“I, and many others beside me, want to live in a secular state, in a country with secular civil rights,” said Kholoud Darwish. Her husband Nidal Darwish agrees. “I’m still Muslim, but my faith is not related to my status as a citizen. I, and many with me, want to live in a secular state, in a country with a secular civil rights,” says Kholoud. “Our marriage is not just about us anymore. It has become a social responsibility for us.” Her husband says: “It is really a different feeling when you feel like a human being getting married to another human being based on human rights and not on sectarian rights”.
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Lebanon’s first civil marriage 5
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Lebanon’s First Civil Marriage 4
9 April 2013, by siawi3Rather than fly to nearby Cyprus to tie the knot, Nidal Darwiche and Khouloud Sukkarieh, supported by lawyer Talal Husseini, have attempted to force through the first civil marriage carried out on Lebanese soil.
The shrillest opposition, however, came from the Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani. Rather than issue an edict addressing the ‘germs’ of corruption, a disease which he has allegedly contracted, the Mufti issued a frenzied fatwa threatening Muslim legislators and ministers with apostasy if they support “the germ of civil marriage”. -
Palestine: Shimon Peres From The Perspective Of His Victims
1 October 2016, by siawi3The verdict on his life is very clear and was already pronounced by US President Barack Obama: Peres was a man who changed the course of human history in his relentless search for peace in the Middle East. My guess is that very few of the obituaries will examine Peres’ life and activities from the perspective of the victims of Zionism and Israel.
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Liban : paix civile face aux combats confessionnels
2 septembre 2012, par siawi3Le Bureau politique du PCL considère que le pays va droit à un nouveau précipice, à cause des combats itinérants et de l’atmosphère de mobilisation confessionnelle qui exacerbe la tension. Cette situation, jointe à des tentatives de régionalisation, pousse le Liban vers la division en cantons confessionnels et la liquidation des institutions
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Lebanon: Two Israeli Agents Behind Car Bombing Targeting Hamas Operative
29 January 2018, by siawi3On January 14, Hamas official Mohammed Hamdan was wounded when a bomb exploded in his car next to his home in Sidon. Officials said the suspects attached an explosive device to Hamdan’s car and detonated it from afar, believing he was already seated inside.
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Le Liban sera exposé tant que son système politique basé sur le confessionnalisme n’aura pas été réformé.
11 avril 2007Pendant la guerre de 1975-1990, chaque communauté du Liban a tenté d’avoir sa « période de gloire » dans la quête générale du pouvoir : les chrétiens en se rapprochant d’Israël, les sunnites et les druzes en défendant la cause palestinienne. Engagée en (...) -
Lebanon: Hezbollah - Mutaa Temporary Marriages
3 December 2009, by siawi2Source : WUNRN http://www.wunrn.com http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/25/the_militarization_of_sex
By Hanin Ghaddar - November 25, 2009
Mohammad, a 40-year old Lebanese Shiite who lives in Hezbollah’s stronghold in Beirut’s (...) -
Manifesto of the Third Camp against US Militarism and Islamic Terrorism
27 November 2009, by siawi2Wed Aug 16, 2006
Lebanese People Under Attack
Over 900 dead, thousands injured, 1 million displaced/homeless
Sign the Manifesto
1000 signed the Manifesto on June 24 weekend in Toronto, Canada
The present conflict between the Western (...) -
No God, not even Allah
30 October 2013, by siawi3Ex-Muslim atheists are becoming more outspoken, but tolerance is still rare: ex-Muslim atheists are guilty of apostasy—a hudud crime against God, like adultery and drinking alcohol. Potential sanctions can be severe: eight states, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania and Sudan have the death penalty on their statute books for such offences.
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Lebanese-Australian girl goes to court to stop her marriage
5 October 2011, by siawi3A 16-year-old girl has been placed on an airport watch list in
Australia after going to court to prevent her parents sending her to
Lebanon for a forced marriage.