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September 28, 2011
Former members of Parliament in Uganda have asked the government to implement the anti-FGM Act to stop the [ā¦]
September 28, 2011
Indonesia’s government has taken a step backwards on combating and preventing female genital mutilation. Indonesian media report that [ā¦]
September 23, 2011
Michelle Goldberg writes: “Forced weddings and āhonorā killings arenāt just a developing-world issue. New research shows how it [ā¦]
September 16, 2011
A Yale Professor writes not to fear Islamic law in America, but the AHA Foundation disagrees. Via:[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/opinion/dont-fear-islamic-law-in-america.html]
September 16, 2011
A recent article in the Australian Medical Journal by Ben Mathews, LLB, PhD, calls for increased protection of [ā¦]
September 16, 2011
Campaigners in Lancashire, the UK, have slammed news that the Government is not planning to criminalise forced marriage. [ā¦]
September 16, 2011
An Islamic Sharia law court has been established in Antwerp, the second-largest city in Belgium.Ā The self-appointed Muslim judges [ā¦]
September 16, 2011
The growing influence of Islamists in Libya raises hard questions about the ultimate character of the government and [ā¦]
September 16, 2011
The Kenyan First Lady, Lucy Kibaki, has called on law enforcers to ensure that the law on Female [ā¦]
September 14, 2011
Islamists are emerging in force in Libya, worrying those concerned about women’s rights. Via:[http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/islamists-emerge-in-force-in-new-libya/2011/09/12/gIQAdU10QK_story.html?wprss=rss_world]
September 9, 2011
A Jordanian man was charged on Sunday with killing his 24-year-old widowed daughter in hospital after she gave [ā¦]
September 9, 2011
Kenya has become the latest African country to ban female genital mutilation, with the passing of a law [ā¦]
September 9, 2011
Guidelines on how to perform female genital mutilation/cutting issued by the Indonesian Ministry of Health could cause an [ā¦]
September 9, 2011
The parents of Shafilea Ahmed, the victim of a suspected “honour killing” almost eight years ago in Warrington, [ā¦]
September 9, 2011
The spread of Islamic Sharia law in Germany is far more advanced than previously thought, and German authorities [ā¦]