June 16, 2011

Specialist raising issue of female circumcision

The practice of FGM might seem a distant problem, taking place as it does mainly in African countries, […]

June 15, 2011

Sweden to help youth escape forced marriages

Sweden will teach its diplomats how to protect Swedish youth from forced marriages they could be subjected to […]

June 15, 2011

Pakistan’s female madrassas breed radicalism

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June 14, 2011

Dangers to women in South Asia

From forced marriages in Afghanistan and “honor killings” in Pakistan to feticide in India and trafficking in Nepal, […]

June 13, 2011

Gruesome details emerge in ‘honour killing’ retrial

The re-trial of the so-called Hogsby ‘honour killing’ opened in southern Sweden on Monday with the parents of […]

June 12, 2011

U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors

The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents […]

June 12, 2011

Police ‘covered up’ violent campaign to turn London area ‘Islamic’

In the UK, police have been accused of “covering up” a campaign of abuse, threats and violence aimed […]

June 11, 2011

Genital mutilation to be outlawed

The Swiss Senate unanimously agreed to ask the government to prepare an amendment to the criminal law to […]

June 10, 2011

Turkey: Backward Step for Women’s Rights

The Turkish government’s changes to the current Ministry for Women and Family is a step backward in its […]

June 9, 2011

The state cannot curb sharia law alone

British commentator Andrew Brown writes “sharia rulings, especially the informal ones, already derive much of their force from […]

June 8, 2011

UK bill limiting sharia law is motivated by ‘concern for Muslim women’

Islamic courts would be forced to acknowledge the primacy of English law under a bill being introduced in […]

June 8, 2011

Shari’a and Violence in American Mosques

A study of 100 American mosques found that “51 percent of mosques had texts that either advocated the […]

June 7, 2011

07/06/2011German police say foiled forced-marriage kidnap bid

German police said Tuesday they had foiled a bid by two Turks to kidnap a 17-year-old girl for […]

June 6, 2011

The AHA Foundation Honor Violence Symposium

On June 6th, 2011, the AHA Foundation held the first ever conference on honor violence and forced marriage […]

June 6, 2011

Muslim Woman Seeks to Revive Institution of Sex-Slavery

A Muslim woman in Kuwait, Salwa al-Mutairi, a political activist and former parliamentary candidate for Kuwait’s government seeks […]

June 5, 2011

Universities ‘complacent’ over Islamic radicals, Theresa May warns

British Home Secretary Theresa May told The Daily Telegraph that universities were not taking the issue of radicalization […]

June 5, 2011

AHA Foundation to Host First-of-its-Kind Conference in the U.S.

The AHA Foundation is proud to host a symposium on honor violence and forced marriage on June 6, […]

May 31, 2011

Egyptians decry “virginity tests” on detained protesters, urge military rulers to investigate

Activists and bloggers are pressing Egypt’s military rulers to investigate accusations of serious abuses against protesters, including claims […]

May 31, 2011

Egyptian general admits ‘virginity checks’ conducted on protesters

A senior Egyptian general admits that “virginity checks” were performed on women arrested at a demonstration this spring, […]

May 31, 2011

Muslim girl in beauty contest found murdered

A teenage Muslim girl’s body was found dumped in a forest the Crimean peninsula one week after she […]