Ohio – Rifqa Bary Case: Counseling next for Rifqa, family
Ohio – Rifqa Bary Case: Counseling next for Rifqa, family — Columbus Dispatch reports: “Judge decides to keep teen in foster care until she decides…
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Mauritanian Muslim leaders ban female genital mutilation, say Qur’an does not endorse practice
Mauritanian Muslim leaders ban female genital mutilation, say Qur’an does not endorse practice
Indonesia: Aceh’s Shariah Police ‘Stained Forever’ by Gang Rape
Indonesia: Aceh’s Shariah Police ‘Stained Forever’ by Gang Rape — Jakarta Globe: Indonesia “Sharia police” “gang-raped and tortured a female student at the Langsa Shariah…
Arizona – Noor Almaleki “Honor Killing” – Lawyer for Accused Father Says Prosecutors Should Not “wrongly seek the death penalty against his client because he is a Muslim”
Arizona Republic reports on comments by Attorney Billie Little for Faleh Hassan Almaleki accused of murdering his 20 year old daughter Noor Almaleki in an…
UAE: British Woman Raped, Then Arrested and Put in Jail for “Illegal Sex”
Multiple press accounts report that a 23 year old British Muslim woman raped in the United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) Dubai was arrested and jailed for…
Saudi Woman Challenges Male-Only Polygamy, Accused of Blasphemy
Saudi journalist Nadine Bedair raised the question of why only men are allowed to practice polygamy, but not women. For this, she has been accused…
Arizona – Noor Almaleki “Honor Killing”: Father charged with murder may need mental exam
Arizona – Noor Almaleki “Honor Killing”: Iraqi dad charged with murder may need mental exam — AP: “An Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his 20-year-old…
Somalia: Christian woman killed
— “A Somalia Christian, 45 year old Amina Muse Ali was murdered in her home in Galkayo in Puntland region of Somalia on by three…
Jordan: Father’s Jail Sentence Reduced in “Honor Killing” of 17 Year Old Daughter Murdered for Being Rape Victim
— AFP reports: “Jordan jails man for 10 years over ‘honour killing’ ” — “A Jordanian court sentenced a 61-year-old man to 10 years in…
UK: Egyptian Muslim Woman, Christian Man Beaten in “Honor Violence” – Threatened with Death if Charges Brought
— Islington Gazette: Police’s honour killing pledge — “An honour killing must never be allowed to happen in Islington – say detectives who discovered that…