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November 11, 2009

Scholarship in honor of Neda draws criticism from Iran

Iran has condemned England’s Oxford University for creating a scholarship in honor of Neda Agha-Soltan, a 27-year-old philosophy […]
November 11, 2009

Muslim lawyer ordered not to wear headscarf at Spanish court

A Spanish female lawyer has filed a complaint against a judge who ordered her to leave the courtroom […]
November 10, 2009

Justice minister revises anti-burqa statement

Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf has revised an earlier statement that she would ban the burqa in Switzerland: […]
November 9, 2009

Inside the Gunman’s Mosque

Noted feminist and reformer Asra Nomani analyzes the shooting in Fort Hood and writes: “For ideologues, in a […]
November 9, 2009

Despite ban, Holder to speak to CAIR-linked group

Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to give a keynote speech next week to a Michigan group which […]
November 9, 2009

Voltaire Press at Duke University publishes cartoons

Voltaire Press at Duke University has just published “Muhammad The ‘Banned’ Images”: the book includes all the images […]
November 5, 2009

Syrian courts continue to view “honor” motive as extenuating circumstance

Syrian courts continue to display lenience for culprits in “honor” killing cases, viewing the “honor” motive as an […]
November 5, 2009

Neda’s mother: She was ‘like an angel’

More than four months after Neda Agha Soltan’s death at the hands of Iran’s Basij militia troops, her […]
November 4, 2009

Egyptian parents don’t want to raise their children in the Netherlands

Last year as many as three hundred Egyptian-Dutch children were moved from Amsterdam to Egypt by their parents, […]
November 3, 2009

Court Impedes Effort to Rescue Kidnapped Girl

A bail order in Bangladesh has impeded police from rescuing a young Christian girl who was abducted and […]
November 3, 2009

‘Westernized’ Daughter Dies After Being Run Over by Father

20-year-old Noor Almaleki of Arizona, who was run over by her father for being “too Westernized”, has died […]
November 3, 2009

Bangladesh Court Impedes Effort to Rescue Kidnapped Girl

A bail order in Bangladesh has impeded police from rescuing a young Christian girl who was abducted and […]
November 2, 2009

Random House pressured by extremists

In a review of the book “The Sword of Medina” by Sherry Jones, Publishers Weekly writes: “Fortunately for […]
November 2, 2009

Texas clinic operator regrets telling Muslim doctor no-hat policy applied to her headscarf

A Texas health clinic operator said it regrets telling a Muslim doctor applying for a job that she […]
November 2, 2009

Peter Hall: No Islamic Landmarks Were Harmed in the Making of ‘2012’

The new disaster movie 2012 features many religious and cultural landmarks destroyed by a series of natural disasters, […]