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January 5, 2011
Saroop Ijaz argues that repealing Pakistan’s blasphemy law is key to fighting terrorism. via:[http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-ijaz-blasphemy-20110105,0,3365471.story]
January 5, 2011
Charities and agencies working with victims of sexual abuse have been accused of covering up the role of […]
January 5, 2011
The tragic killing of Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province in Islamabad on Tuesday by a member […]
January 4, 2011
White women lead the growing number of people converting to Islam, says a report out today: the number […]
January 4, 2011
A convert to Christianity in Pakistan, Shoaib Assadullah faces the death penalty. via:[http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=2534]
January 3, 2011
In a CNN report, Afghan women speak out on abuse from behind mask. via:[http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/03/afghanistan.mask/?hpt=C1]
January 3, 2011
� A women-only park that was closed under Taliban rule and turned into a garbage dump has new […]
January 3, 2011
The Vancouver Sun has published a list of facts about female genital mutilation. via:[http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Facts+about+female+genital+mutilation/4078467/story.html]
January 2, 2011
An Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his daughter because he believed she was too Westernized goes on trial […]
December 27, 2010
The AHA Foundation has released a number of documents, including a list of European “best practices”, a resource […]
December 27, 2010
In Kenya, female genital mutilation still eludes the law. via:[http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000025564&cid=4]
December 23, 2010
The Asian Human Rights Commission reports that a Sharia Court in Pakistan has launched a major challenge to […]
December 22, 2010
A man shot dead his mother in a courtroom in Pakistan’s Punjab province in what is being described […]
December 21, 2010
The brother of a British Muslim actress who starred in the Harry Potter films pleaded guilty to assaulting […]
December 21, 2010
Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been made a punishable offence in Switzerland: the Swiss parliament voted last week […]