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October 6, 2009

Children face forced marriages in Norway

In Norway, the Red Cross has set up a hotline for women facing forced marriage or FGM: according […]
October 6, 2009

Letter: Yale controls its Press

Yale University Press has refused to change its decision to censor Brandeis Professor Jytte Klausen’s book on the […]
October 6, 2009

«Il faut dire aux femmes que la République les protège»

Sihem Habchi, the leader of Ni Putes Ni Soumises, a French group that helps Muslim women, has strongly […]
October 6, 2009

Increasing use of niqab worries Egyptian government

Women dressed in stark black, their faces veiled and their hands sometimes gloved, are becoming a common sight […]
October 5, 2009

Saudi university critic loses job

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has sacked a senior cleric who criticised a new science and technology university […]
October 4, 2009

Opinion: More Insults, Please

Insults are a longstanding part of free expression in much of the West but are under pressure in […]
October 3, 2009

Novelist fears Muslim backlash

A German publisher has canceled plans to publish a mass-market novel out of fears that it might face […]
October 2, 2009

Muslim cartoon fallout hits Yale: Author says issue overblown

Brandeis Professor Jytte Klausen, whose book on the Danish cartoon controversy was censured by Yale University Press, said […]
October 1, 2009

Guandolo: Florida Department of Law Enforcement earns an F

John D Guandolo, a 12 year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, gives the Florida Department of […]
October 1, 2009

Former Muslim receiving death threats

Sabri Husibi, a former Muslim who is now an atheist, says he has been ostracized and threatened with […]
October 1, 2009

Opinion: Why I drew the cartoon: The ‘Muhammad Affair’ in retrospect

Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, creator of the “crisis” cartoons, writes: “When –in early September 2005– I got a […]
September 30, 2009

Suspected act of honor-violence in UK

A man in the UK dragged his daughter into the house by the hair, threatened her and hit […]
September 30, 2009

Bumps on the road towards a burqa ban in France

In France, official debate on a possible burqa ban continues. via:[http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/09/30/bumps-on-the-road-towards-a-burqa-ban-in-france/]
September 29, 2009

Husband Charged in Murder of Sterling Heights Woman

A murder in Detroit is raising awareness of the plight of women in situations of domestic violence and […]
September 28, 2009

“Unveil the girls and educate the boys”, say Belgian protesters

In a protest in Brussels, demonstrators called on Francophone authorities to ban religious symbols from public schools, using […]