A defense of Chirac.
The French are voting in their first round of elections today, and while I’ll withold comments about all of the issues on the table for now- because there are so many- my plea is simply this:
Please, please–not Le Pen.
Muslim Customs Override European Laws? March 24, 2007
The title of the article is “German Judge Cites Koran, Stirring Up Cultural Controversy”, but that description is misleading.
In reality, a female German judge used the Koran to justify denying a Muslim woman’s request for a speedy divorce. The woman’s request was that remaining in the marriage constituted “unreasonable hardship” because she was being beaten and had received death threats from her husband. Indeed, this same judge had issued a restraining order against him. Unreasonable hardship can be used as a reason to bypass the otherwise lengthy divorce process, which requires a year long separation. It’s all in the article, obviously. Read it.
Purdah and the Veil March 20, 2007
This verdict really upsets me. I’m going to figure out why after I finish this paper… check back later.
