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The rest of the meeting notes.

This one's from Karnie

The American Psychological Association's says inappropriate marketing is leading to the sexualisation of children by a consumer led society. Are children becoming too sexualised? Or is this an over reaction and are we not able to deal with a changing modern world?

Pete says

Following Anna's post this morning , a ´óÏó´«Ã½ survey suggests . But alongside this there is US scientific research reporting that . Experts warn that media portrayal of young women as sex objects harms girls' mental and physical health. What more can or should be done to protect girls?

Deborah likes this story

Thousands of detainees suspected of genocide were in a bold experiment aimed at promoting reconciliation and forgiveness in the blood-soaked central African state. Are you in the region? How is this story playing there? Do you think this is a good idea?

Paul likes these stories he headlines as, 'The Plight of Moderate Muslims'

Abdel Kareem Nabil Soliman criticised the Egyptian government on his blog and he is now on trial in Egypt for "contempt of the Islamic religion, harming the reputation of Egypt, and inciting to disrupt the peace and to overthrow the regime." As if that wasn't bad enough Abdel's own father has announced he will publicly disown him and wants him to face Sharia law.
'""Kareems Family Disowns Him; Father Wants Him Killed If He Does Not Repent

In the US, Pakistani immigrant Jama Miftah in Tulsa wrote an in October in a local paper last year denouncing Al-Qaeda as unislamic. His local mosque have kicked him out (they say it's because he was too 'loud' in the mosque). Personally, I'm curious to know why we have to search into the murkier aspects of the web to find out these stories? Do we in the West do enough to support moderate Islam ?