Tiba al-Ali's death has sparked the call for change for violence against women in Iraq.

Young, vibrant and bubbly, YouTuber Tiba al-Ali became a hit with her fun-loving videos about her life.

She started her channel after moving from her native Iraq to Turkey at the age of 17 in 2017, talking about her independence, her fiancé, make-up and other things. Tiba appeared happy and attracted tens of thousands of subscribers.

This January she went back to Iraq to visit her family - and was murdered by her father. However, the killing was not considered to have been “pre-meditated” and her father was sentenced to only six months in prison.

Tiba’s death sparked protests across Iraq about its laws regarding so-called “honour killings”, the case highlighting how women are treated in a country where conservative attitudes remain dominant.

  • Copernican@lemmy.world
    33·
    1 year ago

    Oppose behaviors and actions. Religion is messy. There are so many different interpretations with differences of denomination and sect. Don’t oppose religion. Oppose the concrete human actions and the people that support and promote those actions. If those people are religious leaders, so be it.

      • Copernican@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Because you are shooting yourself in the foot if you want to establish a pluralist and tolerant society.

        • RazorsLedge@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 year ago

          If we’re talking ideals, I’d love to live in a society that isn’t pluralistic when it comes to religion. It’s all based in nonsense.

          Ideally the populace is educated enough to not be religious. Because, as I’m sure you know, religiosity decreases as education increases.

          We should definitely dump money in education, for many reasons.