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April 16, 2012
Westerners are leaving atheists and Christians bereft in the ”Arab winter”, human rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali says. […]
April 9, 2012
In Pakistan, the suicide of a girl scarred for life by a vengeful man’s acid attack has brought […]
April 4, 2012
CBS News reports that ‘honor’ killings are under growing scrutiny in the U.S., and reports on the work […]
April 4, 2012
In an interview with Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper, Ayaan discusses freedom of expression and religious freedom. Via:[http://ahafoundation.visibli.com/share/GreKX7]
April 4, 2012
In Austria, a group of liberal Muslims are seeking to counter a recent call by the Saudi grand […]
April 4, 2012
Britain’s forced marriage victims are being coerced to marry in more far flung places and at a much […]
April 4, 2012
The youngest victim protected by the UK’s Forced Marriage Unit in 2011 was only 5 years old, reports […]
April 3, 2012
Saving Face, a new documentary, chronicles the lives of acid-attack survivors Zakia and Rukhsana as they attempt to […]
April 3, 2012
In Switzerland, leading Islamic groups are seeking to establish a single national representative body based on Sharia law. […]
April 3, 2012
In spite of recent legal reforms, women’s rights in Morocco remain under pressure, as the recent suicide of […]
April 3, 2012
Under Sharia tribunals in the UK, women are victims. Via:[http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/04/02/sex-and-sharia-muslim-women-punished-for-failed-marriages/]
April 3, 2012
A fisherman saved the life of a young Egyptian woman after her parents threw her into the Nile […]
April 3, 2012
Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada visited a Montreal centre for victims of family violence to denounce crimes […]
April 3, 2012
“Honor killings” require tougher laws, say Iraqi women. Via:[http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/13102101/honor-killings-require-tougher-laws-say-iraqi-women/]
April 3, 2012
The legislation will also mean that anyone resident in Ireland who takes a girl abroad to have FGM […]