December 30, 2009Quebec culture lessons for immigrants questionedThe Canadian Province of Quebec has created culture lessons for immigrants, but they are not free of controversy. […]
December 27, 2009Ahmadinejad pushing to separate sexesAn increase in efforts to separate men and women in Iranian institutions has sparked concern that President Mahmoud […]
December 23, 2009AHA Foundation releases report on Facts and Figures on the circumstances affecting Muslim girls and women in the United StatesThe AHA Foundation has released a report titled “What do we know? Facts and Figures on the circumstances […]
December 22, 2009Man urged son to rape cousin, 12A man who encouraged his teenage son to marry and rape his 12-year-old cousin has been jailed: the […]
December 21, 2009Cleric’s Death, Torture Case Jolt IranIran’s opposition on Sunday seized upon the death of one of the Islamic republic’s founding fathers, a revered […]
December 20, 2009UK fails to halt female genital mutilationHundreds of British schoolgirls are facing the terrifying prospect of female genital mutilation (FGM) over the Christmas holidays […]
December 20, 2009Shetty: Stop tiptoeing around ‘honour’ killingsIn a column titled “Stop tiptoeing around ‘honour’ killings” published in the Guardian, Poorna Shetty writes: “While I’m […]
December 20, 2009Spiritual father of Iran’s reform movement diesIran’s leading reformist cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, has died, prompting protests: Montazeri was a key figure […]
December 19, 2009France plans law to ‘liberate’ women from full-face veilThe French Government will push for a law banning the full-face Islamic veil in order to defend France […]
December 18, 2009Honour killing: why did police send Tulay Goren home to die by her violent father?Tulay Goren, the Muslim schoolgirl murdered by her father in an “honour killing” in the UK, repeatedly told […]
December 17, 2009Father jailed for life for ‘honour killing’ of Tulay GorenThe father of a 15-year-old schoolgirl who disappeared without trace 10 years ago in the UK has been […]
December 17, 2009Women like Tulay Goren must not be abandonedIn the Telegraph, Ceri Radford writes: “The Goren family are Muslims, but it isn’t just a Muslim problem–extreme […]
December 15, 2009Harassment across Arab world drives women insideThe sexual harassment of women in the streets, schools and work places of the Arab world is driving […]
December 15, 2009Friedman: Islam needs civil warIn the New York Times, columnist Thomas Friedman writes that Islam needs a civil war: “It has a […]
December 15, 2009Bary’s Parents Ask Judge To Keep Christmas Cards From DaughterAttorneys for the parents of religious runaway Rifqa Bary on Tuesday asked a judge to stop her attorneys […]
December 14, 2009Iran Cracks Down on Women’s Rights ActivistsThe home search and court summons of Somayeh Rashidi, an Iranian women’s rights activist with the One Million […]
December 14, 2009Christian Woman from Sudan Flees Muslim FamilyA Sudanese woman who fled to Egypt after converting from Islam to Christianity is living in secluded isolation […]
December 13, 2009Taliban can be admired for their faith and loyalty, says British army bishopThe Taliban can be admired for their conviction to their faith and their sense of loyalty to one […]
December 12, 2009Uganda bans female circumcisionThe Ugandan parliament unanimously passed a bill banning female genital mutilation, a traditional rite that has sparked an […]
December 11, 2009Judicial discipline verdict in Enait case overruled by Dutch Court of Judicial DisciplineIn the Netherlands, the Court of Judicial Discipline has overruled a lower Court decision regarding the Enait case, […]