June 12, 2011Police ‘covered up’ violent campaign to turn London area ‘Islamic’In the UK, police have been accused of “covering up” a campaign of abuse, threats and violence aimed […]
June 11, 2011Genital mutilation to be outlawedThe Swiss Senate unanimously agreed to ask the government to prepare an amendment to the criminal law to […]
June 10, 2011Turkey: Backward Step for Women’s RightsThe Turkish government’s changes to the current Ministry for Women and Family is a step backward in its […]
June 9, 2011The state cannot curb sharia law aloneBritish commentator Andrew Brown writes “sharia rulings, especially the informal ones, already derive much of their force from […]
June 8, 2011UK bill limiting sharia law is motivated by ‘concern for Muslim women’Islamic courts would be forced to acknowledge the primacy of English law under a bill being introduced in […]
June 8, 2011Shari’a and Violence in American MosquesA study of 100 American mosques found that “51 percent of mosques had texts that either advocated the […]
June 7, 201107/06/2011German police say foiled forced-marriage kidnap bidGerman police said Tuesday they had foiled a bid by two Turks to kidnap a 17-year-old girl for […]
June 6, 2011The AHA Foundation Honor Violence SymposiumOn June 6th, 2011, the AHA Foundation held the first ever conference on honor violence and forced marriage […]
June 6, 2011Muslim Woman Seeks to Revive Institution of Sex-SlaveryA Muslim woman in Kuwait, Salwa al-Mutairi, a political activist and former parliamentary candidate for Kuwait’s government seeks […]
June 5, 2011Universities ‘complacent’ over Islamic radicals, Theresa May warnsBritish Home Secretary Theresa May told The Daily Telegraph that universities were not taking the issue of radicalization […]
June 5, 2011AHA Foundation to Host First-of-its-Kind Conference in the U.S.The AHA Foundation is proud to host a symposium on honor violence and forced marriage on June 6, […]
May 31, 2011Egyptians decry “virginity tests” on detained protesters, urge military rulers to investigateActivists and bloggers are pressing Egypt’s military rulers to investigate accusations of serious abuses against protesters, including claims […]
May 31, 2011Egyptian general admits ‘virginity checks’ conducted on protestersA senior Egyptian general admits that “virginity checks” were performed on women arrested at a demonstration this spring, […]
May 31, 2011Muslim girl in beauty contest found murderedA teenage Muslim girl’s body was found dumped in a forest the Crimean peninsula one week after she […]
May 30, 2011Anti-Christian Violence Continues in PakistanAnti-Christian violence continues in Pakistan and police are not pursuing the perpetrators, according to news reports: violence against […]
May 30, 2011Egypt’s Christians fear violence as changes embolden Islamists.Egypt’s Christians fear violence as changes embolden Islamists. via:[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/world/middleeast/31coptic.html?hp]
May 30, 2011Pakistan: Christian girls kidnapped, forced to marry, convert to IslamTwo Christian girls–Rebecca Masih and Saima Masih–were forced to marry and convert to Islam after they were kidnapped […]
May 28, 2011School provides refuge from FGMIn Kenya, Charity Firm World Vision has opened a girl’s secondary school in Marich Pas, in West Pokot, […]
May 26, 2011Saudi Arabian women demanding right to drive are threatened with beatings, arrestedSaudi men have launched a campaign to beat women who drive their cars on June 17: the “The […]
May 24, 2011Turkish counselor advocates polygamyA Turkish family consultant says legalizing polygamy would protect women who are already involved in what are in […]