Fundamentalisms

Mondial: L'ennemi de mon ennemi n'est pas mon ami: acteurs-non-etatiques fondamentalistes, démocratie et droits humains

Le monde a changé depuis le temps des premières organisations internationales des droits humains.

India: Supreme Court seeks details of Gujarat violence cases

The Supreme Court Wednesday put objections from the Gujarat government aside and sought details of 17 incidents of communal violence in 2002 to decide on the question of shifting of these cases for trial outside the state.

مشروع بحث تحت إشراف "مركز الشرق المعاصر" حول المسلمون في اوروبا

Tanzania: Muslim clerics begin meeting on gender violence, HIV/AIDS

Muslim clerics from 25 African countries have begun a five-day population and development meeting in Tanzania's semiautonomous island of Zanzibar, focusing on issues such as HIV/AIDS and gender violence.

Somalia: Somali region to switch to Sharia

This news leads to the question of what will happen to Somali women and women's organizations, their crucial projects — education, health, income-generation - as well as women leaders themselves?

Iraq: Sectarian violence forces mixed couples to divorce

Because of escalating sectarian violence, marriages between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq are under threat.

Malaysia: Hate ideology a threat to unity

In this article by Zainah Anwar, she is heartened that public opinion in Malaysia does not accept the hostile and aggressive propagation of a narrow understanding of one's faith and the turning of dogmatic personal piety into a directive for all to obey.

Serbia: International day of action against fascism and anti-semitism

A public announcement from Women in Black and Queeria which starts, "We are stopping fascism - we are building solidarity!"

Dossier 27: Les tribunaux de la Charia aux Philippines : femmes, hommes et droit personnel musulman

Le mouvement indépendantiste né en 1967 dans certaines régions musulmanes de Mindanao a conduit à l’autonomie des musulmans dans quatre provinces de Mindanao, suite à la promulgation de la Loi organique de 1989 et au référendum tenu en vertu de la Constitution de 1987. En 1996, un accord de paix est signé entre le gouvernement de la République des Philippines (GRP) et le Front de libération nationale Moro (MNLF). Cet accord prévoit, entre autres, un processus d’autonomie dans les régions identifiées dans l’Accord de Tripoli.

العراقيون وآمال الديمقراطية:ضرورة فصل الدين عن الدولة