December 14, 2009

Iran Cracks Down on Women’s Rights Activists

The home search and court summons of Somayeh Rashidi, an Iranian women’s rights activist with the One Million […]

December 14, 2009

Christian Woman from Sudan Flees Muslim Family

A Sudanese woman who fled to Egypt after converting from Islam to Christianity is living in secluded isolation […]

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 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 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 […]

October 22, 2009

White House Faith Adviser Defends Sharia Remarks

A senior adviser to the U.S. government, Dalia Mogahed, does not regret her statements supportive of Sharia but […]

October 19, 2009

Queen Elizabeth asked to convert to Islam

Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary, in the UK, called on Queen Elizabeth to convert to Islam and called for […]

October 8, 2009

Senior U.S. adviser says Sharia law misunderstood

A senior adviser to the US government on Islamic affairs, Dalia Mogahed, has said the Western view of […]

October 7, 2009

Nasty Side of Radical Islam

Many nations having Shariah Law or Mullah rule in the world are continuing to commit various forms of […]

September 26, 2009

Muslim women’s right to happiness under threat

In a letter to the editor of the Financial Times titled “Muslim women’s right to happiness under threat,” […]

August 26, 2009

Child bride turned over to 80-year-old husband

In Saudi-Arabia, a 10-year-old bride was returned last Sunday to her 80-year-old husband by her father who discovered […]

August 18, 2009

Dutch university fires Islamic scholar Ramadan

The Dutch city of Rotterdam and Erasmus University have dismissed Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan as an adviser: the […]

August 17, 2009

Sharia courts in the UK

A British reporter takes a look at the use of Sharia Courts in the UK. via:[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2VkIu8TL_I&feature=player_embedded]

August 12, 2009

In Nigeria, Sharia Fails to Deliver

Vows of accountability and equity under moderate Islamic law are unmet, as few of the reforms many Nigerians […]

August 12, 2009

Sudan trouser trial ‘travel ban’

A Sudanese woman charged with dressing indecently for wearing trousers says she has been stopped from going abroad: […]

July 21, 2009

When it comes to Muslim women’s rights, all eyes are on Iran

Mahnez Afkhami, a leading advocate of women’s rights in the Islamic world, says that while Muslim women are […]

July 19, 2009

Muslim women sign “Jihad Against Violence”

200 Muslim women from all over the world are taking part in the Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality […]

July 13, 2009

Sudan women ‘lashed for trousers’

Several Sudanese women have been flogged as a punishment for dressing in trousers, according to a local journalist […]

July 11, 2009

Saudi woman activist demands right to travel

Saudi feminist Wajeha al-Huwaider has been prevented from leaving the country: defiant, she says that “I keep telling […]

June 30, 2009

Al-Qaeda warns France of revenge for burka stance

Al-Qaeda’s North Africa wing threatened on Tuesday to take revenge on France for its opposition to the burka, […]