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4/6/2006
Pakistan: Debate on the Hudood Ordinance
A Pakistani television channel initiates debate on the Hudood Ordinance.
3/6/2006
Sri Lanka: Curtailing choice in the guise of preserving culture
An opinion piece by Ambika Satkunanathan on the use of culture to control women and their sexuality.
2/6/2006
Indonesia: Solidaritas Perempuan appeal for quake victims
Solidaritas Perempuan Kinasih Yogyakarta (SP Kinasih), one of SP’s 13 community branches, has set up a Help Centre (known in Indonesian as ‘Posko’) for the quake survivors, especially women and children.
1/6/2006
UK: Yet again we cave into religious bigots and this time they're Hindus
The Satanic Verses, Behzti, Submission, Jerry Springer: The Opera, the Danish cartoons of Muhammad ... now we can add the London exhibition of the work of Maqbool Fida Husain to the rapidly expanding list of art and satire targeted by militant religion.
1/6/2006
UK: Stand firmly against fundamentalist intimidation
Awaaz - South Asia Watch urges the re-opening of the exhibition of Indian artist, MF Husain. Awaaz condemns the closure of the exhibition following violence, harassment & intimidation by fundamentalists claiming to represent the views of British Hindus.
31/5/2006
Kashmir: Women and Dukhtaran-e-Milat
A disturbing insight into the perspectives and participation of some women in Kashmir through the fundamentalist group Dukhtaran-e-Milat, or Daughters of the Faith.
30/5/2006
Canada: Ontario - discussions about faith-based arbitration
Presenting a friendly forum for dialogue on issues related to faith-based arbitration, Sharia law and Muslim jurisprudence (fiqh) anchored in the Quran for those groups and individuals that make up the Muslim community in Ontario.
29/5/2006
Afghanistan: Fatima Galiani - promoting women's rights under Islam
"War is the ugliest thing that people can experience," said Fatima Galiani, a courageous woman activist who has spent more than 25 years rebuilding ruined Afghanistan from a devastating war.
28/5/2006
USA: A clear message on Iraq
Our war, through their eyes, is not a pretty picture. As they see it, war with Iraq weakens America and strengthens a mutual enemy -- Muslim fundamentalists.
27/5/2006
International: "It is the right for every Muslim to interpret the Qur'an for themselves"
One of the scholars who try to offer a more emancipatory interpretation of the Quran is Asma Barlas. She closely examines the male-oriented interpretations of the Quran and offers an antipatriarchal alternative.