scripture that she said Muslims
believe
predetermine
the
patriarchal relations between
men and women in the culture.
She reads the Quran “as a liberty
text” for women.
“This isn’t to say that the
Quran doesn’t speak of women
and men; it is only to point out
that the Quran does not say
that one is superior to another,”
Barlas said. “For example, there
are no voices that define women
in terms of female attributes that
are unique only to women … nor
are there any voices that define
men in terms of male attributes
that are unique only to men.”
Samar
Habib,
associate
researcher at the Centre for
Gender Studies at the University
of
London,
highlighted
the
topic of the decriminalization
of homosexuality through a
timeline of countries recognizing
or failing to recognize “LGBT
rights as human rights.”
Habib cited a memorandum
released by President Barack
Obama in 2011 on his dedication
to the protection of LGBTQ
rights. Habib said this meant the
spotlight was on other countries
to follow suit in supporting
LGBTQ people.
She also referenced July
2016 letter Amr Ramadan,
Egypt’s ambassador to the
U.N. Human Rights Council,
sent a to the council president
detailing his opposition to
the appointment of a United
Nations monitor against anti-
gay violence.
Habib saw this response as
a way to get around enacting
social
change
for
LGBTQ
individuals in Egypt.
“(Ramadan)
argued
basically the mandate’s stated
purpose, which is to protect
people
from
violence
and
persecution, was only a cover,
a Trojan horse for a backdoor
usurping
of
conditional
cultural values, and now he
starts to sound a lot more like
Vladimir Putin,” Habib said.
Habib also said lawmakers
and human rights activists
globally have to keep in mind
existing laws and cultures
when enacting change.
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development imbalance on City
Council. While Silkworth has been
most vocal about his opposition
to the deer cull in previous
public comments, he emphasized
that
protecting
single-family
neighborhoods from more large
development projects has become
a main component of his campaign.
“While
very
good
at
soft
conversation, when it comes to hard
issues, they (current City Council
members) always come down on
the side of development,” Silkworth
said.
In an interview last week,
Warpehoski said he sees future
development projects as essential
to solving the city’s affordable
housing problem. He attributed
current discussions around housing
affordability to supply shortages,
pointing to a lack of housing to
accommodate the number of people
who want to live in the city.
“Part of it is a supply and demand
problem,” Warpehoski said. “One
of the ways to address that part of
the housing affordability problem
is to increase our housing supply,
so I am in favor of policies that help
us increase our housing supply.”
One
potential
project
the
candidates are divided on is
the
city-owned
Library
Lot
on Fifth Avenue and Williams
Street. City Council has been
discussing the idea of building
a 17-story apartment complex
in
the
currently
empty
lot.
Councilmember Jack Eaton (D–
Ward 4) has proposed letting the
public vote on the development
of the space in the November
election, but the current council,
including Warpehoski, voted the
measure down.
Silkworth said the use of the
lot needs to be taken to a popular
vote, adding that there needs to
be greater trust in the public and
transparency between all parties.
He also emphaized erm limits,
nothing
an
upcoming
ballot
proposal to increase in mayor
and City Council member term
length from two to four years,
Silkworth argues keeping the two
years would lead to greater civic
engagement.
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working with you and others
at the city over the past 14
months, we have decided
that the many unresolved
important
issues
create
too much uncertainty for
us to sensibly continue our
efforts,” Levin wrote.
Taylor was not immediately
available for comment.
Affordable
housing
and an increase in high-
rises downtown have been
controversial topics recently
among Ann Arbor residents
and students, including the
library lot. In June, residents
started a petition to attempt
to halt the sale of the lot
aiming to get a proposal on
the November ballot that
would prevent the sale of
city
property
to
private
developers.
However,
the
petition failed in July due to
lack of certifiable signatures.
The city initially sold the
lot to Dennis Dahlmann in
April 2014 for $5.25 million
following its use as a parking
area.
It
was
confirmed
that Dahlman then sold it
to Habitat this March. In
the plans submitted to City
Council,
Habitat
included
at least 20 units designated
for affordable housing with
moderate rents, but some
council members wished to
see more affordable units and
requested that the city staff
renegotiate.
Looking forward, if the
property is not developed
by April 2018, the city will
have the option to buy back
the property for either the
appraised
value
or
$4.2
million, though plans for
the property’s future are
unknown at this time.
“The many
unresolved important
issues create too
much uncertainty”
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