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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