Guest post by award-winning, bestselling author Samreen Ahsan Our world is trending on controversial hashtags these days: be it #JeSuisCharlie, #PeshawarAttack or #IWillRideWithYou. We all have our own opinions and thoughts—but what exactly does “freedom of speech” mean? Is it having the right to express an opinion on something that you observe or read, […]
Image courtest Nicu’s Photoblog.Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. It’s the basis of just about every story: right versus wrong, good guys against bad guys, the appeal of the bad boy … Something I’ve been wondering about for a long time is that, outside of literature, evil-doers don’t seem to consider themselves […]
I’m taking a huge chance here. Last week, the news media were full of the story about York University in Toronto accommodating a male student’s request not to be put in a study group with women, on religious grounds. The identity and specific religion of the student are protected under Canada’s privacy laws. Whatever religion […]