January 28, 2011Plea for ban on forced marriagesIn New Zealand, ethnic women’s groups are lobbying the Government to pass legislation against forced marriages as escalating […]
January 28, 2011Screen Scene: “When We Leave”Referring to the new German film “When we leave”, Elisa Mosler writes: “Based on a real honor killing […]
January 28, 2011Feo Aladag focuses her camera on honor killingsThough rarely documented in the U.S., the tradition of “honor killings”: putting a woman to death for having […]
January 27, 2011Taliban stones woman for fleeing arranged marriage – The Daily Mail UKVideo has emerged of a 19-year-old girl being stoned to death by the Taliban for running away from […]
January 27, 2011Forced marriages Bill nearer to lawIn Scotland, legislation to tackle the “abhorrent” practice of forced marriages has passed a parliamentary hurdle: the Bill […]
January 27, 2011The Future of the Global Muslim PopulationThe Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life projects the world’s Muslim population will increase by about 35% […]
January 26, 2011A German film that the Oscars missedReferring to the new German film “Die Fremde”, or “When we Leave”, Francine Kiefer writes: “It had not […]
January 25, 2011Miss Pak backs Veena Malik in row with clericsMiss Pakistan World Annie Rupani came out in support of Pakistani actress Veena Malik who is under fire […]
January 25, 2011Iraqi Father Accused of Killing “Too Westernized” Daughter Says it Was a MistakeAn Iraqi father who stands accused of killing his “too Westernized” daughter in Arizona says it was a […]
January 25, 2011‘Honor Killing’ Testimony: Driver ‘Angry,’ Revved EngineA witness in the ‘honor killing’ case of Noor Almaleki testified the driver was “angry” and revved the […]
January 25, 2011Burnt woman’s son, husband foundIn Fiji, a four-year-old boy, flown out of New Zealand by his father the day after his mother’s […]
January 24, 2011The Long, Withdrawing Roar: Christianity on the retreat in the Middle East.The Christians of the Middle East are facing danger: both recent converts and ancient congregations–the Assyrians in Iraq, […]
January 24, 2011Trial of Faleh Hassan Almaleki, accused of killing daughter in ‘honor killing,’ begins in PhoenixThe trial of a father accused of murdering his daughter in a suspected “honor killing” began in Phoenix […]
January 21, 2011Ayaan Hirsi Ali states her case at UFAt the University of Florida, Ayaan Hirsi Ali critiqued Islamic theology. via:[http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110120/ARTICLES/110129937/-1/news?Title=Outspoken-critic-of-Islam-states-her-case-at-UF]
January 21, 2011Local Teens Desperate to Help Stop Honor KillingsAt Buffalo Seminary all girls high school, author Nadia Shahram spoke to the students about countless cases of […]
January 19, 2011‘Wear the hijab or I’ll kill you, cousin told girl’: Muslim tells of terrifying phone threatsA man threatened to kill his cousin and harm her family after she decided to stop wearing the […]
January 19, 2011His children describe Hassan as abusiveThe children of the man accused of beheading his wife in Buffalo, New York, describe him as abusive: […]
January 18, 2011Female Genital Mutilation Banned by Islamic Leaders in MauritaniaThis week, 34 well-regarded Mauritanian religious and national leaders signed a fatwa, or Islamic law, banning female genital […]
January 18, 2011Beheading trial opens in New York for TV executiveA prosecutor has said a TV executive accused of beheading his wife stabbed her 40 times before completing […]
January 18, 2011Preparing to fight: Young Afghan women at boxing training session in KabulYoung Afghan women are taking part of boxing training session in Kabul to participate in the 2012 London […]