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17/1/2006
Canada: Protest against the proposed decriminalization of polygamy
16/1/2006
Palestine: Women united by courage
Palestinian women seize opportunity to assert their rights.
16/1/2006
UPDATE: Malaysia: Family law bill unjust to Malaysian Muslim women
15/1/2006
Indonesia: Internet wedding for Indonesians
The Muslim cleric who conducted the ceremony said it was legal, even though the pair had never met, reports the AP news agency.
14/1/2006
Chechnya: Polygamy proposal for Chechen men
Chechnya has lost so many men to war that survivors should be legally allowed to take several wives, acting Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov has said.
13/1/2006
WLUML Exhibition: Dress codes & modes - women’s dress in some Muslim countries and communities
This exhibition looks at the diversities and commonalities of women’s dress through space and time, highlighting the influence of many forces – class, status, region, work, religious interpretation, ethnicity, urban/rural, politics, fashion, climate etc.
12/1/2006
UK: Recognizing the unrecognized - launch of new WLUML policy research
Recognizing the Un-Recognized: Inter-Country Cases and Muslim Marriages & Divorces in Britain. A policy research by Women Living Under Muslim Laws, 2005.
11/1/2006
International: Amr Khaled - Islam's Billy Graham
More popular than Oprah Winfrey, the world's first Islamic television evangelist commands an army of millions of followers.
10/1/2006
Bangladesh: Creeping fanaticism
Greater notice needs to be taken in the region of the creeping inroads being made by fanaticism in Bangladesh. Some recent developments there have an eerie resemblance to events in Pakistan.
10/1/2006
Bangladesh: Josh tones and suicide bombers
"Because of the prohibition of all organisations in opposition to the "party" of the Shah, the opposition tended to gather in the mosques.