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8/6/2008
UN: Human Rights Council discusses women's human rights & maternal mortality
The Human Rights Council held two panel discussions on the human rights of women, the first discussing violence against women – identification of priorities, and the second discussing maternal mortality and the human rights of women.
5/6/2008
Turkey: Theologians take conservative Turkish clothing designer to court
Two liberal theologians have taken Turkey’s most famous Islamic clothes designer to court, alleging the couturier is exploiting religion for personal profit. The case is highlighting the growing tension between Islam and the country’s market economy.
5/6/2008
Congo: Outcry Over ICC’s Scrapping of Congo Rape Charges
Victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo are angered by the International Criminal Court's controversial move to drop all rape charges.
4/6/2008
International: Women's rights activist, Toni Kassim, passes away
The Women Living Under Muslim Laws network is extremely dismayed to learn of the untimely death of our friend and ally, Toni Kassim. We extend our condolences to her family, friends and colleagues.
3/6/2008
Turkey: Secular Turks attack religious council's code for women
A powerful state body regulating the role of Islam in Turkey has come under fire over an article on sexual behaviour that equated flirting with adultery and condemned women for wearing perfume.
2/6/2008
Indonesia: Art and Islamism in Indonesia
Though Indonesia's contemporary artists enjoy an enthusiastic audience, they increasingly feel that Islamist moralizers are interfering with their creativity.
1/6/2008
Bahrain: Bahrain appoints Jewish woman as ambassador to the US
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa has appointed a Jewish woman as envoy to Washington - the first Jew in the Arab world to become an ambassador. Local human rights groups, however, raise concerns.
1/6/2008
International: Vatican to excommunicate women priests
The Vatican issued its most explicit decree so far against the ordination of women priests on Thursday, punishing them and the bishops who try to ordain them with automatic excommunication.
1/6/2008
UPDATE: Iraq: Mother who defied her daughter's killers is murdered
Five weeks ago Leila Hussein told The Observer the chilling story of how her husband had killed their 17-year-old daughter over her friendship with a British soldier in Basra. Now Leila, who had been in hiding, has been murdered-gunned down in cold blood.
29/5/2008
France: French courts annuls marriage because bride was not a virgin
France plunged into a heated debate about its marriage laws on Friday after learning that a court had annulled the union of two Muslims because the husband said the wife was not the virgin she had claimed to be.