Fundamentalisms

UPDATE: Iran: Two women's rights defenders now in solitary confinement

Shadi Sadr and Mahboubeh Abasgholizadeh have been arraigned, charged with being a "threat to national security," and remanded on March 11 by interrogators at Evin Prison, authorized by the Ministry of Intelligence of Iran.

Egypt: Prominent feminist Nawal Al Saadawi leaves Egypt following the recall of her recent play and lawsuit

In Belgium Sadaawi learned that Al Azhar University, Sunni Islam's premier institution, is filing suit against her for the play "God Resigns at the Summit Meeting" on the grounds that it insults Islam.

Australie: Les dirigeants musulmans australiens font taire cinq imams radicaux

Cinq des plus influents imams d’Australie, au discours jugé trop radical, seront désormais réduits au silence.

Algérie: La laïcité en Algérie / une idée perenne

La laïcité en Algérie est à la fois une idée ancienne et neuve. Plongeant ses racines dans une pratique sociale ancestrale, à la marge de l'Etat, cette idée, aujourd'hui synonyme de modernité, fut chahutée par le colonialisme.

UPDATE: Iran: All but three women activists freed

All but three of the 33 Iranian women's rights activists jailed on Sunday were freed Wednesday night, on the eve of International Women's Day, in exchange for a pledge not to demonstrate on 8 March.

Essay: Thoughts on transnational feminism and anti-imperialism

"One of the most profitable sources of wealth for imperialist powers is war. Currently, most of the world population is either living under the condition of war in Asia, Africa and the Middle East or in a 'state of war,' as in Iran, Europe and N. America"

International Women's Day: Shirin Ebadi and Irene Khan call for end to discrimination against women in Iran

An open letter from Nobel Peace Prize Laureates on the need to end discriminatory practices against women.

UPDATE: Iran: All but three women activists freed

Occasional Paper 15: Iraq Women's Rights Under Attack

This Occasional Paper features recent activities of one of WLUML's networking organisations based in the UK. In addition, Dr Nadje Al-Ali is an active UK networker and Sundus Abass is an active networker in Iraq. In July 2006 Act Together, Women's Action for Iraq, hosted Sundus Abass, Director of Women in Leadership Institute, Baghdad, in London for 15 days.