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Nunavut justice minister sacked for telling unpopular truth

January 29th, 2009 | 4 Comments

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,” [...]

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

November 9th, 2008 | Comments Off

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 [...]