News

22/1/2008
"Irshad Manji is the internationally best-selling author of "The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in her Faith". Through a new lens, this questioning Muslim takes a journey to reconcile her faith in Allah with her love of freedom."
21/1/2008
Testimony of Ghada Jamsheer given to the Conference on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, held in November 2007.
19/1/2008
Debate on the proposed banning of the headscarf in educational institutions. A right to secularism? Or a right to education?
18/1/2008
Background, resources and actions to address the violence and vandalism carried out by Hindu fundamentalists in Orissa state, India. ACPP-Hotline Asia summarizes:
18/1/2008
As more and more suicides among women are attributed to violence in the home, pressure is building for a law to end the climate of impunity.
17/1/2008
Islam and feminism are not incompatible according to Moroccan doctor and writer Asma Lamrabet.
16/1/2008
Segregated from men, banned from driving and facing restrictions on travel, work, and even study, many Saudi women attempt suicide to escape one of the world's strictest societies.
15/1/2008
A Statement from Concerned Citizens and Governance, Human Rights and Legal Organizations.
15/1/2008
23-year-old Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh, reporter of Jahan-e Naw daily paper and a journalism student at Balkh University in northern Afghanistan, was detained three months ago.
14/1/2008
“This is very much against the policy of the Education Ministry. A co-ed school is meant to be a co-ed school and headmasters cannot decide to have different policies for their schools,” Mohamad said.