Recent content by Enlighten Me

Patriarchal and misogynistic attitudes allow women to fall victim to domestic violence, rape, acid attacks, abuse and exploitation all over the world. The worst places to be a woman: 1 - Afghanistan Afghan women resort to self-immolation 2 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo...

Gurmail Singh: portrait of a random British killing For once, I think, hunched high above Huddersfield and clenched with shivers, the flowers are appropriate. There's nothing mawkish, not a false note; no ersatz friendship or recreational grief. "Well, we all knew him of course," says Karen...

How will we know what the 'truth' is? We can convince ourselves, fool ourselves into thinking that what we believe is the utmost truth but does that really make it true? Religious discussions are good because they broaden your mind but I wouldn't burden myself thinking I should 'give the...

Personally I don't think one should try persuading others into a faith. Why would you want to convert a non-religious person when Sikhs believe that we are all equal and that we should respect people regardless of their religious belief... we are all one. Being a Sikh, atheist, agnostic, Jew...

I find this so trivial. It does not matter who walks in front or who walks behind, what matters is that when they are married they both treat each other with respect, love etc... Making a woman walk in front/with her partner does not guarantee equality. Women will be equal when their...

I think Dr Zakir Naik should not be representing Islam at all. I've seen many of his videos where he patronises those that ask questions and instead of answering and explaining himself all he does is quote from the Quran to which the audience cheer and clap. He doesn't discuss and question...

Being a woman in such places must be such a burden, with the pressure placed on you to bear a son when it's totally uncontrollable. This is disgusting. Culture at its worst. Do the family members even THINK what they're doing to the Mother, what affect aborting - MURDERING these girls will...

Oh right, thanks for clearing that up.

Hello a.mother, I've been contemplating going on anti-depressants for a long time now and the reason I don't want to go on them is because I feel that instead of dealing with the cause of my depression and the root of my problems I will just be covering with the medication. I'm not sure, but I...

spnadmin, thank you for your reply and I guess I wrote all that because I was feeling very down. I will take your advice and Sikhi is something I dip in and out of, but I will continue with my research and I will also try leading a more healthy lifestyle which hopefully will improve my general...

I don't know where this goes but I feel as though I need to vent and get some stuff off my chest. All my life, well, most of it I've been dealing with depression and other issues... I'm 21 years old and I feel as though my mental issues are stopping me from being the person that I want...

I must say, that was beautiful, very inspiring. Thanks.

No matter what our age, I think we all struggle to come to terms with death. Death has become a taboo in our society because of how much materialistic importance we have given our bodies. Instead of seeing our bodies as being separate from our souls, we see them as being the same, we see...

Having a child is no easy task. Being a good parent to a child isn't easy either. I think it's up to the woman who will carry the child to make the decision to keep it or not. The termination will be on her conscience, she will have to deal with the outcome of her decision. But, I do...

It's not unnatural! She should ignore peoples comments about it. Nowadays women are expected to be hair free when this is not the case. As a woman myself even I get hair on my chin and I know many other females who experience the same. It's not unnatural when it's HAIR and it's GROWING. I...