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Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi
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Girls, marriage and traditions
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi • You think you know better than parents what’s best for their daughters? - No, but I believe a girl knows better than you give her credit for. • How would she? Innocent girls don’t know how the ...
Girls in family prisons!
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi For a long time, she couldn’t explain why a pretty, educated and smart girl like her, with a good family name, couldn’t marry. Finally, on the night of her twenty-eight birthday, she opened her heart. It ...
Needed: Laws against classification and name calling
    Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi     A journalist started his questions in a traditional way, but the interview went non-traditional: – As a liberal, what do you think of …..” * Who said I am liberal? – Aha, you are an Islamist, then?! * Nope! – So what ...
Racism! Just don’t call it Islamic!
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi The topic under heated discussion in a social meeting was the so-called “marriage equality.” A cousin was telling us why he would never allow his daughter to marry a lesser husband in bloodline, economic privileges, and ...
Divorcing on bloodline inequality
  Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi     IN three months, 14 lawsuits have been filed calling for breaking of marriages by relatives who thought the husband and the wife are not socially equal. Some judges and lawyers do believe there are merits to ...
Segregation: A cause of decadence or a cure?
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi My interview with Sabaq E-Newspaper didn’t go well with most of its conservative readers. The paper asked me about my stand that the best teacher for early education years of children is a female. I told them ...
Is gender mixing ‘haram’?
  Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi     A “Sabq” journalist sent me questions regarding my views on gender mixing. He wanted to know if I am supporting the trend and what are my stands on mixed environment in different school levels and at work. ...
The ‘Super Sheikh’ and education issues
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi I had a dialogue with four students of Islamic studies about teaching children in girls’ schools at the elementary level up to the third grade. Their sheikh explained that the dispute is not religious in nature. “Islam ...
Forever foreigner!
  Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi During my recent visit to Riyadh, I met with an intellectual friend. Omar followed my recent articles about expats experience in Saudi and had some interesting comments. We had this conversation: Omar: In Canada, I met a pharmacist ...
Our image ... our values!
  Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi We were in a class that teaches students intercultural dialogue in the University of Oregon. The question our Native American award-winning professor expected each of us to answer was: Would you agree to a dam project in ...
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