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November 23, 2009

Schools warned on forced marriage

A leading campaigner against forced marriages has warned that thousands of south Asian schoolgirls in West Yorkshire could […]
November 23, 2009

Glendale father accused in ‘honor killing’ pleads not guilty

An Iraqi immigrant in Glendale, AZ, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he killed his daughter, claiming […]
November 22, 2009

New British law helps women facing forced marriage

A new British law has saved at least 86 victims from forced marriages thus far, but more remains […]
November 22, 2009

‘Muslim suffragettes’ fight for mosque vote

Muslim women have launched an audacious campaign to win the vote at Scotland’s biggest mosque: a group of […]
November 21, 2009

Barbie in a burkha

One of the world’s most famous children’s toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover, wearing a burkha: wearing […]
November 19, 2009

Darwish dis-invited from Princeton University

At Princeton University, a planned talk by Egyptian-American human rights activist Nonie Darwish was canceled Tuesday evening when […]
November 19, 2009

Malta Imam: chopping off hands of thieves “deserving punishment”

Following a televised debate where Imam Mohamed El Sadi, the Muslim leader in Malta, said chopping off the […]
November 15, 2009

A nation in fear of being seen as anti-Muslim

In the Independent, Ruth Edwards writes: “There’s a climate of fear in the US among the military, law-enforcers, […]
November 14, 2009

Weisberg on Obama and diplomacy

Jacob Weisberg writes: “The president needs to dip into his reservoir of good will to remind mainstream Muslims […]
November 13, 2009

‘Multiculturalism doesn’t mean anything goes,’ minister tells potential immigrants

A new citizenship guide for potential immigrants to Canada flatly declares that new Canadians may not engage in […]
November 12, 2009

Sarkozy: No place for burqas in France

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says there is no place for full face and body veils such as the […]
November 12, 2009

Feminist Asra Nomani comments on the Ft. Hood shootings

Muslim reformer and feminist Asra Nomani says Nidal Hasan’s radicalization is emblematic of the struggle that is going […]
November 12, 2009

Farani: ‘Angel of Freedom’ Neda Agha Soltan Oxford scholarship will be her most important legacy

Leyla Farani writes that Oxford University’s Neda Agha Soltan scholarship will honor the many Iranian students, past and […]
November 12, 2009

‘Nothing went wrong here,’ cop rep says, after chief’s apology to Muslims

In an unprecedented move, Windsor (Canada) police chief Gary Smith has publicly apologized to the Muslim community for […]
November 11, 2009

German Head-Scarf Killer Given Life Sentence

Alex Wiens, who killed an Egyptian woman in Dresden in July, has been sentenced to life in prison: […]