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Bangladesh: Jehadi terror in Bangladesh

A series of coordinated blasts of over 400 bombs in 63 out of 64 districts on 17 August 2005 firmly put Bangladesh as another hotbed of terrorism.

USA: Faith-based groups flock to disaster

God's punishment theory spreads.

Indonesia: Fatwas by clerics spur debate on Islam

Ever since Indonesia's highest Islamic authority, the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) issued 11 'fatwas' or edicts against liberal Islam, a fierce debate has begun raging in the world's most populous Muslim nation on what constitutes an Islamic society.

Nigeria: Shariah Council against Child Rights Acts

A conference of Muslim organisations in the country under the aegis of Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) weekend asked Muslim leaders to resist the promulgation of the Child Rights Act by the various state Houses of Assembly in the north.

Bangladesh: Bombs explode across Bangladesh

More than 50 people have been injured in a series of simultaneous bomb blasts across Bangladesh.

Bangladesh: Islamist resurgence in Bangladesh

A useful article on the history of Muslim fundamentalism in Bangladesh.

حضانات أطفال وعيادات أسنان فقط لمليوني مسلم في موسكو

UK: Bangladeshi Jamaat-i Islami hate monger now touring UK

Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, an MP of Jamaat Islami, Bangladesh, has long been reviled in his native Bangladesh as a purveyor of inflammatory hate speech.

WLUML statement on attacks on London

The network Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) extends its deepest condolences to the families of those killed and to those who suffered terrible injuries in the appalling bomb attacks in London on 7 July 2005.

UK: Reaction to London bombings

WLUML would like to share this first reaction from a Londoner to the 7th July 2005 bombings which is currently being circulated by e-mail. WLUML shares many of the concerns and analysis expressed in this letter.