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April 14, 2011

Turkey grapples with spike in ‘honor’ killings

A drastic rise in reported “honor” killings and fatal domestic violence in Turkey has sparked a vigorous debate […]
April 13, 2011

Pearson: We too should ban the burka

Allison Pearson writes on why Britain should follow France and act against the burka. via:[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/allison-pearson/8449101/We-too-should-ban-the-burka.html]
April 13, 2011

The few U.S. Muslim women who choose full veil face mix of harassment, sympathy

Some women in the United States wear the full veil, known as a niqab: many of these women […]
April 12, 2011

Glendale man convicted in ‘honor killing’ to be sentenced

A Glendale man who ran down his daughter and a former family friend in an “honor killing” will […]
April 11, 2011

Ethiopian village fights against female circumcision

In the rural village of Senbata Lencho in southern Ethiopia people are fighting the obstinate local tradition of […]
April 10, 2011

British Muslims arrested in burka ban protest in France

A British Muslim radical has been permanently banned from France as the country steps up security before the […]
April 10, 2011

Ayaan 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, 2011

Filmmaker Profiles Kenyan Child Brides’ Quest For Freedom

To make her documentary “Escape,” filmmaker Marvi Lacar left her home in New York City and traveled to […]
April 8, 2011

Occidental College Phi Beta Kappa Speaker Series

During her visit to Occidental College, Ayaan had the pleasure of meeting the students of Phi Beta Kappa […]
April 8, 2011

Pakistan: 12-year-old seeks divorce from 35-year-old husband

In Pakistan, brave 12-year-old Alina wants a divorce from her 35-year-old husband to whom she was married against […]
April 7, 2011

Chechnya, where stability comes at the price of secularism

In the Russian republic of Chechnya, the clock is being turned back as Islamic law creeps into public […]
April 6, 2011

Saudi teacher probed over alleged anti-Islam comments

A Saudi university is investigating a female professor after receiving complaints from students that she made anti-Islam comments […]
April 6, 2011

Kenyan parliament to debate female genital mutilation bill

The Kenyan parliament is set to debate a proposed bill outlawing female genital mutilation in the African nation: […]
April 5, 2011

Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs Symposium

On April 5, 2011, Ayaan spoke to a full auditorium of Johns Hopkins students and Baltimore residents, on […]
April 4, 2011

Inside the Massacre at Afghan Compound

Officials are painting the weekend killings at the United Nations mission in northern Afghanistan’s largest city–which sparked cascading […]