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India: Gujarat - impact of violence against women
The communal violence in Gujarat continues.
Pakistan: Stoning sentence against Zafran Bibi is suspended
A court in Pakistan has suspended the sentence of stoning to death passed against a woman convicted of adultery.
Saudi Arabia: Banning of 'indecent' cloaks
Saudi Arabian authorities have confiscated thousands of full-length black cloaks for women for violating Sharia, a Saudi newspaper has reported.
Nigeria: Sharia law reaches Nigeria's south
Muslim leaders in Nigeria say they have introduced Sharia law in a southern state for the first time.
India: How has the Gujarat massacre affected minority women?
The survivors speak.
India: New website on the violence in Gujarat
Information and analysis, including appeals and requests for donations to assist those affected by the violence in Gujarat.
India: Genocide, Gujarat 2002
Communalism Combat, March - April 2002
France: Les femmes contre Le Pen
Collectif National pour les Droits des Femmes.
Pakistan: Women's Action Forum statement on Zafran Bibi case
Women's Action Forum (WAF), Lahore expresses grave concern at the sentence of stoning to death of Zafran Bibi by the Sessions Judge Kohat, Mr. Anwar Ali. Zafran Bibi was sentenced on the basis of her statement before the court that she became pregnant and gave birth as the result of being raped by her husband's brother while the former was in jail. The male accused was acquitted.
Malaysia: No to Jakim attempt to silence writers
Sisters in Islam is shocked by a newspaper report (The Star, 19 April 2002) that JAKIM is planning to ban Muslims with no "in-depth knowledge on Islam" from expressing themselves in public on Islamic issues.
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