Fundamentalisms

Malaysia: Religion and Women: the Feminist Experience in Islamic Malaysia

Patriarchal societies most often consider feminism to be a rebellious break away from culture and religious traditions.

Bangladesh: Fanatic tempers run high against Ahmadiyyas

Religious bigots encouraged apparently by the ban on Ahmadiyya publications intensified aggression to the religious minority sect in a desperate bid to force the government to declare the Ahmadiyyas non-Muslim.

أخر تحديث:23.8.2004

Cameroon: Religious Tensions on the Rise in the North

Earlier this year, conflict in Nigeria’s Plateau state, resulting in part from religious tensions, sparked concern about relations between Christians and Muslims in that country.

"Shari'a", "Traditional Muslim Jurisprudence", "Muslim Laws": A Plea for Replacing the term "Islamic Law"

Political correctness has yet to stem the public use of language that reinforces very false ideas about Muslim people and Muslim contexts.

Nigeria: Nigerian Catholics told to be modest

The country's Muslims in particular are going to greater lengths than ever to be seen to be dressing modestly. Now the Catholic Church has joined the debate.

India: Hullaballooo over triple Talaq in India

Three articles from the July 2004 issue of Communalism Combat.

Pakistan: Change slow to come for Pakistani women

City dwellers now enjoy new freedoms, but in rural areas old rules still apply.

Canada: When the Koran Speaks, Will Canadian Law Bend?

A group called the Canadian Society of Muslims is testing boundaries by establishing the Islamic Institute of Civil Justice to apply the legal code called Shariah, based on the Koran, to settle disputes over property, inheritance, marriage and divorce.

Iraq: Hate aims of Iraq church attacks

Iraq's Christians are picking up the pieces after a series of explosions targeted five churches.