July 15, 2010

Saudi academic: Women journalists “soldiers of satan”

Saudi professor of religion at the Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh has sparked the ire […]

July 14, 2010

Limited justice for women Sharia judges

Malaysia’s two newly-appointed women Sharia judges will not be allowed to rule on criminal or divorce cases, a […]

July 14, 2010

US disagreement with France over veil ban

US officials have reiterated Washington’s disagreement with a measure approved by the lower house of France’s National Assembly […]

July 13, 2010

French National Assembly Approves Burqa Ban

The lower house of the French parliament has voted in favor of banning the burqa in public, the […]

July 13, 2010

Schools advised against swimming lessons in Ramadan

Swimming lessons in some Staffordshire schools should stop during Ramadan to ensure Muslim pupils “do not swallow water”, […]

July 13, 2010

Woman accused of stabbing MP refuses to recognise court

A Muslim woman accused of stabbing a Labour Member of Parliament in UK during a town hall meeting […]

July 11, 2010

Muslim woman sues Somerset Medical Center for religious discrimination

A Muslim woman is suing Somerset Medical Center (New Jersey) for religious discrimination: faced with severe chest pains, […]

July 11, 2010

Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki puts ‘Everybody Draw Mohammed’ cartoonist Molly Norris on execution hitlist

A charismatic Islamist terror leader linked to the botched Times Square car bomb has placed the Seattle cartoonist […]

July 10, 2010

Honour killing brother gives account of murder

The brother of a man convicted of a so-called honour killing in southern Sweden in 2005, has told […]

July 9, 2010

France denies citizenship to man who refused to shake hands of women

A Moroccan man who refused to shake hands with a French female official and whose wife wears the […]

July 9, 2010

Iran stoning sentence not carried out

The authorities in Iran have announced that a woman convicted of adultery will not be stoned to death, […]

July 8, 2010

Widespread Support for Banning Full Islamic Veil in Western Europe

Majorities of those surveyed in France (82%), Germany (71%), Britain (62%), and Spain (59%) are supportive of a […]

July 7, 2010

Shocking Honor Killings in America

Largely ignored by the national media, the act of killing “dishonorable” female relatives has made its way to […]

July 6, 2010

Iranian Family Works to Save Mother From Stoning

The fate of an Iranian mother of two sentenced to be stoned to death at any time hung […]

July 5, 2010

What isn’t wrong with Sharia law?

Sharia councils in the UK will frequently ask people to sign an agreement to abide by their decisions: […]

July 5, 2010

Ayaan Hirsi Ali in Conversation with AJC

Ayaan Hirsi Ali has gone into conversation with David Harris, Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee. via:[http://www.ajc.org/site/c.ijITI2PHKoG/b.685761/k.CB97/Home.htm]

July 5, 2010

Shocking statistics in Kurdistan on “female genital mutilation”

Women in Kurdistan face shockingly high rates of female genital mutilation: unspoken by society and unquestioned by victims, […]

July 5, 2010

Six Gothenburg Youths in Forced Marriages

Last year, at least six youths from the Gothenburg (Sweden) area were forced into marriage against their will, […]

July 2, 2010

Harry Potter actress’ family charged over kill threats

The father and brother of Muslim actress Afshan Azad (22) have been charged with threatening to kill her […]

July 1, 2010

Tory MP bids to ‘ban the burka’

A British MP has introduced a law to ban the burqa: Philip Hollobone, MP of Kettering who introduced […]