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Nunavut justice minister sacked for telling unpopular truth

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak has removed the justice portfolio from MLA Louis Tapardjuk because he wrote this in an e-mail to his staff:
“Often, in cases of domestic disputes, both parties share the blame but, according to the Criminal Code, the person who gets physical is charged, even though the other party initiated the conflict,” Tapardjuk [...]

Some Muslim men assume “God-given right to beat wives”

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

A female Muslim obstetrician-gynaecologist in Britain says many of her patients bear the marks of domestic violence.   She lays much of the blame on religious misconceptions held by their husbands.
Dr [Fatima] Husain, who works at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals in Berkshire, told the Muslim News that many women ask to be referred to [...]