Blog 9: Egyptian Court Declines to Rule on the Legality of Drafting a New Constitution

       A court declined on Tuesday to rule on the legality of the committee drafting Egypt's Constitution, dealing a setback to critics who have called the committee unrepresentative and too heavily dominated by Islamists. The decision by the higher court ensured that the current group of authors will have time to finish it's work. There have been arguments over the makeup of the committee, and pitched battles over pages of text, including articles dealing with women’s rights, Islamic law, executive power and the proper role of the state. Liberal groups have been concerned that the Islamist majority is trying to create the basis for an Islamic state. Ultraconservative Muslims have argued that the constitutional drafts have been deferential to their concerns. Just two months before a scheduled public ratification vote, there is no idea of what the final document will say. Members of the Muslim Brotherhood called the decision on Tuesday positive. Apart from the Islamic law, there have been arguments about minority rights. There have also been complaints that the draft articles released so far are timid and hardly reflect the views envisioned by Egypt’s revolutionaries and their demands for justice, social rights and the dismantling of former President Hosni Mubarak’s authoritarian state.

 

                The problem here has to do with the legislation of the Islamic culture. The people don’t agree with what’s going on and they are looking to change that. The people want to change it and worked to make changes and then bring to the attention of the government to get the changes made. This is a social problem because so many people in this society want a change and have decided to do something about it. This could also be looked at as a political problem because there are two different kinds of Islamic groups that want two different things. Even though the majority of the group wants equal rights, there is a small group that likes it the way it is. They just want equal rights among everyone, including women and they want changes involving the government. They are mostly looking for religious freedom in the government and freedom from the type of government they have. The changes they look for are slowly being made and that within itself has made it worthwhile because something is happening.

 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/world/middleeast/egypt-court-wont-halt-drafting-of-constitution.html?_r=

Blog 9: As arrests are made in Malala Yousufzai case human rights prevail

Analysis

            “We will not be stopped from getting an education,” said one of the girl classmates of the recently shot yet miraculously surviving, Pakistani human rights hero, Ms. Malala Yousufzai.  In Karachi, Pakistan, there is a fifteen-year-old girl who is speaking out towards  “local extremists views on issues of human rights.”  She traveled to England to get medical help at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.  She then said that she would return to Pakistan after she gets medical help from the hospital in England.  Her family is there to support her and told the media that they have no intention” to permanently leave their home region since Malala was attacked, Ziauddin appeared happy to be on his way to his daughter’s side.”  Malala has gotten a lot of publicity for speaking to the media.  She has increased the amount of times she goes to the media to speak about dealing with the human rights violations that terrorism has caused.  After speaking out against terrorism, she was shot by a machine gun and the bullet went into her head.  She survived the attack and is now recovering in the hospital in England.  There is one person who authorities suspect is helping the terrorist group the “Taliban.”  Now due to Malala talking against terrorism, the people of Pakistan want their government to stop terrorist movements in the country.

Summary

            A fifteen year old named, “Malala” has fought against the Taliban, which is a terrorist group, and she is speaking out for human rights.  She was shot in the head after speaking out against terrorism through the media.  Her family and her flew to England, and are not planning on staying there.  After she recovers and can leave the hospital, she will return to Pakistan to continue her education and keep speaking to the media whether it’s on television or the radio.  She is also urging the Pakistan government to fight against terrorist movement.  Besides numerous threats, Malala still continues to fight for human rights by speaking out against terrorism and encouraging the people of Pakistan to fight back against terrorism.

http://womennewsnetwork.net/2012/10/25/malala-yousufzai-case-human-rights/