US Federal Court Blocks Oklahoma Ban on Sharia
Source: CNN US Federal Appeals court has blocked an Oklahoma State Ballot approved measure that barred state Judges from considering Islamic Law, or other international Law in their decision making. […]
White women in forced marriage triangle
By Charlotte Rachael Proudman Notebook – A selection of Independent views -, Opinion The number of long-term relationships between Asian men and white women are increasing year on year. Hooking […]
French groups protest FIFA plan to lift ban on hijab
A proposal to allow female Muslim footballers to wear the hijab during matches has been criticised by several groups in France, who have written to FIFA President Sepp Blatter to protest. FIFA’s ruling Executive Committee decided last month to put forward a proposal to lift the ban on women wearing […]
India – Martial arts school for Muslim women
Muslim schoolgirls from St. Maaz high school practice Chinese wushu martial arts inside the school compound in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad July 8, 2008. Girls from ages 10 to 16 […]
Baby boom mother banks on better health care facilities
Abu Dhabi: Her precious babies may be perfectly healthy right now, but Al Shaima Hamza Kamal Aideen is nevertheless worried about providing them with proper care during their infant years. The 26-year-old Sudanese mother and her businessman husband Mubarak Al Bushr Abdullah, 36, were blessed with a set of quadruplets […]
Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community – New website launched
source: http://www.persecutionofahmadis.org/ Introduction Introduction to Section PERSECUTION ARCHIVES and Index This section contains a Chronology of important events that involved persecution, a sub-section of facts and figures in a tabulated form, a file of official documents relevant to persecution, a repository of other important documents and another one of […]
Women in KP-Pakistan can now inherit property: Finally After 1500 Years of coming of Islam
Daily Times: PESHAWAR: In an unprecedented move Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly passed “Enforcement of Women Ownership Rights Bill”, which seeks to ensure provision of rights for women in the inherited property, on Thursday. Pakistan People’s Party-Parliamentarian MPA from Swat Noor Sehar had tabled the bill last week, and the House with Deputy Speaker Khush Dil Khan […]
Behind Every Great Woman
Bloomberg: As more women earn high-level corporate roles, more husbands are staying home, raising the kids, and changing the rules. Among the 80 or so customers crammed into Bare Escentuals, it’s easy to spot Leslie Blodgett. It’s not merely her six-inch platform heels and bright magenta-and-blue dress that set her […]
Lord Sacks: Bet Shemesh intimidation has no place in society
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks has condemned the violent clashes in the Israeli city of Bet Shemesh. Thousands of protesters demonstrated on Tuesday as part of the escalating conflict within Israeli society over the exclusion of women. Read more
Pakistan’s women get first abuse hotline
Pakistan has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in Asia, despite parliament recently passing laws aimed at improving the rights of women. Read more
Ban on male staff at Saudi lingerie stores takes effect
Jeddah: From Thursday, only female staff will be able to sell women’s lingerie in Saudi Arabia, ending decades of awkwardness in the conservative kingdom where women are expected to don black cloaks at all times out of the home. “I and many other women like me were always embarrassed to walk […]
Shaikh Mohammad honours Shaikha Fatima
Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, yesterday announced that he has awarded Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak with the Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Honorary Sash. Read more
Why is useful to tax women less than men
[ Italica – Sabrina Patota ] – Italy’s new premier Mario Monti has just taken office and among the social reform of his new government there is a proposal known in labour literature as gender-based taxation or GBT. This reintroduces the debate on “why it is useful to tax women […]
The Acton princess leading the fight for Saudi freedom
Royal runs campaign for change in her homeland from a suburb in west London Cahal Milmo. Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdul Aziz is one of the […]
Shirin Ebadi: who defines Islam?
Source / Courtesy: 50-50 Inclusive Democracy Egyptian women are lucky in one way. They have witnessed the predicament of Iranian women and seen how the Islamic state has hijacked the […]
Saudi women to run for office, vote, without male approval — in 2015
Riyadh: Women in Saudi Arabia will not need a male guardian’s approval to run or vote in municipal elections in 2015, when women will also run for office for the first time, a Saudi official has said. The change signifies a step forward in easing the kingdom’s restrictions against women, but […]
An Indian student to meet Sarkozy over burqa ban
Aakanksha Gupta, a 16-year-old Indian girl who studies in Class 11 in Pathways School, Noida, wrote the letter as part of an essay-writing competition to French president Nicolas Sarkozy, criticising the burqa ban in his country. It was sent to the French premier, who decided to meet her to discuss the issue in detail. The contest required […]
Vietnamese allegedly murdered by Taiwanese husband in no-son marriage
Authorities in Taiwan arrested a man Monday on suspects that he murdered his former Vietnamese wife soon after divorcing her who failed to give him a son. Pham Thi Thanh Truc, 29, was killed and thrown into the sea with rock tied to her body after the divorce trial on December […]
99-year-old divorces wife after he discovered 1940s affair
An Italian couple are to become the world’s oldest divorcees, after the 99-year-old husband found that his 96-year-old wife had an affair in the 1940s. The Italian man, identified by lawyers in the case only as Antonio C, was rifling through an old chest of drawers when he made the […]
Mumbai – Fighting the menance of eve-teasing with awareness and better policing
The western suburbs police have formed 18 special squads to deal with eve-teasers on the night of December 31. Every team consists of one officer, two men constables and one woman constable. These squads will be deployed in civilian clothes at places frequented by large crowds, such as Juhu chowpatty, […]