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23/10/2008
Malaysia: Fatwa issued against "tomboys"
"The National Fatwa Council has ruled that tomboyism, where a girl behaves or dresses in a boyish manner, is forbidden in Islam."
22/10/2008
Algeria: Woman sentenced to 10 years for allegedly damaging a Quran
According to Algerian Newspaper El Watan, last September a young women aged 26 was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Biskra, southern Algeria, where she is already detained for previous offence. She is accused of having damaged a Quran.
21/10/2008
Iran: Women's Rights Activist and Researcher Detained
"Iranian intelligence agents detained Esha Momeni, an activist in the One Million Signature Campaign and a graduate student doing research for her thesis on the Iranian women's movement, on 15 October 2008."
20/10/2008
Iran: "The Fate of the Family Protection Law"
Direct link to Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani’s interview with Mahnaz Afkhami, the second woman minister in Iran.
19/10/2008
UK: First Muslim woman to lead prayer in the UK
"Born in 1952 to a Methodist father and a mother of Muslim heritage in Maryland, Ms Wadud, who has written books on the Koran and memorised most of it, first delivered a Friday sermon in Cape Town, South Africa, in August 1994."
17/10/2008
Malawi: Divorce in Matrilineal Customary Law Marriage in Malawi: A Comparative Analysis With the Patrilineal Customary Law Marriage in South Africa
A comparative research paper by Lea Mwambene.
16/10/2008
Israel / Palestine: "Married but without rights"
Some 15,000 Palestinians who married Israeli citizens in the past decade are illegal or temporary residents. Their lives and those of their families have become "unstable," according to non-governmental organisations.
16/10/2008
Pakistan: Swat conflict takes toll on girls' education
"Pro-Taliban militants have burnt shops and girls' schools, which they claim are spreading 'vulgarity'."
15/10/2008
Syria: Women in rural Syria miss out on property rights
"Women in the rural region of Deir al-Zur in northeastern Syria are being deprived of their rights to inherit property because local communities apply traditional custom and practice rather than national laws."
15/10/2008
Qatar: Press freedom in the Arab region: An interview with Robert Ménard
After 23-years at the helm of Reporters sans Frontières (Reporters without Borders), Robert Ménard (55) is moving to Qatar, where he will be heading the Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF).