Interesting from Business Insider...
Telegraph March 8
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'A female television presenter brought an interview with an extremist cleric to an abrupt end after he told her to "shut up" and said that he did not respect her.
Rima Karaki, an anchor on Lebanon’s Al-Jadeed TV, was interviewing the London-based Islamist Hani Al-Seba'i when the argument started.'
''Al-Seba'i was being asked about reports that some Christians are joining Islamic State fighters, when he went off on a tangent and started talking about the history of Christian involvement in the Middle East.
"Dr Al-Seba'i, let's focus on the present," Karaki suggested, adding that time for the discussion was limited.'
"Listen, don’t cut me off. I will answer as I please … what kind of behaviour is this?" Dr Al-Seba'i asked.
When Karaki reiterated the time constraints, Al-Seba'i lost his temper and told her to: "Shut up, so I can talk."'
'"It’s beneath me to be interviewed by you, you are a woman who ..." he continued, before his microphone was cut off.
"Either there is mutual respect, or the conversation is over," Karaki said, as she terminated the interview.'
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A lack of respect for females and women is documented at times by the Western media as coming from the Islamic world which is very male-dominated.
Therefore this story is not surprising in an Islamic cultural context.
It should be noted that the full context of the dialogue of the interview is not provided.
From a Christian, Biblical worldview females and women should be respected and views females and woman as equal in ontological (existence) value and importance and this includes within conversation and dialogue.
This would be based on the Biblical concept of male and female made in the image and likeness of God the Creator (Genesis 1: 26-27) and the respect and love required which can also be seen in Biblical commandments in both the Hebrew Bible and New Testament.
All persons should be respected within conversation and dialogue.
In regard to equality of male and female, Christianity and reasonable secular ethics have ethical, moral and philosophical agreement.
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In February 1821, Napoleon's health began to deteriorate rapidly, and on 3 May two British physicians, who had recently arrived, attended on him but could only recommend palliatives.[169] He died two days later, after confession, Extreme Unction and Viaticum in the presence of Father Ange Vignali.[169] His last words were, "France, l'armée, tête d'armée, Joséphine." ("France, army, head of the army, Joséphine.")[169]
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