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July 8, 2009
A Jordanian court on Tuesday halved the jail term of a 29-year-old man who shot his raped sister […]
July 8, 2009
Muslim women in the west who talk about choosing to wear the hijab implicitly dismiss the struggles of […]
July 8, 2009
Far from the violence and unrest that have marred the capital of disputed Kashmir, a group of young […]
July 6, 2009
In the Brisbane Times (Australia), Paul Sheehan writes: “For [many] women, like the women in Afghanistan and other […]
July 6, 2009
More women immigrants in Finland miss out on language instruction than do their male counterparts: in particular, the […]
July 5, 2009
An NHS doctor from east London who was held hostage and forced into marriage has spoken for the […]
July 2, 2009
US-based commentator Mona Eltahawy writes: “As a Muslim woman and a feminist I would ban the burqa.” via:[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/opinion/03iht-edeltahawy.html]
July 2, 2009
The British government has provided school teachers with guidelines on how to spot cases of potential forced marriages, […]
July 2, 2009
A 15-year-old Pakistani girl was hospitalised after reportedly jumping from a balcony in the northern Italian town of […]
June 30, 2009
Al-Qaeda’s North Africa wing threatened on Tuesday to take revenge on France for its opposition to the burka, […]
June 30, 2009
British Conservative leader David Cameron has said that while he supports the right of individual schools to ban […]
June 29, 2009
At least 85 separate sharia “courts” are now openly functioning in Britain, almost 20 times as many as […]
June 28, 2009
Over the past two weeks, Marcelle George has watched with amazement as legions of Iranian women, most wearing […]
June 26, 2009
Neda Soltan, the 26-year-old woman killed by members of Iran’s Islamic militia, has become a global symbol, leading […]
June 25, 2009
A father has admitted to stabbing his own 15-year-old daughter to death in an honour killing which has […]