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October 13, 2011
Actress Marzieh Vafamehr has been sentenced to a year in jail and 90 lashes for her role in […]
October 13, 2011
There is not a single, public Christian church left in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. State Department. This […]
October 13, 2011
Many fear that the power vacuum left after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt is giving Muslim […]
September 28, 2011
The Tahirih Justice Center (Tahirih) has released the results of a groundbreaking national survey, which identified as many […]
September 28, 2011
NPR reports on new study by Tahirih Justice Center on extent of forced marriage in the United States
NPR reports on a new study by the Tahirih Justice Center on the extent of forced marriage in […]
September 28, 2011
A Georgia school has adjusted its curriculum on the Middle East after it portrayed an unwarranted positive view […]
September 28, 2011
While FMG is illegal in most European countries, “the practice is certainly still prevalent amongst communities originally from […]
September 28, 2011
Lancashire (UK) Police have made 10 Forced Marriage Protection Orders since they were introduced almost three years ago: […]
September 28, 2011
Reporter Sue Reid, assisted by Pakistani-born Baroness Flather, investigates how Muslim men in polygamous marriages can exploit the […]
September 28, 2011
Scores of women and children wearing colorful miniskirts and tight leggings gathered in central Jakarta on a Sunday, […]
September 28, 2011
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who has received death threats for drawing cartoons of the Propher Mohammed, was the […]
September 28, 2011
A growing number of young British Muslims are taking second or third wives in an unexpected revival of […]
September 28, 2011
At The Newsweek/Daily Beast Co.’s Women in the World Foundation kickoff gala in Manhattan, courageous leaders and activists […]
September 28, 2011
In Egypt, women are being sidelined from post-Mubarak politics: their names ignored for government posts, and their divorce […]
September 28, 2011
In Sialkot, Pakistan, a woman who was abducted and gang raped for the second time by four armed […]