Saudi Woman Criticizes Muslim Clerics in TV Poetry Contest – Gets Death Threats
Saudi woman Hissa Hilal uses a television poetry contest (The Million’s Poet) to criticize Muslim clerics, and was viewed as a response to “as a…
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Buffalo: County, town face suit in beheading of woman
Buffalo News reports on wrongful death lawsuit associated with the case of Muzzammil “Mo” Hassan beheaded his wife Aasiya Zubair Hassan, in what has been…
Israel: Major Palestinian Demonstration Against Honor Killings
Israel: “Major Palestinian Demonstration Against Palestinian Honor Killings. Never Heard About It?” — Phyllis Chesler reports on demonstration in Nazareth, Israel by those protesting “honor…
Saudi religious police smart enough not to raid event attended by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd
— Maureen Dowd writes on state of women in Saudi Arabia in “Driving Miss Saudi” — See also: — Blog Reports — Dowd in Saudi…
Lebanese man arrested for sister’s ‘honor killing’
Lebanese man arrested for sister’s ‘honor killing’ — in Hakr al-Daheri — AFP: “‘The 24-year-old victim was single and apparently had a boyfriend,’ the security…
Pakistan: Report of Attack on Christian Family to Get Withdrawl of Rape Cape — Muneeran Bibi
Pakistan Christian Post reports: — “Mr. Ezra Shujaat advocate have filed a Writ Petition in High Court to lodge First Information Report FIR against Muslim…
Afghan Women Wary Of Overtures To Taliban
Afghan Women Wary Of Overtures To Taliban
Honor killings on the rise in Palestinian territories – over 13 killed since beginning of 2010
Honor killings on the rise in Palestinian territories — Palestinian Note: “More than 13 women have died in “honor killings” since the start of 2010,…
Pakistan: Reports of Christian Girl Burnt Alive After Rape
Pakistani Christian girl burnt alive after rape by Muslim employer — Kiran George Pakistan Christian Post reports: — “A Christian girl working as housemaid was…
Canada: Muslim child brides on rise
Canada: Muslim child brides on rise — Toronto Sun: “Top immigration officials in Canada and Pakistan say all they can do is reject the sponsorships…