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Archive for April 24th, 2009

Susanne Geske and the power of forgiveness

April 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Two years ago, Susanne Geske appeared on Turkish television shortly after her husband, Tilmann Geske, was brutally murdered with his friends Necati Aydin and Ugur Yuksel, in Malatya, Turkey. They were killed by Muslim fanatics motivated by anti-Christian animus. She forgave her husband’s killers. She recently spoke about the power of forgiveness at a mission [...]

Prostitution: World’s oldest oppression of women

April 24th, 2009 | Comments Off

Victor Malarek has written two books on the global sex trade, one about the supply side—women involved in prostitution—and a just-released volume about the demand side—their customers. He found that booming demand for paid sex has spawned huge increases in sex trafficking and forced prostitution. Men who hire women for sex, he says, would prefer [...]

Afghanistan has “jihadi parliament that disagrees with human rights”

April 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment

In an interview published in Macleans, Hossain Ali Ramoz, executive director of Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission, insists that most Afghan Shia Muslims do not support the controversial law obligating a wife to “fulfill the sexual desires of her husband”. Afghanistan’s Shias, most of whom belong to the Hazara ethnic group, are typically among the [...]

House arrest recommended for mother guilty of infanticide

April 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment

The crown and defence have agreed that Angela Kuehl, 27, of Ottawa should be sentenced to one year of house arrest and two years of probation for smothering her newborn infant and hiding his corpse in the trash. The judge did not immediately agree with their recommendation and will render a sentence in August. She [...]

See Barney spin

April 24th, 2009 | Comments Off

Compare and contrast these two video clips of US Rep. Barney Frank. A few days ago on PBS’s Tavis Smiley Show, he blamed unnamed “conservatives” for mass housing foreclosures in the United States.  They “pushed” people into buying houses they couldn’t afford. don’t ya know?  He, on the other hand, has advocated affordable rental housing [...]