June 21, 2011Reformed practitioners of Female Genital Mutilation receive aidIn Uganda, at least 254 former “practitioners” of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Sebei have received grinding machines […]
June 21, 2011Muslim Woman Escapes Jail by Remaining Behind Her Burqa Read more: http://nation.foxnews.com/muslim/2011/06/21/muslim-woman-escapes-jail-remaining-behind-her-burqa#ixzz1Q2BK7pJDIn Australia, a Muslim woman has escaped jail by remaining behind her burqa: the woman in question had […]
June 16, 2011Specialist raising issue of female circumcisionThe practice of FGM might seem a distant problem, taking place as it does mainly in African countries, […]
June 15, 2011Sweden to help youth escape forced marriagesSweden will teach its diplomats how to protect Swedish youth from forced marriages they could be subjected to […]
June 15, 2011Pakistan’s female madrassas breed radicalismPakistan’s female madrassas breed radicalism. via:[http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/15/us-pakistan-women-idUSTRE75E27T20110615?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FworldNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+International%29]
June 14, 2011Dangers to women in South AsiaFrom forced marriages in Afghanistan and “honor killings” in Pakistan to feticide in India and trafficking in Nepal, […]
June 13, 2011Gruesome details emerge in ‘honour killing’ retrialThe re-trial of the so-called Hogsby ‘honour killing’ opened in southern Sweden on Monday with the parents of […]
June 12, 2011U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around CensorsThe Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents […]
June 12, 2011Police ‘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, 2011Genital mutilation to be outlawedThe Swiss Senate unanimously agreed to ask the government to prepare an amendment to the criminal law to […]
June 10, 2011Turkey: Backward Step for Women’s RightsThe Turkish government’s changes to the current Ministry for Women and Family is a step backward in its […]
June 9, 2011The state cannot curb sharia law aloneBritish commentator Andrew Brown writes “sharia rulings, especially the informal ones, already derive much of their force from […]
June 8, 2011UK 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, 2011Shari’a and Violence in American MosquesA study of 100 American mosques found that “51 percent of mosques had texts that either advocated the […]
June 7, 201107/06/2011German police say foiled forced-marriage kidnap bidGerman police said Tuesday they had foiled a bid by two Turks to kidnap a 17-year-old girl for […]
June 6, 2011The AHA Foundation Honor Violence SymposiumOn June 6th, 2011, the AHA Foundation held the first ever conference on honor violence and forced marriage […]
June 6, 2011Muslim Woman Seeks to Revive Institution of Sex-SlaveryA Muslim woman in Kuwait, Salwa al-Mutairi, a political activist and former parliamentary candidate for Kuwait’s government seeks […]
June 5, 2011Universities ‘complacent’ over Islamic radicals, Theresa May warnsBritish Home Secretary Theresa May told The Daily Telegraph that universities were not taking the issue of radicalization […]
June 5, 2011AHA 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, 2011Egyptians decry “virginity tests” on detained protesters, urge military rulers to investigateActivists and bloggers are pressing Egypt’s military rulers to investigate accusations of serious abuses against protesters, including claims […]