In the very old days women had often no value. In the old Testament people were rejoicing if a son was born into the family. In some books or chapters girls are not even mentioned if they were born. While reading it, someone could get the impression that no girls were born at all.
Canada's Federal Court ruling appears to conflict sharply with the idea of Canadian multiculturalism and raises questions about the idea of integration.
U.S.A. We live in a world that prizes tolerance over the respect for religious freedom. Within the United States, there have been federal cases that have challe...
PROVO, UTAH, U.S.A. When I first heard word of the excommunication of Kate Kelly, a Virginia based human rights lawyer and founder of Ordain Women, from The Chu...
ANKARA, TURKEY. Turkey is shaken by ongoing civil unrest. In many cities across the country, tens of thousands of people take over public squares with mass demo...
SPAIN. Spain wants to make amends, and Jews are noticing. The Spanish government has offered citizenship to Jews descended from the 1492 expellees, and thousand...
SRINAGAR, INDIAN ADMINISTERED KASHMIR. The Urs, or death anniversary, of revered Kashmiri saint Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom is observed with fervor and gaiety each ye...