by Cara
November 29, 2007
A Shi‘ite Muslim cleric in Lebanon has issued a religions edict stating that women facing spousal abuse have the right to self-defense. Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussain Fadlallah issued the fatwa, or religious edict, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. “We consider that if a man used physical [...]
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by Cara
November 29, 2007
Because I am a morbid (some might say “bad”) person, “guess who died” is a game that I play a lot with my husband. As in, I’m reading the news and say “Holy shit! Guess who died . . . no, seriously, guess.” Today, it’s an interesting one: Henry Hyde. The aptly named Mr. Hyde [...]
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