Gaza: a father killed his daughter against the backdrop of ‘family honor’
Gaza: a father killed his daughter against the backdrop of ‘family honor’ — “in the town of Deir el-Balah”
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Turkey: Lawyers: Abused Turkish woman in hiding — Nahide Opuz
(Turkey) Lawyers: Abused Turkish woman in hiding — Nahide Opuz — “In 2002, Nahide Opuz’s ex-husband, Huseyin Opuz, shot and killed her mother in the…
Iran woman Aida Shirazi forced to live “double life” because of Islamist extremism
(Iran) Tehran student forced to live double life — “Music student Aida Shirazi is thoroughly Westernised – but in public she must play the part…
Egypt: “Family of Abducted Christian Coptic Teenager Assaulted By Muslim Mob”
Egypt: “Family of Abducted Christian Coptic Teenager Assaulted By Muslim Mob” Egypt – AINA reports: — “In another incident of abduction and forced Islamization of…
Saudi “Human Rights Commission” Defends Extremist Oppression of Women
(Saudi Arabia) Saudi “Human Rights Commission (HRC)” criticizes report on women and Hai’a work — Saudi HRC defends “work of “Commission for Promotion of Virtue…
Saudi woman minister needs permission to be on TV
Saudi woman minister needs permission to be on TV — Noura al-Faiz: “I don’t take my veil off and I will not appear on television…
Saudi Arabia: Camera phones seized from female teachers, schoolgirls
(Saudi Arabia) Camera phones seized from female teachers, schoolgirls — “only camera phones having women’s pictures were destroyed”
Amsterdam: District to start program against forced marriage
(Netherlands) Amsterdam: District to start program against forced marriage
Bangladesh: Mother caned in Bangladesh for talking to Hindu man
(Bangladesh) Mother caned in Bangladesh for talking to Hindu man — “The village elders found Kamala Begum, 38, a mother of four children, guilty under…
Malaysia: Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS): Declare Sisters ‘haram’
(Malaysia) Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS): Declare Sisters ‘haram’ — “PAS wants the National Fatwa Council to declare the non-governmental organisation Sisters in Islam as haram…