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2/6/2007
Europe: Direct link to European Women's Lobby Position Paper: "Religion and Women's Human Rights"
Download the .pdf version of the paper here!
2/6/2007
International: "How to End 'Islamophobia'" - By Tawfik Hamid
The latest survey of American Muslims won't reassure their fellow citizens.
1/6/2007
Pakistan: Despite targetting of girls' schools by militants, enrollment continues to rise
Throughout NWFP, Pakistan's impoverished western border with Afghanistan, lie the ruins of barbershops and music and video stores – symbols of Western-oriented life that religious extremists have destroyed in a growing wave of violence.
1/6/2007
Saudi Arabia: Crown Prince promises one-third of government jobs for women
Crown Prince Sultan yesterday announced plans to allocate one third of government jobs to Saudi women and to create additional job opportunities for them.
31/5/2007
International: Launch of new group - Muslims for Progressive Values
MPV seeks to bring together progressive Muslims and others who share their values to work for a more humane world.
31/5/2007
Pakistan: No music, no shaving, no polio vaccinations - the increasing Talibanization of Pakistan
"Shaving beard isn't done here. Contact only for hair cut," reads a sign pasted outside the entrance of a barber's shop in Upper Dir, a rugged and mountainous district in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.
31/5/2007
Malaysia: The rise of political Islam in Malaysia
Growing assertiveness of Islamic courts intrudes on the rights of non-Muslims and threatens social harmony in the prosperous nation, says Sadanand Dhume.
30/5/2007
Saudi Arabia: Ministry promises to establish a unit to receive reports of domestic violence
The Ministry of Social Affairs will establish a center to receive complaints about domestic violence and follow up such cases round the clock, said Awad Al-Radadi, deputy minister for social care and development, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
29/5/2007
Bahrain: An appeal from the Women's Petition Committee to the king of Bahrain
"Address to His Majesty, King of Bahrain, concerning failures of the Supreme Council for Women."
29/5/2007
UK: 1,000 Men Living Legally With Multiple Wives
Polygamous marriage is flourishing as the Government admits for the first time that nearly a thousand men are living legally with multiple wives in Britain.