تمتّع نظام التّعليم الدّينيّ الخاصّ باستقلاليةٍ ذاتيّة في هياكله وبرامجه عن نظام التّعليم العموميّ، وله - لذلك السّبب - مدارسه الخاصّة وجامعاته ومعاهده الخاصّة
All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief
Women and Girls: Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
Ideologically motivated sexual grooming
In an event for the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief organised by The Coalition for Genocide Response (view the event in full)
Dr Mariz Tadros, Director of CREID and Professor of Politics and Development at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, highlighted the need to recognise how ideologically motivated sexual grooming targets women from religious minorities in order for effective action to be taken.
Dr Tadros argued that there is an urgent need to:
Recognise officially ideologically motivated sexual grooming as a form of sexual predatory behaviour that targets many women who belong to religious minorities
Create an accountable police force that secures the return of girls who have disappeared without delay
Ensure that families and the girl who has disappeared are afforded a safe and neutral place to meet, while ensuring full protection from any harassment or mortal fear
Manchester Arena attack: Hashem Abedi jailed for minimum 55 years
Image copyrightGMPImage caption Hashem Abedi was arrested in Libya the day after the bombing
The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been jailed for at least 55 years for the murders of 22 people.
Top (left to right): Lisa Lees, Alison Howe, Georgina Callander, Kelly Brewster, John Atkinson, Jane Tweddle, Marcin Klis, Eilidh MacLeod - Middle (left to right): Angelika Klis, Courtney Boyle, Saffie Roussos, Olivia Campbell-Hardy, Martyn Hett, Michelle Kiss, Philip Tron, Elaine McIver - Bottom (left to right): Wendy Fawell, Chloe Rutherford, Liam Allen-Curry, Sorrell Leczkowski, Megan Hurley, Nell Jones
Nigerian celebrities join calls to end mass killings of Christians in new campaign
Tue 11 Aug 2020by Tola Mbakwe
Several high-profile Nigerian celebrities have taken part in a campaign calling for an end to the ongoing violence targeting Christian communities in southern Kaduna state.
A series of short videos entitled "Stop the Killings in Southern Kaduna" was released on Sunday featuring actors, comedians, music artists and business executives.
The struggle of Arab secularists within their environments is a complex one with centuries of theocracy and tyranny. Over the last century and a half, Arab secularists have both progressed and been delayed repeatedly because of their bitter struggle with several forces. Among these forces are ignorance, illiteracy, tyranny, the power of religious institutions, and finally the Islamic tide that has hit the region since the failures of both the liberal project followed by the Arab national project. I am not pessimistic about the future of secularists in Egypt and the Arab societies though I realize the magnitude, dimensions and gravity of the battle between these two parties: the proponents of science, civil society and the values of modernity versus the proponents of tyranny and theocracy.