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 28, 2009

Opinion: “Committed to free expression? What nonsense”

In the Times of London, Oliver Kamm criticizes Yale University Press for its censorship in a book on […]

September 28, 2009

Opinion: Forced Marriages in the UK–would you know what to do?

In 2008 The British Forced Marriage unit statistics recorded 1618 reports of possible forced marriage, of which 39% […]

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,” […]

September 23, 2009

Police changes target ‘honour’ crimes

Hundreds more so-called honor crimes could be recorded by police under a British drive to bring offenders to […]

September 15, 2009

New British Push in Honor Killings

In the first half of this year alone, the British government’s Forced Marriage Unit–which deals with honour violence […]

August 22, 2009

Will Heaven: Britain is letting many Muslim women down

British writer Will Heaven argues Britain’s policies are letting many Muslim women down. via:[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/willheaven/100007237/freedom-is-an-illusion-for-many-muslim-women-britain-is-letting-them-down/]

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 15, 2009

Swimmers are told to wear burkinis

British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour Members of […]

August 14, 2009

UK MP in Muslim wedding walkout

A British government minister walked out of a Muslim wedding a few days ago and has now condemned […]

August 14, 2009

Forced marriages: New guidance for UK teachers to display information

Some British teachers have been reluctant to display information about forced marriages for fear of offending pupils’ cultural […]

August 11, 2009

Kingston police welcome Met ‘honour crime’ training

Kingston, UK police have welcomed plans to introduce Metropolitan-wide training for officers to identify the signs of honour-based […]

August 3, 2009

UK police criticized for Muslim veiling exercise

British police have been criticized for an exercise in which two female officers spent the day in full-body […]

July 28, 2009

UK female police officers issued with uniform hijab

Avon and Somerset Constabulary (UK) has begun to equip its female officers with a uniform issue hijab to […]

July 28, 2009

London Met to target ‘honor’ crime with specialist training for all officers

Every police officer in London is to be given training on how to detect “honor”-based violence. via:[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23724912-details/Met+to+target+%27honour%27+crime+with+specialist+training+for+all+officers/article.do]

July 23, 2009