February 8, 2011Revolutionaries’ fervour is also their weaknessIn the Financial Times, Ayaan Hirsi Ali writes that the Egyptian revolutionaries’ fervour is also their weakness. via:[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7aa8dbe0-33c9-11e0-b1ed-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1DTnMBRdw […]
February 8, 2011Turkish man kills wife and cuts off her headPresumably out of a violated sense of “honor”, a Turkish-born man has killed and dismembered his wife in […]
February 7, 2011Jury finds New York TV executive guilty of murder for wife’s beheadingAfter a three-week trial and one hour of deliberations, an upstate New York jury on Monday found Muzzammil […]
February 7, 2011‘Honor’ killing trial resumes in PhoenixArizona’s case of the Iraqi man accused of killing his daughter for honor was expected to wrap up […]
February 5, 2011Turkish woman recounts difficult life in Saudi Arabia with bookThe difficulties of living as a woman in Saudi Arabia are the subject of a new book by […]
February 4, 2011Dutch cabinet earmarks funds for victims of honour violenceIn a debate on honour violence, Dutch Deputy Welfare Minister Marlies Veldhuijzen van Zanten has told parliament she […]
February 3, 2011Bangladesh arrests clerics over whipping a girlPolice in Bangladesh said Thursday they have arrested four Islamic clerics after a teenage girl was whipped to […]
February 3, 2011Get ready for the Muslim BrotherhoodIn today’s New York Times, Ayaan writes about the Muslim Brotherhood’s strong and growing influence in Egypt and […]
February 2, 2011Hesse bans burkas for state workersThe German state of Hesse has banned the wearing of the burka – the Muslim dress that covers […]
January 30, 2011Grooming of girls by Asian gangs fuelled by unhappy arranged marriages to cousins claims Muslim peerA senior Muslim politician in the UK has blamed unhappy arranged marriages to cousins for leading some Pakistani […]
January 29, 2011Dutch freeze contacts after Iran executes womanAn Iranian-Dutch woman, arrested in Iran after taking part in demonstrations has been hanged on alleged charges of […]
January 28, 2011Judge censures cartoonist over court outburst against ‘terrorist attacker’A Danish judge has had to call the cartoonist Kurt Westergaard to order after an outburst against the […]
January 28, 2011Plea for ban on forced marriagesIn New Zealand, ethnic women’s groups are lobbying the Government to pass legislation against forced marriages as escalating […]
January 28, 2011Screen Scene: “When We Leave”Referring to the new German film “When we leave”, Elisa Mosler writes: “Based on a real honor killing […]
January 28, 2011Feo Aladag focuses her camera on honor killingsThough rarely documented in the U.S., the tradition of “honor killings”: putting a woman to death for having […]
January 27, 2011Taliban stones woman for fleeing arranged marriage – The Daily Mail UKVideo has emerged of a 19-year-old girl being stoned to death by the Taliban for running away from […]
January 27, 2011Forced marriages Bill nearer to lawIn Scotland, legislation to tackle the “abhorrent” practice of forced marriages has passed a parliamentary hurdle: the Bill […]
January 27, 2011The Future of the Global Muslim PopulationThe Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life projects the world’s Muslim population will increase by about 35% […]
January 26, 2011A German film that the Oscars missedReferring to the new German film “Die Fremde”, or “When we Leave”, Francine Kiefer writes: “It had not […]
January 25, 2011Miss Pak backs Veena Malik in row with clericsMiss Pakistan World Annie Rupani came out in support of Pakistani actress Veena Malik who is under fire […]