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Iraqi mother in Phoenix assaults 19-year-old daughter after daughter refuses arranged marriage to a man twice her age

research — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:31:35 +0000

A Phoenix mother has been arrested over allegations that she scorched her 19-year-old daughter with a hot spoon to uphold ”Iraqi culture” after the younger woman refused an arranged marriage to a man twice her age, police said Thursday.

Yusra Farhan, 50, was taken into custody on aggravated assault charges at her Phoenix home on Wednesday over accusations stemming from a November incident, Phoenix police spokesman James Holmes told Reuters.

Via:[http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/16/10429457-phoenix-mother-accused-of-assaulting-daughter-to-uphold-iraqi-culture]

New Jersey State Senator Loretta Weinberg has introduced our bill to prohibit female genital mutilation in New Jersey.

research — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:27:29 +0000

New Jersey State Senator Weinberg has introduced our bill to prohibit female genital mutilation in New Jersey.

Via: [http://give.theahafoundation.org/blog-0/bid/117962/NJ-Senator-Weinberg-Introduces-AHA-Foundation-Bill-Against-Female-Genital-Mutilation]

Saudi writer who tweeted he did “not like the halos of divinity” around the Prophet Muhammad is in deep trouble, with senior clerics calling for his death through Shariah law

research — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:23:28 +0000

A Saudi writer who tweeted he did “not like the halos of divinity” around the Prophet Muhammad is in deep trouble, with senior clerics calling for his death through Shariah law.

Via: [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/08/twitter-aflame-with-fatwa-against-saudi-writer-hamza-kashgari.html]

Ayaan urges policymakers to banish wishful thinking about Islamism

research — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:05:05 +0000

Ayaan urges policymakers to banish wishful thinking about Islamism. In a contribution to the Financial Times, she writes: “It is time to abandon the overconfident assumption that there is a moderate mainstream in the Arab world.” Via: [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba0e4e5a-524a-11e1-9f55-00144feabdc0.html]

In Newsweek, Ayaan Hirsi Ali writes that from one end of the Muslim world to the other, Christians are being murdered for their faith.

research — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:28:02 +0000

In Newsweek, Ayaan Hirsi Ali writes that from one end of the Muslim world to the other, Christians are being murdered for their faith.

Via:[http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/02/05/ayaan-hirsi-ali-the-global-war-on-christians-in-the-muslim-world.html]

Ayaan writes about how to honour the victims of ‘honour’ killings

research — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:39:14 +0000

The verdict in the Shafia case exemplifies the ability of Western legal systems to provide justice to victims of honour killings. If anything positive can come from the Shafia verdict, let it be that law enforcement throughout North America takes … Continue reading →

Tunisia blasphemy trial becomes battleground for freedom of expression

research — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:34:41 +0000

In Tunisia, a blasphemy trial has become a battleground for freedom of expression vs. Islam.

Via:[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/world/africa/tunisia-navigates-a-democratic-path-tinged-with-religion.html?hp]

Fearing Taliban talks, Afghan women keep pushing to have voices heard

research — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:32:46 +0000

In Afghanistan, many Afghan women fear their newfound rights could be jeopardized.

Via:[http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/31/10280584-fearing-taliban-talks-afghan-women-keep-pushing-to-have-voices-heard]

In Canada, Shafia jury finds all guilty in cold-blooded, shameful ‘honour’ killings

research — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:05:00 +0000

Three members of a Montreal family have been imprisoned for life after a jury found them guilty of murdering four other family members in a crime the judge called “cold-blooded, shameful murders” based on a “twisted notion of honour.

Via:[http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada-in-afghanistan/Shafia+jury+finds+guilty+cold+blooded+shameful+murders/6069519/story.html]

Accused in Shafia “honor” killings in Canada saw deceased as ‘diseased limb’

research — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:27:51 +0000

Three Montrealers accused of drowning four Shafia family members in a Kingston, Ontario “honor” killing viewed the deceased as the “diseased limb on the family tree” that needed to be removed, a Crown attorney told jury members on Thursday.

Via:[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/01/26/shafia-murder-trial.html?cmp=rss]