April 22, 2009Analysis: Islam, Virgins and GrapesThere is the beginning of an intellectual reform movement in the Islamic world, and one window into this […]
April 20, 2009Dutch Defense Minister to appoint controversial Imam as plannedThe Dutch Ministry of Defense is going ahead with the appointment of a controversial Moroccan imam after the […]
April 17, 2009Spanish court sentences mother in forced marriage case of daughterA Spanish court has sentenced a Mauritanian to 17 years in prison after she allegedly forced her underage […]
April 15, 2009New arrest over Warley honour killingAnother man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with an execution-style honour killing back in […]
April 15, 2009Afghan Women Protest New Law on Home LifeKabul, Afghanistan: The young women stepped off the bus and moved toward the protest march just beginning on […]
April 15, 2009Saudis ‘to regulate’ child bridesSaudi Arabia says it plans to start regulating the marriage of young girls, amid controversy over a union […]
April 14, 2009Harvard Chaplain’s Statements on Apostasy Spark ControversyHarvard Islamic chaplain Taha Abdul-Basser has recently come under fire for controversial statements in which he allegedly endorsed […]
April 14, 2009France warns against forced marriages, mutilationFrance launched a new campaign to warn potential victims of forced marriages and female genital mutilation on Tuesday, […]
April 14, 2009Australian Court bars father from taking daughter for female circumcisionThe Family Court has for the first time intervened to prevent a father from taking his nine-year-old daughter […]
April 14, 2009‘Honour’ culture common in StockholmMore than 4,000 teenagers in Stockholm are exposed on a daily basis to cultures of honour that involve […]
April 14, 2009Taleban ‘kill love affair couple’The Taleban in Afghanistan have publicly killed a young couple who they said had tried to run away […]
April 9, 2009Push for women’s equality in Muslim family lawA new global movement has been set up to push for equality and justice for women in Muslim […]
April 8, 2009In Denmark, minority youths fear honour crimeThe number of minority youths who seek help because of family threats has almost quadrupled since 2005. “Most […]
April 8, 2009Third Circuit Court of Appeals in U.S. rejects Muslim Cop’s Bid to Wear Religious ScarfA Muslim woman who works as a Philadelphia police officer has lost her court battle to wear a […]
April 7, 2009Germany’s Merkel blasts Afghan marital lawGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Afghanistan’s president to review carefully a new law that critics say legalizes marital […]
April 6, 2009Rotterdam City Council Reserved Separate Seating Area for WomenDutch Minister of Integration Klink thinks it is not acceptable that the City of Rotterdam reserved separate “women’s […]
April 3, 2009Headscarf travel divides opinionDenmark: The case of a Muslim woman who was refused travel on a regional Funen bus multiple times […]
April 3, 2009Germany: Brother admits to ‘honour killing’ of sisterTwenty-year-old Gulsum S. died after her brother strangled her with a clothes line and then bludgeoned her with […]
March 31, 2009Muslim island must give up polygamy as price of being part of FranceThe mostly Muslim Indian Ocean island of Mayotte has overwhelmingly voted to integrate fully with France, a move […]
March 31, 2009Naseebah Bibi ‘forced daughters-in-law to work as slaves’A mother-in-law kept her sons’ wives imprisoned for up to 13 years, forcing them to work as slaves, […]