Women Rights in Islam
As my Niqaabi (covering all but eyes) friend said the other day, "Muslim women don't just talk women rights, we wear it." There's so much I could say here, but, I'll try to not lose people's attention by posting a little bit every few days.

She is confused about women’s rights in Islam
She is confused about women’s rights in Islam I am confused. All my life I interacted with others on the basis that I am a human being before being female and the slave woman of Allah as much as I could, and that based on this, whoever does good,

Women's Rights during the Enlightenment.
Women during this age was very limited, they still had "natural rights" applied by most philosophes, but it did not apply in the same way. These rights were especially limited in homes and in the family. Around the mid 1700s a rising group of women

Is it one of the wife’s rights to have her own accommodation?
Is it one of the wife’s rights to have her own accommodation? Question: Is a man under obligation to provide a separate accommodation for his wife even though they can live with his parents as there is enough space and no problem of a non-mahram

Stripping the Muslim woman of her honor and rights
Stripping the Muslim woman of her honor and rights I wish to share with you this interesting chapter from the book “Ruling Pertaining to Muslim Women” by Dr Saleh Fauzan Al-Fauzan. The desires of the enemies of Islam and they lackeys with regard t

It’s Not about Slavery, but State’s Rights - Okay, Explain . . .
I see a lot of reenactors telling the public the south wasn’t fighting the war to preserve slavery but because of state’s rights, but then fail to explain what that means, which in turn leads people to say ‘yeah, the right to own slaves’. I think

Do animals have rights?
Before we discuss whether animals have rights, I think it is important to agree on what "rights" are. From Wikipedia on "Rights:" Quote:There are two main modern conceptions of rights: on the one hand, the idea of natural rights

Anthony de Jasay on Justice, Rights and Liberties
I only have this PC for a couple of days, I'll try to respond to some other posts...but I thought I'd post an article by Anthony de Jasay which greatly reflects my own thoughts as to the nature of "justice" as well as the current incoherence in

U.S. Senate votes to end Bill of Rights authorizes military to occupy U.S. cities and detain Americans
From naturalnews.com in my email: In a stunning move that has civil libertarians stuttering with disbelief, the U.S. Senate has just passed a bill that effectively ends the Bill of Rights in America. This bill, passed late last night in a 93-7 vote

Italy wants action on Christian rights
Italy wants action on Christian rights ROME (UPI) -- The Italian foreign minister demanded action against persecution of Christians after another violent incident Tuesday in Nigeria. Thirteen people reportedly were killed in an attack on a Christian

Natural Rights Fundamentalism at Mises.org
Quote:http://mises.org/Community/forums/p/5391/72522.aspx#72522 This sort of assertion of facts about undefined terms is what makes arguing with Natural Rights fanatics as obnoxious as arguing with Christian fundamentalists. How can a person possibly

Social and Autonomous functions of rights, +/- Liberty
So I'm looking at all the rights that human rights organizations follow. I decided to try to sort them based on whether the right is a freedom of choice, which I see as a negative liberty, or a freedom of action, a positive one. I also write whether I

Rights for Women
In the 1800's women lived a hard life, they were barred from most schools and had little protection under the law. In that time a woman's property was controlled by her father or husband. Early pioneers such as Olympe de Gouges and Mary Wollstonecraft

Women in Greece
In Ancient Greece women were definitely treated inferior to men. The women could not vote, not take place in public activities and were not even counted/treated as citizens of Greece. The women in Greece were expected to do all the house hold chores and

Fiqh of the family » Rights of spouses Fatwa 94965
She is asking for separate accommodation; is that regarded as causing separation between her husband and his family? I married my maternal cousin a month and a half ago, and I do not feel happy with this marriage, because she does not show much respect t