Domestic Violence
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Wednesday February 25, 2009
Domestic Violence • Islam:
A Buffalo, New York-area man accused of beheading his estranged wife made his first appearance in court Wednesday to face murder charges, according to the district attorney. Muzzammil Hassan, 44, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 37-year-old wife, Aasiya Zubair Hassan, days after she filed for divorce and was granted a restraining order against him.
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Saturday November 8, 2008
Domestic Violence • Islam:
Fatima Husain, a consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology, has told how she sees Muslim women coming for treatment with strangle marks around their necks and bruises on their pregnant bumps.
She also claimed that problems develop because many followers of Islam are fearful of discussing sex, contraception and infertility.
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Wednesday November 5, 2008
Domestic Violence:
A California couple has broken the silence about the explosion of domestic violence that hides behind the “protected” doors of the parsonage and the Christian home.
Virginia and Robert Coombs have released “We Suffered in Silence,” which includes the courageous true story penned by deceased author Velva B. Holt, Virginia’s mother, about the devastating abuse she suffered while she was a pastor’s wife and the refusal of Church leaders to acknowledge the problem.
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Sunday January 6, 2008
Domestic Violence • Islam:
Domestic violence among Muslims has long straddled a blurry line between culture and religion, but now scattered organizations founded by Muslim American women are creating a movement to define it as an unacceptable cultural practice. The problem occurs among American Muslims at the same rate as other groups, activists say, but is even more sensitive because raising the issue is considered an attack on the faith.
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Thursday September 20, 2007
Domestic Violence • Juanita Bynum • Thomas Weeks:
Conservative critics among the evangelical clergy have accused Juanit Bynum of exploiting the attack for publicity, calling her “loud,” “angry,” “aggressive” and “out of control,” while a group of black and Hispanic churches has demanded Thomas Weeks’s resignation.
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Saturday September 15, 2007
Domestic Violence • Juanita Bynum • Thomas Weeks:
The high-profile case involving Bynum and her husband, Bishop Thomas W. Weeks, experts say, underscores that domestic violence, also known as intimate partner violence, is no respecter of gender, social-economic status or even religious faith.
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Monday September 10, 2007
Domestic Violence:
Historically, the black church has been the rock of the black community, a place of refuge where important issues are addressed. But domestic violence has long been left off the agenda, ignored in a largely patriarchal system, even justified by scripture.
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Wednesday September 5, 2007
Domestic Violence • Juanita Bynum:
She aired her dirty laundry on a national stage, first as a victim of divorce and dead-end affairs and now as a victim of domestic violence. National Pentecostal evangelist Juanita Bynum, 48, went public with her pain Tuesday, sharing yet another chapter in her tumultuous life story.
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Tuesday September 4, 2007
Domestic Violence • Juanita Bynum • Thomas Weeks:
However pained we all may be, perhaps this is a teaching opportunity to awaken us to the fact that thousands of women are beaten and many killed by someone who says they love them.
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Friday August 31, 2007
Domestic Violence • Juanita Bynum • Thomas Weeks:
Estimates are that anywhere from 950,000 to 3 million women are physically abused each day in America by so-called intimate partners.
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Saturday August 25, 2007
Domestic Violence • Juanita Bynum:
Domestic abuse is no respecter of persons, experts say. But if Juanita Bynum — a woman who claims to hear from God and spread the messages to others — is beaten by her husband, how can the average person recognize an abuser?
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Monday April 23, 2007
Domestic Violence • Mary Winkler:
Mary Winkler’s story of abuse at the hands of her husband has struck a chord with many women across the country who identify as a survivor or victim of domestic abuse.
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Wednesday February 7, 2007
Domestic Violence • Richard Hamlin:
A Spellbinding Story Begins With a Woman’s Confession, Ends With a Surprising Conviction.
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Wednesday April 12, 2006
Domestic Violence:
PORT ST. LUCIE -- He struck his 12-year-old daughter with belts because she lied, because her homework was incomplete and because "it is stated in the Bible that it is OK to spank your children," the father told police.
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Monday March 6, 2006
Domestic Violence:
Change would aid victims, backers say
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Wednesday February 22, 2006
Domestic Violence:
Councils all over the country are setting up "panic rooms" in private homes to help women protect themselves from abusive partners, the Guardian has learned.
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Thursday February 16, 2006
Domestic Violence:
Record numbers of women in Scotland have reported they are victims of domestic abuse, it emerged yesterday.
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- Coral Springs dad charged with abuse claims Bible permits spanking
- Mary Winkler case brings abuse to forefront
- Brainwashed by Her Husband
- Juanita Bynum's case highlights domestic violence in faith communities
- Experts: Black church can better address domestic violence
- Juanita Bynum and Thomas Weeks: A message in the mayhem
- For televangelist Juanita Bynum and other women, domestic violence knows no limits
- Evangelist says she'll take on role of anti-violence advocate
- Juanity Bynum: Public Lesson on Domestic Violence
- TD Jakes: Domestic abuse is unholy
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