April 7, 2010

Jordan honor killings draw tough response. Finally

More than seven months after the government restructured the legal system to deal with honor crimes as normal […]

April 5, 2010

Rifqa Bary

A teenage girl who converted to Christianity and ran away from home is being blocked by her Muslim […]

April 3, 2010

Criticism does not exclude Muslims from the political process

In an open letter titled “Criticism does not exclude Muslims from the political process,” a group of prominent […]

April 2, 2010

An Enthusiastic Defender of Freedom

Necla Kelek’s new book “Himmelsreise” (“Journey to Heaven”) casts a critical look at Islam and condemns the oppression […]

March 31, 2010

Belgium moves towards public ban on burka and niqab

Belgium has moved to the forefront of a campaign to restrict the wearing of the Muslim veil by […]

March 25, 2010

President Sarkozy promises to ban the veil in France

France is to ban the full Muslim veil, the Niqab, to protect the dignity of women, President Sarkozy […]

March 23, 2010

Baroness Deech: Risks of cousin marriage not discussed for fear of offending Muslims

Baroness Deech, Professor of Law at Gresham College in London, argues the risks of cousins marrying are not […]

March 23, 2010

Rights panel restricts niqab

A niqab-clad woman must uncover her face to apply for a medicare card and may not insist on […]

March 23, 2010

Veiled Saudi poet rises to stardom after bashing clerics

A Saudi housewife’s bold poems which blast “evil” extremist fatwas by Muslim clerics have earned her death threats […]

March 23, 2010

In Yemen, women protest delay on child marriage ban

Hundreds of women protested today in Yemen, urging the government to pass a fiercely debated bill that would […]

March 23, 2010

Sharia law would harm Aussie Muslim women

In Australia, Sharia law is being considered again: the Australian Muslim Mission and Islamic Friendship Association of Australia […]

March 22, 2010

Students go behind the veil for day of awareness

At the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a group of non-Muslim students “went behind the veil” and wore […]

March 22, 2010

Yemen: Ban on Child Brides Is Imperiled

In Yemen, a ban on child brides is imperiled as some of Yemen’s most influential Muslim leaders have […]

March 17, 2010

Muslim girls 10, 11 separated from husbands

Two Malaysian girls aged 10 and 11 who were wed to middle-aged men have been separated from their […]

March 14, 2010

Fears over non-Muslim’s use of Islamic law to resolve disputes

There are concerns in the UK over a growing number of non-Muslims using Islamic law to resolve legal […]

March 13, 2010

For the Love of Islam

Authorities in Ireland are investigating whether a second American woman was involved in an international plot to kill […]

March 11, 2010

Muslim child brides on rise

Top immigration officials in Canada and Pakistan say all they can do is reject the sponsorships of husbands […]

March 11, 2010

Mom accused of circumcising infant girl

A 35-year-old mother in Atlanta was arrested for allegedly circumcising her 10-month-old daughter, police said: “A relative changing […]

March 10, 2010

Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks installs panic room

A Swedish cartoonist whose controversial image of the Prophet Muhammad led to a series of death threats said […]

March 9, 2010

Seven Muslims arrested over ‘plot to kill cartoonist’

Seven Muslims were arrested in the Irish Republic today over an alleged plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist […]