United Kingdom

UK: Playing with our lives: the realities for women in Iraq and Afghanistan

On 22 May, Act Together: Women’s Action on Iraq invites you to a film, a series of talks and discussions about the realities of women’s lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. We want to go beyond the political rhetoric & fill a gap in the current media coverage.

UK: Iraqi documentary film festival

The festival (6-10 May) will bring together a fine collection of documentaries related to the subject of Iraq and provide a platform for the work of Iraqi filmmakers who have managed to make their films in spite of the ongoing occupation and conflict.

Grande Bretagne: La clé anglaise

Le Foreign Office Anglais prend le risque d'aliener le gouvernement Egyptien en «dialoguant» avec les Frères Musulmans islamistes.

UK: Law lords back school over Islamic dress

The law lords today overturned a court ruling that teenager Shabina Begum's human rights were violated when she was banned from wearing full Islamic dress at school.

بريطانيا: مجلس اللوردات يناصر مدرسة في قضية الزي الاسلامي

الاعتراف بما ليس معترف به: صدور تقرير جديد حول القضايا بين- الدولتية والاعتراف القانوني بالزواج والطلاق في الجاليات المسلمة في بريطانيا (باللغة الإنكليزية)

UK: Siddiqui tells Iranians: don’t fuel further hatred

Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, leader of the Muslim Parliament, has condemned the Iranian daily Hamshari’s plan to publish cartoons satirising the Holocaust.

UK: Festival of Muslim cultures refuses to allow gay event

A national festival to promote Muslim culture which is being partly funded by the government has refused to stage an event designed to highlight the lives and experiences of gays and lesbians.

UK: Recognizing the unrecognized - launch of new WLUML policy research

Recognizing the Un-Recognized: Inter-Country Cases and Muslim Marriages & Divorces in Britain. A policy research by Women Living Under Muslim Laws, 2005.

UK: Gender, marriage migration and justice in multicultural Britain

WLUML is participating in this conference on 12 January 2006, which will feature national and international experts on key areas of women’s rights, immigration law and domestic violence.