United Kingdom

UK: Muslim women angry at views being ignored, study shows

Muslim women in Britain feel their views are being ignored because community leaders and male-dominated national Muslim organisations are failing to represent them, according to a recent government report.

UK: The veil vs citizenship

For the past month a renewed debate about citizenship, religious freedom and gender hasbeen raging in Britain. Marieme Helie Lucas offers her perspective and throws down a few challenges to the "coward Left".

UK: This system of self-appointed leaders can hurt those it should be protecting

It is in all our interests to challenge those who wrongly claim to be speaking for Britain's minority communities.

UK: Gender as a 'particular social group'

A casenote on a recent House of Lords case on gender as a 'particular social group' under the 1951 Refugee Convention - including a striking dictum from Baroness Hale, the first female Law Lord.

UK: How about secular schooling?

A comment piece by Minette Marrin entitled, "Let us pray we have an end to faith schools."

UK: Key perspectives on women, fundamentalism and freedom

All are welcome for a seminar on 26 October 2006 at Goldsmiths College, London on religious absolutism/antinomian lives.

UK: Opinion - only a secular state can protect women's rights

It is astonishing that a Labour government has managed to lead the country into this religious quagmire.

UK: The Ashiana project

Ashiana provides temporary, safe, supportive housing for south Asian, Turkish and Iranian women between the ages of 16-30 who are experiencing domestic violence as well as a safe house for young women between 16 - 25 who are at risk of forced marriage.

UK: Web of hate

On the rightwing website Redwatch, hundreds of photographs of anti-war and anti-fascist activists are posted with the message that they will 'pay for their crimes'. Now some have been attacked. So why hasn't the site been closed down?