Former United States president Jimmy Carter has accused the Catholic Church of abusive discrimination against women by having an all-male priesthood. In a Time magazine interview, Carter said “the major religions have discriminated against women in a very abusive fashion and set an example for the rest of society to treat women as secondary citizens”. Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Discrimination’
White supremacists planning a racist campaign
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
A white supremacist Christchurch group is planning to distribute anti-Chinese flyers around Auckland, a city council ethnic panel member says. Chinese woman Bevan Chuang said she had received information that the Right Wing Resistance was planning to distribute leaflets in Titirangi, Manurewa and Onehunga attacking Chinese immigration. “Safety is the most important thing, so please Read more
Should pupils at Catholic school be made to attend Mass?
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
A parent with a child attending a Catholic school has complained to the Fiji Times that the school is forcing students who ar not catholics to attend Mass. In a letter, the school informed parents that if they did not want their children to Mass they should find another school. One parent said.”I had personally Read more
Is there a problem with how media cover race issues?
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Is there a problem with how media cover race issues? A recent TV programme featured a Northland man, Wikatana Popata, talking about a hikoi in protest about the Government’s proposed asset sales last month. Popata made the most of his air time and said he had “had enough of Pakeha”, and wanted the Treaty of Waitangi Read more
Future of Arabic Christianity in crisis
Friday, May 11th, 2012
Jesuit Fr. Samir Khalil Samir SJ, professor of History of Arab Culture and Islamic Studies, estimates that there are 16 million Christians in the Middle East, with 8 to 10 million of those in Egypt, 2 million in Lebanon and Christians in Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Iraq. Though Christianity existed in these countries before Islam, Read more
Three Christian churches closed down in Aceh
Friday, May 11th, 2012
The ongoing protests by a Muslim extremist fringe has led to the closure of three Christian places of worship in the province of Aceh, the only province in Indonesia where Shariah (Islamic law) is enacted. According to the radical movement the churches were illegal and they have demanded – under threat – the intervention of Read more
Indonesia – thousands of Police deployed to ensure peaceful Easter
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Thousands of police were deployed in Indoneisa to ensure a peaceful Easter. In Jakarta a total of 4,313 police were deployed to secure 1,262 churches, while West Java deployed more than 8,000 officers across the province over the Easter period. Thousands of people attended services at Jakarta Cathedral in Central Jakarta. Services were performed three Read more
Fiji to dismantle structures that institutionalise discrimination
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has told a high level meeting in the UN General Assembly that the Fiji government is dismantling all initiatives that institutionalise racial discrimination and encourage racism. He told the Assemby that the Fiji government is removing electoral provisions that were based on race because it has clearly divided the people Read more
New Zealand Diversity Forum – People in Harmony
Friday, August 26th, 2011
The 2011 New Zealand Diversity Forum was held last Sunday and Monday. It was preceded by community events on Saturday. The theme of the conference, People in Harmony. Keynote speakers included Tainui Chief Executive Parekawhia McLean, Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon and Porirua City Councillor and community youth worker Fa’amatuainu Wayne Poutoa. A national youth diversity Read more
Man withdraws help after discovering veiled Muslim woman not a nun
Friday, July 29th, 2011
A veiled Muslim woman has related how an “executive looking man” queued at a Hamilton store said he was planning to help carry her basket because he thought she was a Catholic nun, but said he would not help a Muslim. Women’s Organisation of the Waikato Muslim Association (WOWMA) founder, Aliya Danzeisen, told the Waikato Times Read more