Human Rights Quote (79): Hate Crime

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We must send a clear and strong message to all who would commit crimes of hate: it is wrong, it is illegal, and we will catch you and punish you to the full force of our laws. Al Gore
A hate crime (or a bias crime) is a crime committed against a person that is motivated, [...]

Human Rights Quote (78): Honor Killings

The right to life of women in Pakistan is conditional on their obeying social norms and traditions. Hina Jilani, lawyer and human rights activist
An honor killing is a murder, carried out by a family to punish a female family member who has supposedly brought dishonor on the family. The acts which are the cause of [...]

Human Rights Facts (47): Sharia

The term Sharia literally means “path” or “way” (”way to the water source”). So, originally, it wasn’t a legal code or a set or rules as it is now. With the passing of time, the word has come to mean the body of legal rules which were produced through a very long process of scholarly [...]

Human Rights Facts (46): Religious Liberty

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Religious liberty or the freedom of religion and belief is a human right. It is the right to be protected against coercion in matters of religion, to be free to practice and profess a religion of your choice, in private as well as in public, to change your religion, or to practice no religion at [...]

Human Rights Quote (53): Double Standards

Double Standard 1. a rule or principle applied more strictly to some people than to others (or to oneself). – The Concise Oxford English Dictionary.
I think I made it clear in this blog how I feel about the importance of promoting democracy and human rights worldwide. However, often it is difficult to decide how to [...]

Human Rights Quote (52): Muslim Source

There can be no government without an army. No army without money. No money without prosperity. And no prosperity without justice and good administration. Ibn Qutaybah, Muslim scholar from the 9th century.
(The picture shows the phrase “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” in Arabic).

Human Rights Cartoon (73): Tolerance

Diversity and tolerance of diversity can be very beneficial because they make it possible for us to learn from others, to debate with others and take into account their objections and counter-arguments. whereby, we can come closer to the truth. We can take advantage of diversity and of tolerance of diversity, because diversity means other [...]

Human Rights Cartoon (44): Barbarism

(unknown artist).
Only individual violators or certain kinds of practices may be barbaric, inferior or underdeveloped, and these violators and practices can be found everywhere, in every culture. A culture as such is never inferior and the equality between culture is something which human rights promoters must and do accept.
More on homogenization of individuals.

Human Rights Cartoon (42): Clash of Civilizations

Theories about the “clash of civilizations” are very popular these days. According to this strand of cultural reductionism, the struggle between capitalism-democracy and communism, which was mainly an ideological struggle, is now replaced by the struggle between civilizations or cultures, a struggle no longer based on convictions, ideology or the economy but onidentity.
The identity of [...]

Human Rights Cartoon (23): Publicity

(don’t remember who’s the author; sorry)
(Translation: Stoning in Nigeria: another woman in danger. Shari’a law remains in force only for adulterous, divorced women with a low media profile)
The media often play a very beneficial role in exposing human rights abuses. The media spotlight can mean the difference between life and death, as has been the [...]