OIC Losing Support in United Nations
CNS reports: “The latest in a string of religious defamation resolutions considered by the General Assembly and human rights bodies over the past decade saw…
UK: Columnist “Stop Tiptoeing” Around 17,000 “Honor Crimes” Per Year
UK’s Poorna Shetty: “Stop tiptoeing around ‘honour’ killings” — Poorna Shetty: “‘Honour’ killings, which tend to feature in Middle Eastern, Turkish and south-east Asian communities,…
International Campaign Against Honour Killing (ICAHK) web site relaunch
International Campaign Against Honour Killing (ICAHK) web site relaunch — after attacks, hacking over the summer — R.E.A.L. and ICAHK had joint rally at U.S….
Indonesia: Women Urgently Finding New Clothes to Meet Sharia Standards to Avoid Arrest
Indonesia’s Jakarta Globe: “Dressing to Impress Aceh’s Shariah Police” — Jakarta Globe: “Women are revamping their wardrobes in West Aceh to conform to the new…
Saudi Arabia: “Domestic abuse goes unreported due to sensitivity”
Saudi Arabia: “Domestic abuse goes unreported due to sensitivity” — Arab News: “women and children still find it difficult to report abuse to the authorities…
Pakistan: Blasphemy Accused Christian Languishing in Prison
BosNews reports: “Christian Man Languishing In Pakistan Jail” — “A Christian man has been languishing for over three years in a Pakistan jail on charges…
“Pakistani Muslims Gun Down Christian Friend”
“Pakistani Muslims Gun Down Christian Friend” — CDN reports: “A group of Muslims shot their Christian friend dead this month on the outskirts of this…
UK Columnist: “Thousands of Teenage Girls Go Missing… for Arranged Marriages”
UK: “Tulay Goren honour killing: When tolerance is deadly” – by Eleanor Mills — “Officially there are a dozen ‘honour killings’ a year in Britain,…
Turkey’s Lack of Religious Liberty
Turkey’s Lack of Religious Liberty
India: All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Seeks to Challenge India Supreme Court Decision on Women’s Right to Divorce Settlement
— India Express: — “The AIMPLB believes the judgment reopens an issue that was settled during the Rajiv Gandhi regime in 1986 when Parliament enacted…