Pakistani husbands can beat wives if they disobey, says Islamic Council : Pakistan, News – India Today

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The bill said that a husband should be allowed to lightly beat his wife if she defies his commands, refuses to dress up as per his wishes and turns down demand of physical contact.

It suggested that a beating is also permissible if a woman does not observe Hijab, interacts with strangers, speaks loud and provides monetary support to people without taking consent of her husband.

It also recommended to ban co-education after primary education, ban on women from taking part in military combat, ban on welcoming foreign delegations, interacting with males and making recreational visits with strangers.

Female nurses should not be allowed to take care of male patients and women should be banned from working in advertisements, it said.

It also recommended that an abortion after 120 days of conceiving should be declared murder.

Pakistani husbands can beat wives if they disobey, says Islamic Council : Pakistan, News – India Today

sigh…

All of this begs the question, who is in charge of beating the husband when they do not live up to the expectations of others?

Explained: Pakistan bill allowing husbands to ‘lightly beat’ their wives 

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The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is deliberating on its proposed ‘model’ women’s protection bill, which allows a husband to ‘lightly’ beat his wife ‘if needed’ and prohibits mixing of the genders in schools, hospitals and offices.

Explained: Pakistan bill allowing husbands to ‘lightly beat’ their wives | The Daily Star

A lot there…

Sigh.

Report Warns of Climate Change Disasters That Rival Hollywood’s – The New York Times

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Report Warns of Climate Change Disasters That Rival Hollywood’s

Stonehenge eroding under the forces of extreme weather. Venice slowly collapsing into its canals. The Statue of Liberty. gradually flooding.

Images like these, familiar from Hollywood climate-catastrophe thrillers, were evoked by a joint report, released on Thursday by Unesco, the United Nations Environment Program and the Union of Concerned Scientists, that detailed the threat climate change could pose to World Heritage sites on five continents.

(The Australian continent was originally included in the report, but that its government requested it be removed because of concerns that the information would hurt its tourism industry.)

 Report Warns of Climate Change Disasters That Rival Hollywood’s – The New York Times

Sigh….

Destinations at Risk: Iconic World Heritage Sites Across the Globe Vulnerable to Climate Change

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Destinations at Risk: Iconic World Heritage Sites Across the Globe Vulnerable to Climate Change – The Equation

…And this is cause for a bunch of tinfoil hate wearing, self-satisfied morons to spew hundreds of posts about these things have survived for so long before this. Yes, you fucktards, that is the point. Climate change is changing all that you think is permanent. And no, that isn’t nature. That’s the effects of human technology. (we debate whether or not human technology is “natural” later – you know, when there is no danger of the oceans rising a foot in our lifetimes when we could have prevented it…) And anyone who isn’t concerned is not only ignorant but has some serous cognitive disabilities.

The History of the Outer Banks Dunes — Our State Magazine

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As early as 1850, visitors noticed old cemeteries and “ghost forests” uncovered by the shifting sands. Elsewhere, the sands entombed more trees and structures. 

…Fifteen hundred WPA and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers were employed to build the fences. …Working seven days a week, with Sunday afternoons off, the young men built fences with timber and brush, and installed them along the contour of the shoreline. The fences stopped the blowing sands, allowing dunes to form and grow. The workers then planted grasses — beach grass, sea oats, cordgrass, and wire grass — along with shrubs and tree seedlings to fortify the dunes, which ranged from 10 to 25 feet in height.

…Scientists discovered that, despite the dunes, erosion and flooding had continued, and the ocean tide had inched closer to properties. Apparently, the dunes served a reverse purpose by blocking sound waters from rushing back to the ocean. Dune construction was officially halted.

The History of the Outer Banks Dunes — Our State Magazine

hmmm