News

17/9/2005

Indonesia: Muslim body calls for military support to establish caliphate

Here it the text of an article attributed to Antara news agency entitled: "HTI calls for unity for caliphate"; published by Indonesian newspaper Republika on 3 September 2005.

16/9/2005

Germany: German court rules against Muslim teachers wearing head scarves

The North German city-state of Bremen has been directed not to allow a Muslim female teacher to teach after she refused to stop wearing a head scarf.

16/9/2005

Germany: Turk shot sister dead 'because of her morals'

A Turkish immigrant has confessed to shooting dead his 23-year-old sister because he "could not accept her morals".

15/9/2005

The 10th International Women and Health Meeting (IWHM) marks nearly two and a half decades of global feminist solidarity

The 10th International Women and Health Meeting (IWHM) seeks to highlight politics, policies and issues that adversely affect women's health and simultaneously bring out the linkages and interconnections of these seemingly disparate phenomena.

15/9/2005

Iraq: Act Together - women's action for Iraq

An analysis of the history and the strains within a small Iraqi and non-Iraqi women's association in the UK.

14/9/2005

Ghana: One man, one wife

A non-governmental organization, LAWA-Ghana Alumnae Incorporated comprising a group of women lawyers is advocating a complete ban and criminalization of polygamy under all forms of marriages in Ghana.

13/9/2005

Bangladesh: Jehadi terror in Bangladesh

A series of coordinated blasts of over 400 bombs in 63 out of 64 districts on 17 August 2005 firmly put Bangladesh as another hotbed of terrorism.

12/9/2005

Israel/Palestine: UN CEDAW issues concluding observations on Israel

Emphasizing 14 areas of concern regarding Israeli violations of rights of Palestinian women.

11/9/2005

Yemen: Law to stamp out tourist marriages

Any foreign male who wishes to marry a Yemeni woman must have an acceptance of marriage from the authority of his country.

11/9/2005

UPDATE: Canada: McGuinty rejects Ontario's use of Shariah law