June 3, 2010Police save Sydney girl from forced marriageA 17-year-old Sydney girl has saved herself from being forced to go to Lebanon for an arranged marriage […]
June 2, 2010France to bar polygamy, sharia on Mayotte islandsNew polygamous marriages and sharia courts will be banned on France’s Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte when it […]
June 1, 2010Saudi Youths in Trouble Over MTV Reality ShowSaudi Arabia’s religious police are trying to bring to court three Saudi youths for challenging the kingdom’s austere […]
June 1, 2010Al Jazeera’s female talent resigns over modesty demandsFive female Al Jazeera presenters have resigned after being accused of “dressing immodestly”: the five presenters, along with […]
June 1, 2010Afghan president takes ‘personal interest’ in suspended NGOsThe Afghan government has suspended two Christian aid groups after a TV show reported they were proselytising, which […]
May 28, 2010‘No support’ for female circumcisionDr Ted Weaver, president of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG), said […]
May 27, 2010Push to let Australian doctors perform genital “nick”The Royal Australian New Zealand College of Obstetricians will next month discuss backing “ritual nicks”, a modified form […]
May 26, 2010Saudi Princess to Religious Police: Loosen Your Grip on the Population and Fight Government CorruptionIn her column in the government daily Al-Madina, Saudi Princess Basma bint Saud attacked the Saudi religious police, […]
May 26, 2010Doctors Reverse Stand on CircumcisionThe American Academy of Pediatrics has reversed its decision last month regarding the practice of female circumcision by […]
May 25, 2010Two women acquitted on apostasy in IranFourteen months after being arrested for their Christian faith, two young Iranian women were acquitted on apostasy charges: […]
May 25, 2010Finland: Immigrant Kids in Cultural Conflict with ParentsChildren’s welfare officials in Helsinki say the number of immigrant children who have been taken into protective care […]
May 24, 2010Kenya court rules Islamic courts are illegalKenya’s Islamic courts are illegal and discriminatory, a panel of judges has ruled: the three judges said the […]
May 22, 2010Mosque pray-ins against segregation of sexes are springing up“Pray-in” protests have sprung up in Muslim communities across the country in the past decade as women’s rights […]
May 21, 2010Why Are American Doctors Mutilating Girls?Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues the American Academy of Pediatrics’ proposal to aid in female genital mutilation gives tacit […]
May 21, 2010Pressure for female genital cutting lingers in the U.S.The United States has outlawed female genital cutting, but cultural and religious pressures to circumcise girls linger among […]
May 21, 2010Family strife blamed for high suicide rate among Turkish womenWhile a nationwide study has yet to be undertaken, regional data from Cologne and Frankfurt shows that young […]
May 21, 2010Sweden launches inquiry into forced marriageThe Swedish government has announced the launch of an inquiry aimed at tightening legislation banning forced and child […]
May 20, 2010Pakistan blocks YouTube over un-Islamic contentThe Pakistani government blocked access to YouTube on Thursday because of “sacrilegious” content in a growing Internet crackdown […]
May 19, 2010Pakistan blocks Facebook in row over Muhammad drawingsPakistan today blocked Facebook indefinitely in response to public outrage over a competition on the social networking site […]
May 19, 2010Sarkozy calls burqa ban bill a ‘moral’ choiceFrench President Nicolas Sarkzoy has defended a draft government bill to ban full Islamic veils such as the […]