April 10, 2011Ayaan Hirsi Ali: ‘Indirectly, I was being set up for murder’In an interview with the British Guardian, Ayaan describes how the Dutch government, which had encouraged her to […]
April 10, 2011Filmmaker Profiles Kenyan Child Brides’ Quest For FreedomTo make her documentary “Escape,” filmmaker Marvi Lacar left her home in New York City and traveled to […]
April 8, 2011Occidental College Phi Beta Kappa Speaker SeriesDuring her visit to Occidental College, Ayaan had the pleasure of meeting the students of Phi Beta Kappa […]
April 8, 2011Pakistan: 12-year-old seeks divorce from 35-year-old husbandIn Pakistan, brave 12-year-old Alina wants a divorce from her 35-year-old husband to whom she was married against […]
April 7, 2011Chechnya, where stability comes at the price of secularismIn the Russian republic of Chechnya, the clock is being turned back as Islamic law creeps into public […]
April 6, 2011Saudi teacher probed over alleged anti-Islam commentsA Saudi university is investigating a female professor after receiving complaints from students that she made anti-Islam comments […]
April 6, 2011Kenyan parliament to debate female genital mutilation billThe Kenyan parliament is set to debate a proposed bill outlawing female genital mutilation in the African nation: […]
April 5, 2011Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs SymposiumOn April 5, 2011, Ayaan spoke to a full auditorium of Johns Hopkins students and Baltimore residents, on […]
April 4, 2011Inside the Massacre at Afghan CompoundOfficials are painting the weekend killings at the United Nations mission in northern Afghanistan’s largest city–which sparked cascading […]
April 4, 2011Muslim Brotherhood advocates Egyptian modesty policeOfficials of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s leading Islamic group, have called for the establishment of a Saudi-style modesty […]
April 3, 2011‘The Tyrannies Are Doomed’In an extensive interview, Princeton historian Bernard Lewis comments on the political changes taking place in the Middle […]
April 1, 2011Polygamy: More Common Than You ThinkRose McDermott writes that one way Islamic polygamists circumvent technical restrictions is by getting their governments to support […]
April 1, 2011Afghanistan: United Nations workers beheaded in attack on compoundEight foreign employees of the United Nations in Afghanistan have been killed after protesters overran their compound in […]
March 30, 2011Only 14, Bangladeshi girl charged with adultery was lashed to deathA 14-year old girl charged with adultery in Bangladesh was lashed to death under Sharia law: activist and […]
March 30, 2011Female circumcision prevention post abolished by governmentThe British government has abolished the only Whitehall post devoted to work preventing women and girls from the […]
March 29, 2011Saudi Arabia ‘not ready for women voters’The head of Saudi Arabia’s electoral committee charged with preparing for next month’s municipal polls said the kingdom […]
March 29, 2011In our silence, Muslim Americans essentially collaborate with the IslamistsQanta Ahmed writes that “claims of ‘McCarthyism’ in the wake of the Peter King hearings threaten to suffocate […]
March 27, 2011Pakistani Actress Defies Mullah Accusing Her of Immoral Behavior on an Indian Reality TV ShowA Pakistani actress has defied a mullah on television in a powerful broadcast. Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pMnAmRa4NYw via:[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pMnAmRa4NYw]
March 24, 2011UN rights body ditches call to condemn religious “defamation”, focuses on freedom of beliefThe UN’s top human rights body has replaced its traditional condemnation of religious “defamation” with a resolution underlining […]
March 22, 2011Judge orders use of Islamic law in Tampa lawsuit over mosque leadershipIn Florida, Hillsborough Circuit Judge Richard Nielsen ruled on March 3 that a lawsuit pertaining to a Mosque […]