Taliban treatment of women

their safety can be guaranteed.” This was their second warning of the year. Previously, in February, the African heads of missions had logged a strong protest with the Indian government after incensed locals in Bangalore stripped a young Tanzanian women naked, thrashed her and torched her car in a case of mistaken identity over an earlier…

Brown-on-black racism boggles my mind. On the surface, the notion that people who are discriminated against for the color of their skin in western countries should then turn around and push the same prejudice onto those of a darker pigmentation than themselves sounds farcical. Whither human empathy, compassion? Sadly, this is all too real and endemic in the self-described “world’s largest democracy,” India. Vineet Thakur, a researcher at the University of Johannesburg and an expert on…

I. On August 2nd, 1990 Iraqi president Saddam Hussein gave his military forces the order to invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. His aim was to eliminate or take control of Kuwait’s immense oil reserves. Despite its small size, Kuwait is the largest oil producer in the Middle East. Iraq accused Kuwait of breaking agreements that limit oil production within the region, which led to oil prices being brought down and Iraq losing billions of dollars. By invading Kuwait and burning…

lusts on men in preference to women: ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds." (Qur’an 7:80-81). Lut in the Qu’ran is referred to as “Lot” in The Holy Bible. The passage is believed to be referring to the same story as the one told in The Holy Bible, the story of Sodom and Gamorrah. Most Muslims believe that this piece of scripture refers to God’s disapproval of gay or same-sex relationships. The piece of scripture referring to Lut and the lust for men over women in Chapter 7 is one…

constant acts of brutality and violence in the world today, why does a person only seem to show interest or concern when it is in some way relatable to them? After Afghanistan was bombed by America, the Northern Alliance entered Afghanistan, yet the Taliban were nowhere to be found. Nobody in the rest of the world, up until this point, knew anything about what was truly going on in Afghanistan. Suddenly with use of technology and increase of involvement, everyone knew and Afghanistan's problems…

world. Can women be more empowered by their intellect or skills, rather than something brainless or vacuous? In this day and age can’t a woman’s appearance be irrelevant? The biggest problem about ideals surrounding Kim Kardashian is that what does a naked selfie really do for humanity? For thousands of girls being mutilated from so called ‘female circumcision’ does this help them? Does it improve anything in the sense of gender equality? It doesn’t help equal treatment of men and women in work…

against women is a social and public health problem. A study was done around the world which surveyed women across many countries. Ten to sixty-nine percent reported being physically assaulted by a partner at one point in their life time. A 2002 study reported that in western parts of the world, one…

various reasons, particularly including the experiences of hardships and being wretched on the basis of ill-treatment. Especially, because of social stigmas such as race, religion, nationality or political and cultural beliefs. Delhi, being a prime cultural as well as a commercial centre is considered as one of the most attractive and safe ground for refugees to migrate. The character…

Animal Usage in the Military is Inhumane Animals came to this world the same way humans did, with no rights, or obligations. Life is meant to be lived it at it’s finest. Through centuries, humans learned skills to live in the world, to hunt and to love. Humans also learned to hate which caused conflicts between other nations. Humans found a way to use animals as weapons, they trained them to kill and to hunt enemies. According to the article “Animals and World War I”, says, “Over 16 million…

Animal Usage in the Military is Inhumane Animals came to this world the same way humans did, with no rights, or obligations. Through centuries, humans learned skills to live in the world, to hunt and to love. Humans also learned to hate which caused conflicts between other nations. Humans found a way to use animals as weapons, they trained them to kill and to hunt enemies. According to the article “Animals and World War I”, says, “Over 16 million animals served in the First World War, were used…