November 22, 2009New British law helps women facing forced marriageA new British law has saved at least 86 victims from forced marriages thus far, but more remains […]
November 22, 2009‘Muslim suffragettes’ fight for mosque voteMuslim women have launched an audacious campaign to win the vote at Scotland’s biggest mosque: a group of […]
November 21, 2009Barbie in a burkhaOne of the world’s most famous children’s toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover, wearing a burkha: wearing […]
November 19, 2009Darwish dis-invited from Princeton UniversityAt Princeton University, a planned talk by Egyptian-American human rights activist Nonie Darwish was canceled Tuesday evening when […]
November 19, 2009Malta Imam: chopping off hands of thieves “deserving punishment”Following a televised debate where Imam Mohamed El Sadi, the Muslim leader in Malta, said chopping off the […]
November 15, 2009A nation in fear of being seen as anti-MuslimIn the Independent, Ruth Edwards writes: “There’s a climate of fear in the US among the military, law-enforcers, […]
November 14, 2009Weisberg on Obama and diplomacyJacob Weisberg writes: “The president needs to dip into his reservoir of good will to remind mainstream Muslims […]
November 13, 2009‘Multiculturalism doesn’t mean anything goes,’ minister tells potential immigrantsA new citizenship guide for potential immigrants to Canada flatly declares that new Canadians may not engage in […]
November 12, 2009Sarkozy: No place for burqas in FranceFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy says there is no place for full face and body veils such as the […]
November 12, 2009Feminist Asra Nomani comments on the Ft. Hood shootingsMuslim reformer and feminist Asra Nomani says Nidal Hasan’s radicalization is emblematic of the struggle that is going […]
November 12, 2009Farani: ‘Angel of Freedom’ Neda Agha Soltan Oxford scholarship will be her most important legacyLeyla Farani writes that Oxford University’s Neda Agha Soltan scholarship will honor the many Iranian students, past and […]
November 12, 2009‘Nothing went wrong here,’ cop rep says, after chief’s apology to MuslimsIn an unprecedented move, Windsor (Canada) police chief Gary Smith has publicly apologized to the Muslim community for […]
November 11, 2009German Head-Scarf Killer Given Life SentenceAlex Wiens, who killed an Egyptian woman in Dresden in July, has been sentenced to life in prison: […]
November 11, 2009Scholarship in honor of Neda draws criticism from IranIran has condemned England’s Oxford University for creating a scholarship in honor of Neda Agha-Soltan, a 27-year-old philosophy […]
November 11, 2009Muslim lawyer ordered not to wear headscarf at Spanish courtA Spanish female lawyer has filed a complaint against a judge who ordered her to leave the courtroom […]
November 10, 2009Justice minister revises anti-burqa statementSwiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf has revised an earlier statement that she would ban the burqa in Switzerland: […]
November 9, 2009Inside the Gunman’s MosqueNoted feminist and reformer Asra Nomani analyzes the shooting in Fort Hood and writes: “For ideologues, in a […]
November 9, 2009Despite ban, Holder to speak to CAIR-linked groupAttorney General Eric Holder has agreed to give a keynote speech next week to a Michigan group which […]
November 9, 2009Voltaire Press at Duke University publishes cartoonsVoltaire Press at Duke University has just published “Muhammad The ‘Banned’ Images”: the book includes all the images […]
November 5, 2009Syrian courts continue to view “honor” motive as extenuating circumstanceSyrian courts continue to display lenience for culprits in “honor” killing cases, viewing the “honor” motive as an […]