April 17, 2011Radial Islamist groups gaining stranglehold in EgyptThe rapid spread of Muslim political parties ahead of September’s parliamentary elections has strengthened fears that Egyptian democracy […]
April 16, 2011Al-Maleki sentenced in AZ honor killingA Glendale man who fatally ran down his daughter in an “honor killing” and seriously injured a former […]
April 15, 2011“Hidden in Plain Sight” Honor-Based Domestic Violence Conference, Basildon, EnglandThe Executive Director of the AHA Foundation took a trip across the pond to attend “Hidden in Plain […]
April 15, 2011Missing 16-Year-Old Zaineb Chaudhary May Be in DangerIllinois State Police are looking for a 16-year-old Zaineb Chaudhary and believe she may be in danger: investigators […]
April 14, 2011UK Prime Minster David Cameron’s speech on immigrationBritish Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to address abuses in the British immigration system: “there are forced […]
April 14, 2011Pakistan: Christian Girls Forced to Convert to Islam; Rapes, Coersion, AbuseIn Pakistan forced conversions to Islam, rapes and forced marriages are on the rise: the victims are mostly […]
April 14, 2011Turkey grapples with spike in ‘honor’ killingsA drastic rise in reported “honor” killings and fatal domestic violence in Turkey has sparked a vigorous debate […]
April 13, 2011Pearson: We too should ban the burkaAllison Pearson writes on why Britain should follow France and act against the burka. via:[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/allison-pearson/8449101/We-too-should-ban-the-burka.html]
April 13, 2011The few U.S. Muslim women who choose full veil face mix of harassment, sympathySome women in the United States wear the full veil, known as a niqab: many of these women […]
April 12, 2011Glendale man convicted in ‘honor killing’ to be sentencedA Glendale man who ran down his daughter and a former family friend in an “honor killing” will […]
April 11, 2011Ethiopian village fights against female circumcisionIn the rural village of Senbata Lencho in southern Ethiopia people are fighting the obstinate local tradition of […]
April 10, 2011British Muslims arrested in burka ban protest in FranceA British Muslim radical has been permanently banned from France as the country steps up security before the […]
April 10, 2011Ayaan Hirsi Ali: ‘Indirectly, I was being set up for murder’In an interview with the British Guardian, Ayaan describes how the Dutch government, which had encouraged her to […]
April 10, 2011Filmmaker Profiles Kenyan Child Brides’ Quest For FreedomTo make her documentary “Escape,” filmmaker Marvi Lacar left her home in New York City and traveled to […]
April 8, 2011Occidental College Phi Beta Kappa Speaker SeriesDuring her visit to Occidental College, Ayaan had the pleasure of meeting the students of Phi Beta Kappa […]
April 8, 2011Pakistan: 12-year-old seeks divorce from 35-year-old husbandIn Pakistan, brave 12-year-old Alina wants a divorce from her 35-year-old husband to whom she was married against […]
April 7, 2011Chechnya, where stability comes at the price of secularismIn the Russian republic of Chechnya, the clock is being turned back as Islamic law creeps into public […]
April 6, 2011Saudi teacher probed over alleged anti-Islam commentsA Saudi university is investigating a female professor after receiving complaints from students that she made anti-Islam comments […]
April 6, 2011Kenyan parliament to debate female genital mutilation billThe Kenyan parliament is set to debate a proposed bill outlawing female genital mutilation in the African nation: […]
April 5, 2011Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs SymposiumOn April 5, 2011, Ayaan spoke to a full auditorium of Johns Hopkins students and Baltimore residents, on […]