Fundamentalisms

Norvège: Coups de feu contre le restaurant familial d'une comédienne "anti-mollah"

Plus d'une dizaine de coups de feu ont été tirés mercredi matin à Oslo contre le restaurant familial d'une comédienne norvégienne d'origine pakistanaise, connue pour ses provocations à l'encontre des partisans d'un islam conservateur, a annoncé la police.

International: The right time for an Islamic reformation

When Sir Iqbal Sacranie, head of the Muslim Council of Britain, admitted that "our own children" had perpetrated the July 7 London bombings ...

Indonesia: Fatwas by clerics spur debate on Islam

Ever since Indonesia's highest Islamic authority, the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) issued 11 'fatwas' or edicts against liberal Islam, a fierce debate has begun raging in the world's most populous Muslim nation on what constitutes an Islamic society.

Nigeria: Shariah Council against Child Rights Acts

A conference of Muslim organisations in the country under the aegis of Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) weekend asked Muslim leaders to resist the promulgation of the Child Rights Act by the various state Houses of Assembly in the north.

Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz group aims for Caliphate

The London bombings have prompted the UK government to outlaw Hizb ut Tahrir - a radical Islamic group that wants to replace secular governments with an Islamic Caliphate, or super-state run according to Sharia Law.

Bangladesh: Bombs explode across Bangladesh

More than 50 people have been injured in a series of simultaneous bomb blasts across Bangladesh.

اعتقالات عقب انفجارات خلفت عشرات الضحايا ببنغلاديش

Dossier 26: Contributors

Marieme Hélie-Lucas
Founder and former international coordinator of WLUML
Algerian sociologist, mother of four, born in Algiers 1939 to a family of feminists. Active in the liberation struggle of Algeria. Taught epistemology and methodology in the social sciences in Algiers University before founding WLUML.

Deniz Kandiyoti
Reader in the Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies and Chair of the Center of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, University of London, UK

Indonesia: Pluralism is in danger now in Indonesia

In what was widely seen as an apparent campaign against freedom of thought and religion, the state-sanctioned Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued a fatwa outlawing liberal Islamic thoughts.

Nigeria: L'Etat de Kano renforce la charia dans les transports en commun

Dans le cadre de la politique nationale visant à étendre le champ d'application de la loi islamique (charia), ...