your own arguments. According to you, Empowerment = Choice - Hence, A woman whose society expects of her to be the homemaker and take care of the children and dress conservatively = oppressed -But, A woman whose society...

-According to your own definition freedom/ empowerment = choice. Based on that basic construct, you deem that a woman whose society enforces the view that she should remain in a gender role i.e. house maker and should cover up her beauty in public is an oppressive society.But a society which...

Do you think that humans are fundamentally 'independent' ? ... A concept called "dependency need" by (segan, 1992) states that universal dependency needs (certain needs that a human needs fulfilled, to thrive)remain attached to an individual throughout their life cycle. Moral of the story...

Do define 'freedom' first before you set out to achieve an arbitrary goal which you yourself are clueless about :P

Well first off ... welcome to the forum ... Now with that out of the way ... let's come to your argument about "choice" .. The choice you speak of, is not freedom like it is portrayed, it is just an illusion of freedom. As a general rule, most of the "empowered women of choice" live in areas...

-But what is "oppression" ? The modern standards of oppression dictate that a woman in middle east or south east asia, who is a housewife is generally oppressed, but a woman who is serving 300 men onboard an airplane is empowered. A woman who chooses to hide her beauty from the rest of the world...

Are there elements in the right wing which try to enforce their views on the population basing it on Islam while it has nothing to do with the religious doctrine? Yes .. I remember, Ustaad Nouman Ali Khan addressing such an issue regarding ayaat, which our moulvi hazrat interpret as the general...

Just because 'they don't' doesn't mean you shouldn't ... You just happened to forget, that we're given guidelines for clothing by islam, both for women and MEN, so as long as any person of any gender is following those guidelines they are just practicing what their religion asks of them. Plus...

-Did he say anywhere he wanted women to wear "topi burkas" .. cuz I read the article and I couldn't find that line anywhere ...I guess he's just advising to conform to the cultural values of KSA while visiting there (which BTW most Pakistani women do already so thats the only point of...

Why is gender used as a qualifier here exactly? just wondering since I heard that men and women are equal... :P