October 6, 2009«Il faut dire aux femmes que la République les protège»Sihem Habchi, the leader of Ni Putes Ni Soumises, a French group that helps Muslim women, has strongly […]
October 6, 2009Increasing use of niqab worries Egyptian governmentWomen dressed in stark black, their faces veiled and their hands sometimes gloved, are becoming a common sight […]
October 5, 2009Saudi university critic loses jobKing Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has sacked a senior cleric who criticised a new science and technology university […]
October 4, 2009Opinion: More Insults, PleaseInsults are a longstanding part of free expression in much of the West but are under pressure in […]
October 3, 2009Novelist fears Muslim backlashA German publisher has canceled plans to publish a mass-market novel out of fears that it might face […]
October 2, 2009Muslim cartoon fallout hits Yale: Author says issue overblownBrandeis Professor Jytte Klausen, whose book on the Danish cartoon controversy was censured by Yale University Press, said […]
October 1, 2009Guandolo: Florida Department of Law Enforcement earns an FJohn D Guandolo, a 12 year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, gives the Florida Department of […]
October 1, 2009Former Muslim receiving death threatsSabri Husibi, a former Muslim who is now an atheist, says he has been ostracized and threatened with […]
October 1, 2009Opinion: Why I drew the cartoon: The ‘Muhammad Affair’ in retrospectDanish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, creator of the “crisis” cartoons, writes: “When –in early September 2005– I got a […]
September 30, 2009Suspected act of honor-violence in UKA man in the UK dragged his daughter into the house by the hair, threatened her and hit […]
September 30, 2009Bumps on the road towards a burqa ban in FranceIn France, official debate on a possible burqa ban continues. via:[http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/09/30/bumps-on-the-road-towards-a-burqa-ban-in-france/]
September 29, 2009Husband Charged in Murder of Sterling Heights WomanA murder in Detroit is raising awareness of the plight of women in situations of domestic violence and […]
September 28, 2009“Unveil the girls and educate the boys”, say Belgian protestersIn a protest in Brussels, demonstrators called on Francophone authorities to ban religious symbols from public schools, using […]
September 28, 2009Opinion: “Committed to free expression? What nonsense”In the Times of London, Oliver Kamm criticizes Yale University Press for its censorship in a book on […]
September 28, 2009Egypt anger over virginity fakingA leading Egyptian scholar has demanded that people caught importing a female virginity-faking device into the country should […]
September 28, 2009Opinion: Forced Marriages in the UK–would you know what to do?In 2008 The British Forced Marriage unit statistics recorded 1618 reports of possible forced marriage, of which 39% […]
September 26, 2009Muslim women’s right to happiness under threatIn a letter to the editor of the Financial Times titled “Muslim women’s right to happiness under threat,” […]
September 25, 2009Muslim ‘apostates’ in U.S. ask for protectionFive ex-Muslims who founded a group called Former Muslims United have put out a public appeal to the […]
September 25, 2009Welfare and the burqa in the NetherlandsThe Mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen, says in an interview with Dutch daily Trouw that he opposes the […]
September 25, 2009Forced marriage foiled in Fargo, North DakotaA forced marriage between Bosnian teens has been foiled in Fargo, North Dakota: “The parents often get together […]