INDONESIA: Female genital mutilation persists despite ban
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Though the Indonesian government banned female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) four years ago, experts say religious support for the practice is more fervent than ever, particularly in rural communities: a lack of regulation since the ban makes it difficult to monitor, but medical practitioners say FGM remains commonplace for women of all ages in the emerging democracy of 240 million - the world's largest Muslim nation.
READ MORE: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=90366
TAGS: FGM, Indonesia
Husband of "freed" US citizen says she is under family's pressure
Thursday, 26 August 2010
The husband of a US citizen, who claimed she was confined illegally for seven months, says that she is under her family's influence: Shahrukh Pervez and his father Pervez Alam Arain addressed a press conference in Hyderabad on Tuesday and claimed that his wife Sadia was under pressure from her uncle and other relatives: Shahrukh said that he married Sadia in Houston, US, without her parents' consent which is why the family tried to annul the marriage while they were in the US.
READ MORE: http://tribune.com.pk/story/31768/husband-of-%E2%80%98freed%E2%80%99-us-citizen-says-she-is-under-family%E2%80%99s-pressure/
TAGS: Honor Violence, Pakistan
Officials: Schoolgirls, teachers sick from poison gas
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
In Afghanistan, Dozens of schoolgirls and teachers have been sickened by poison gas in Afghanistan, medical and government officials said: female educational facilities, students and teachers have come under vicious attack as the insurgency has strengthened and spread from Taliban strongholds in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand.
READ MORE: http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/25/officials-schoolgirls-teachers-sick-from-poison-gas/?hpt=Sbin
TAGS: Education, Sharia Law, Afghanistan
'Rise in female genital mutilation' in London
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
The number of cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) reported in London has risen and some procedures are taking place in the city, a doctor has said: Dr Comfort Momah, who runs a clinic in Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, said she sees 350 women and children a year.
READ MORE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11053375
TAGS: FGM, United Kingdom
How to Win the Clash of Civilizations
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Ayaan Hirsi Ali writes on how to win the clash of civilizations, arguing the key advantage of Samuel Huntington's famous model is that it describes the world as it is--not as we wish it to be.
READ MORE: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703426004575338471355710184.html
TAGS: Analysis, United States
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