Fundamentalisms

Pakistan: MMA to ban women's photography, dance and music

MMA governs the most important province of Pakistan i.e. North West Frontier Province (NWFP) that borders Afghanistan. Its parliamentarians have presented a bill that seeks to ban dance, music and women's photography.

Canada: Ontario must say 'no' to Islamic law

In January last year, the US-backed Iraqi Governing Council incurred the wrath of Iraqi women by ordering that Islamic law, or sharia, replace the civil code that had governed family and divorce law since the 1950s.

Slovak Republic: Action needed to protest treaty between Slovak Republic and Holy See

WLUML has received a call for action to support those in the Slovak Republic to defend the separation of church and state and women's rights.

Canada: Amina Wadud lecture disrupted in Canada

Amina Wadud, Professor of Islamic Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective, was speaking as part of a series sponsored by York University and the Noor Cultural Centre.

Russia: Duma slams letter on Jews

WLUML is relieved to learn of the declaration adopted by the State Duma which sharply condemns a letter that urged prosecutors to outlaw all Jewish organizations in Russia.

Slovak Republic: Action needed to protest treaty between Slovak Republic and Holy See

USA: Religious right fights science for the heart of America

Creationists take their challenge to evolution theory into the classroom.

Iraq: Iraqi vote gives Shia parties a mandate for Islamic law

A coalition of Shia religious parties has won the Iraq election, taking almost half the votes and raising the spectre of Islamic law finding its way into the country's new constitution.

Bangladesh: We, the citizens of Bangladesh demand security...

A statement issued by 115 women in Dhaka, following the assassination of Shah A M S Kibria and five members of his audience (Abul Hossain, Farid, Manjurul Huda Manju, Siddiq Ali, Abdur Rahim) in a grenade attack on a public meeting in Habiganj, Sylhet.

Interview with Cassandra Balchin of the WLUML network

Cassandra Balchin works with the WLUML network. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand she talks about the work of the organization.