Razib Khan | May 11, 2012
Ultra-Orthodox Shun Their Own for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse: The first shock came when Mordechai Jungreis learned that his mentally disabled teenage son was being molested in a Jewish ritual bathhouse in Brooklyn. The second came after Mr. Jungreis complained, and the man accused of the abuse was arrested. Old friends started walking stonily past [...]
Nandalal_Rasiah | May 1, 2012
Many people have now written reactions to Mona Eltahawy’s emotionally evocative piece on the state of women in Arab Muslim countries. As a former poco firebrand I could anticipate what arguments these reactions would draw upon: “nations” are an archaic unit of analysis, Mona deprives Muslim women of agency, Mona appeases the dusty bones of [...]
Nandalal_Rasiah | April 26, 2012
Shaima Alawadi, an Iraqi-American woman, was beaten to death with a blunt implement in her El Cajon home over a month ago in an attack so brutal that it would seem an impassioned amateur was responsible. Soon to divorce her husband, who was dropping off younger children, and with her teenage daughter allegedly in the [...]
Razib Khan | April 9, 2012
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Razib Khan | April 8, 2012
In Queens, Seeking to Clear a Path Between Yoga and Islam: As a community activist in Queens, Muhammad Rashid has fought for the rights of immigrants held in detention, sought the preservation of local movie theaters, and held a street fair to promote diversity. But few of those causes brought him anywhere near as much [...]
Omar is a Pakistani-American with an interest in history. He also moderates the Asiapeace discussion group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asiapeace/
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