http://umabbas.net the blurry dreams of life Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:49:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://umabbas.net/content/all-done/ http://umabbas.net/content/all-done/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:20:47 +0000 Um Abbas http://umabbas.net/?p=316 http://umabbas.net/content/all-done/feed/ 2 http://umabbas.net/content/afghans-chase-off-women-law-protesters/ http://umabbas.net/content/afghans-chase-off-women-law-protesters/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:56:13 +0000 Um Abbas BBC News / Wednesday, 15 April 2009 Dozens of Afghan women who tried to protest against a new law they say legalises rape within marriage have been attacked in the capital, Kabul. Police intervened after supporters of the law threw stones at the women and tried to seize their banners. The law was signed by President Hamid Karzai but is currently being reviewed after criticism from abroad. Its most controversial article says a woman must make herself available for sex with her husband when he desires. The law's defenders say it actually protects the rights of women. 'Revisit and overturn' Thursday's demonstration took place outside a religious centre run by a cleric who helped draft the law which is aimed at Afghanistan's Shia minority. "We actually see it as a law that is limiting women's rights... We all stand against this law, we want a reform of the law, we want a revisit of it and overturn of it," one of the protesters, Sima Ghani, told the BBC. ]]> http://umabbas.net/content/afghans-chase-off-women-law-protesters/feed/ 0 http://umabbas.net/content/media-blackout-on-parachinar-shia-killings/ http://umabbas.net/content/media-blackout-on-parachinar-shia-killings/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:56:49 +0000 Um Abbas The summit held in Iranian city of Qom under the banner "Holocaust of Shias in Parachinar," came in the wake of the killings of hundreds of Shia community-members over the past six months in Parachinar and Hangu. Pro-Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants, who are reportedly behind the killings, have imposed an economic blockade against the Shia-dominated population areas. The frequent incidents have raised concerns among human rights group, while moderate Pakistani Sunni groups have described the issue as a conspiracy against the country. ]]> http://umabbas.net/content/media-blackout-on-parachinar-shia-killings/feed/ 3