Eltahawy writes that women have not yet benefited from the revolution and the women’s revolution won’t begin “until the rage shifts from the oppressors in our presidential palaces to the oppressors on our streets and in our homes.”
Via:[http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/05/02/Arab-writer-says-women-have-not-reaped-benefits-of-Spring/WEN-9471336053221/]
Zvi Bar’el writes that for Egypt’s women, the Arab Spring does not spell freedom.
Via:[http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/for-egypt-s-women-the-arab-spring-does-not-spell-freedom-1.424962]
A British Muslim leader has been caught on camera advocating female genital mutilation.
Mohammed Abdul, the Imam of a Bristol mosque, was filmed urging a follower to take women and girls abroad so they can be circumcised legally. Via:[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2136907/Genital-mutilation-British-muslim-leader-caught-camera-advocating-female-circumcision.html#ixzz1tVrFgS4h]
Via:[http://ahafoundation.visibli.com/share/HXvYdf]
Via:[http://ahafoundation.visibli.com/share/9Mz6q2]
Westerners are leaving atheists and Christians bereft in the ”Arab winter”, human rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali says.
Via:[http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/wests-liberals-fail-to-help-says-hirsi-ali-20120415-1x1jh.html]
In Pakistan, the suicide of a girl scarred for life by a vengeful man’s acid attack has brought new focus to such attacks.
Via:[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/world/asia/hope-in-pakistan-for-curbing-acid-attacks.html]
CBS News reports that ‘honor’ killings are under growing scrutiny in the U.S., and reports on the work of the AHA Foundation.
Via:[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57409395-504083/honor-killing-under-growing-scrutiny-in-the-u.s/?tag=contentMain;contentBody]
In an interview with Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper, Ayaan discusses freedom of expression and religious freedom.
Via:[http://ahafoundation.visibli.com/share/GreKX7]
In Austria, a group of liberal Muslims are seeking to counter a recent call by the Saudi grand mufti to “destroy all the churches” in the Gulf region by promoting the construction of a church in Saudi-Arabia, where churches are currently banned.
Via:[http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=264694]
