Category: Morocco

Marriage as punishment: documentary about women’s rights in Morocco 1

Marriage as punishment: documentary about women’s rights in Morocco

The suicide of the 16-year-old Amina Filali from Larache, who presumably was forced to marry her rapist, gave Nadir Bouhmouch the idea to use her story as the main topic for a documentary about women’s rights in his country of birth: 475 – When Marriage Becomes Punishment.

Steunpunt Remigranten Marokko – Open Brief aan de Tweede Kamer 0

Steunpunt Remigranten Marokko – Open Brief aan de Tweede Kamer

De afgelopen 23 jaren heeft SSR hulp verleend aan remigranten en slachtoffers van achterlating en huwelijksdwang. Als het steunpunt wegvalt, valt daarmee ook de basis weg voor de eerste primaire hulp en begeleiding. Dit is fataal voor deze kwetsbare groepen. Het huidige kabinet Rutte heeft echter geen geld over voor deze noodzakelijke voorziening.

Ritual slaughter in the Netherlands – From animal to ethical meat 1

Ritual slaughter in the Netherlands – From animal to ethical meat

The Dutch banned ritual slaughtering by Muslims and Jews. In a proposal heavily condemned by Muslim and Jewish organizations the Party of the Animals wanted a complete ban on dhabiha and shechita in cases where the animals were not stunned before the killing; the ritual slaughtering by Muslims and Jews. The ban will mostly effect orthodox Jews since all of the shechita slaughtering involves animals fully conscious while in the case of dhabiba this is the case in only 25%-40%. Or how ‘food’ has become field where people battle over political, religious, economic, social and animal welfare issues.