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17/2/2006
Canada: French Islamic Scholar to join woman-led prayer in Toronto
A leading Muslim scholar of France, the former Mufti of Marseilles, Soheib Bencheikh will be in Toronto on Sunday, 19 February 2006, where he will address a press conference on the issue of the Danish cartoons and the role of Muslims in Europe.
16/2/2006
International: Concern for the independence of CEDAW experts
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) express their concern about a member of CEDAW, Krisztina Morvai, who alleges the Israeli government is preventing the continuation of her mandate.
16/2/2006
Pakistan: Shirkat Gah launch new website!
We are delighted to hear that Shirkat Gah, the WLUML Asia regional coordination office has launched their new website.
16/2/2006
International: Update on recently published 'Doing away with the Enlightenment?'
Facts: 30.09.05: the conservative Danish daily Jyllands-Posten published 12 cartoons portraying Prophet Muhammad: Muslim groups in Copenhagen demand public excuses; this is followed by death threats and demonstrations.
16/2/2006
Mundial: ¿Hacia el fin anunciado de la herencia de las luces?
Resumen de los hechos: 30 de septiembre de 2005: el diario conservador danés Jullands-Posten publica 12 caricaturas del profeta Mahoma; ello ha provocado peticiones de disculpas, amenazas de muerte y manifestaciones en Copenhague;
15/2/2006
Algeria: Cartoon publishers jailed
Two Algerian editors who published some of the cartoons have been arrested. Both were critical of the cartoons and were asking readers to complain to the Danish authorities. Both journalists now face between 3-5 years in jail for "insulting the prophet."
15/2/2006
India: Don't work with men, Muslim clerics tell Indian women
Muslim women should not work with men or go shopping where they could mix with strangers of the opposite sex, according to an edict issued by the influential All India Muslim Personal Law Board, which claims to represent the nation's 140 million Muslims.
15/2/2006
Egypt: Media published cartoons in 2005
An Egyptian newspaper published several of the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that have sparked outrage across the Muslim world.
15/2/2006
International: The political uses of free speech
Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, Columbia University on the cartoons and free speech.
14/2/2006
International: Bonfire of the pieties
Islam prohibits neither images of Muhammad nor jokes about religion.