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14/6/2013
Iran's 'Zahra' Tells Alternate Tale Of Presidential Campaign

Iranians choose a new president next month, and one thing Iran's leaders are intent on avoiding is a repeat of themassive street protests that followed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election in 2009. 

7/6/2013
U.S.A: Stabbing of Muslim Woman in East Bay Shopping Center Stirs Up Fears for Community

The stabbing of a 50-year-old Muslim woman wearing a head scarf has reignited simmering fears within eastern Contra Costa's Islamic community, where a mosque was destroyed by arson six years ago.

7/6/2013
Bangladesh: Matrilineal Marriage - 'My mother and I are married to the same man':

When her widowed mother remarried, Parvin Rema, then 13, was part of the deal – one of several such arrangements in Bangladesh.

7/6/2013
India: Activists Press for Participation of Muslim Women

Groups working with Muslim women in the city came together to demand more inclusion in the state's women draft policy that is currently under review.

7/6/2013
Myanmar: Police Kill Muslim Women

Three women villagers from Myanmar's Rohingya minority have been shot dead in a confrontation with security officials, police and activists said Wednesday.

7/6/2013
Tunisia: European Women go on Trial for Topless Protest

Three European women went on trial in Tunis on Wednesday for holding a topless anti-Islamic protest, and their French lawyer said he was confident they would escape prison despite the threat of jail sentences.

5/6/2013
Mali: Displaced Malians turn to survival sex

More displaced women and girls - some as young as 13 - are turning to sex work to get by in Mali where 14 months of occupation and conflict have forced 475,000 people from their homes in the north, according to NGOs.

31/5/2013
Pakistan: Harassment of female voters, aid workers shadow historic Pakistan election
Pakistan just held a historic election, but civil society is protesting over thousands of women barred from the polls by Islamic radicals and the fresh killings of aid workers in the world’s most dangerous place for humanitarians.
31/5/2013
Lebanon: Lebanese Women Race Towards Empowerment

Thousands of woman raced on the streets of Beirut in a competition entitled ‘‘You are really strong’’, just a few hours after two rockets hit a Beirut suburb - a reminder of the volatile political situation in the country.

29/5/2013
Afghanistan: Number of women jailed for fleeing abuse soars!

The number of Afghan women jailed for fleeing forced and abusive marriages, and other "moral crimes", has soared since 2011, according to Human Rights Watch.