[fund] resisting fundamentalisms

Le dimanche 7 février a paru dans le Sunday Times une interview de Gita Sahgal, Chef de l’Unité de Genre d’ Amnesty International, dans laquelle elle expose le soutien que son organisation offre à Moazzam Begg, ex détenu de Guantanamo, partisan déclaré des Taliban, soupçonné de collusion avec Al Qaida. Gita sahgal avait adresse à sa hierrachie plusieurs mémos, concernant le statut et la légitimité que conférait à Begg ses liens étroits avec Amnesty International. G.S. a été suspendue de ses fonctions immédiatement après la parution de son interview.

On February 7 an interview of Gita Sahgal, Head of the Gender Unit in Amnesty International was published in the Sunday Times. She talked about the support given by her organization to Moazzam Begg, a former Guantanamo prisoner, supporter of the Taliban’s societal project, allegedly involved with Al Quaeda. Gita Sahgal sent several memos to the highest instances in her organization regarding the status and legitimization that A.I.’s close links with Begg granted him. G.S. was suspended immediately after her interview was released.

قدّمت دار الإفتاء المصرية بحثاً حول أسباب جعل الإسلام الطلاق بيد الرجل وذلك رداً على سؤال لماذا شرع الإسلام أن يطلق الرجل زوجته، ومن هنا أباح القرآن للرجل أن يهدم أسرته ويقوّض أركانها ويشتتها. وشدد قسم الأبحاث الشرعية في رده قائلاً: "أباح الله الطلاق ليحل بذلك كثيراً من المعضلات التي قد تحدث بين الزوجين ولا يكون لها حلّ إلا الانفصال، فقد يتزوج الرجل امرأة ثم يتبين أن بينهما تبايناً في الأخلاق، أو تنافراً في الطباع، وقد يظهر أن المرأة عقيم لا يتحقق معها أسمى مقاصد الزواج، وهو لا يرغب في التعدد، أو لا تستطيعه، إلى غير ذلك من الأسباب التي لا تتوافر معها المحبة بين الزوجين، والقيام بحقوق الزوجية كما أمر الله، فيكون الطلاق لذلك أمراً ضرورياً.

Comme organisations et comme personnes qui défendons et soutenons l’universalité des droits humains, nous avons constaté avec inquiétude la suspension de Gita Sahgal, qui est à la tête de l’unité genre au Secrétariat international d’Amnistie internationale à Londres, pour avoir remis en question le partenariat d’Amnistie internationale avec des personnalités dont l’attitude politique envers les Talibans est ambiguë.

مثلما هو الحال مع المنظمات و الأفراد المدافعين عن حقوق الإنسان و المساندين لها، سجلنا بقلق تعليق نشاط "جيتا سهغال"، رئيسة وحدة النوع لدى السكرتارية الدولية لمنظمة العفو الدولية"، في لندن، بعد إثارة مسألة شراكة منظمة العفو الدولية مع أفراد ذوي موقف سياسي مبهم إزاء الطالبان

Global Petition to Amnesty International: Restoring the Integrity of Human Rights

As organisations and individuals who stand for and support the universality of human rights, we have noted with concern the suspension of Gita Sahgal, Head of the Gender Unit at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in London, for questioning Amnesty International’s partnership with individuals whose politics towards the Taliban are ambiguous.

On February 18, the Malaysian Home Minister announced the whipping of three Muslim women for illicit sex. This came as a shock to many Malaysians as several conflicting issues raised over the whipping sentence of Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno for drinking alcohol in public have not yet been resolved. Following this, Sisters in Islam (SIS) and its partners in the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) issued a statement in protest against the whipping, maintaining that we believe it is unjust, inhumane and unconstitutional. Please see attached for full statement. Update on Malaysia: Harassment of Sisters in Islam for questioning 'Syariah' caning of 3 women

As the world marks International Women’s Day, ambivalence, impunity, weak law enforcement and corruption continue to undermine women’s rights in Afghanistan, despite a July 2009 law banning violence against women, rights activists say. A recent case of the public beating of a woman for alleged elopement - also shown on private TV stations in Kabul - highlights the issue. In January domestic violence forced two young women to flee their homes in Oshaan village, Dolaina District, Ghor Province, southwestern Afghanistan.

Girls in Swat District, northwestern Pakistan, have gone back to school, and most women who had been prevented from working have returned to work, but people are still fearful. "We worry the Taliban will return and the persecution will start again. In every neighbourhood there are people who are linked to the militants and who keep an eye on the activities of us women," Sumira Bibi, 20, who works at a cosmetics factory, told IRIN in Mingora, Swat's main town. According to the government's National Commission on the Status of Women, there were 1,000-1,200 women factory workers in Mingora before the Taliban takeover in 2009. It is unknown how many have returned to work. Tens of thousands of civilians were displaced from Swat in the spring and summer of 2009 due to intense fighting between government forces and Taliban militants. Most returned after the army regained control in July. (See Swat timeline)

1. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, (hereinafter referred to as the Committee), mandated to monitor the implementation of the Convention of the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women by 186 States Parties, including Afghanistan, welcomes the efforts of the Government of Afghanistan and its international allies on the new commitment to help secure a peaceful, prosperous and democratic future for Afghanistan initiated in January 28, 2010, London Conference, hosted by the Government of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.

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