Fundamentalisms

تقدمت النائبة الكويتية رولا دشتي باقتراح لتعديل القانون الانتخابي الكويتي من اجل إلغاء شرط تقيد المرشحات والناخبات بالشريعة الإسلامية للمشاركة في الحياة السياسية. وكانت هذه الشروط أدخلت قبل أربع سنوات بعد منح المرأة كامل حقوقها السياسية، وهي تنص على ضرورة التزام المرشحات والناخبات بضوابط الشريعة الإسلامية.

دعت جماعة إسلامية كندية في أوتاوا الى منع ارتداء النقاب في الأماكن العامة. وقد ذكر مؤسس الجماعة طارق فتاح ان هذه الدعوة تهدف إلى أغراض أمنية. وأكد فتاح أنه تمت سرقة بنك عن طريق أناس يرتدون النقاب. ووصف ارتداء النقاب بأنه "مجازفة حقيقية". وذكر أن القرآن الكريم يدعو الى الاحتشام، الا انه لا يحتوي على كلمة واحدة تدعو الى تغطية الوجه. واضاف أن "ارتداء النقاب ما هو الا عرف قبلي يروج له الارهابيون من القاعدة وطالبان".

Egypt has embarked on a campaign to restrict the most conservative forms of Muslim dress after one Sheikh Mohammed Tantawi ordered a schoolgirl to remove her niqab, or veil.
Pakistan’s draconian “blasphemy” laws have come under renewed criticism since several Christians were killed this summer by a mob of Muslim fundamentalists in a pogrom-style attack.
An Islamic scholar is facing flak for not wearing the right beard. We must not let Wahhabism suffocate this island nation's identity, writes Maryam Omidi, editor of Maldives-based website Minivan News.
Sisters in Islam (SIS) is shocked that its application for Revision on Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno's case was turned down by the Assistant Registrar of the Kuantan Syariah High Court on 2 October.
The International Solidarity Network, Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML), and the Global Campaign to Stop Killing and Stoning Women! (SKSW) are greatly concerned that the caning of Madam Kartika will shortly take place, possibly in secret.
Founder member of AWARE, anthropologist and feminist, Vivienne Wee argues that we should all be concerned about the caning sentence passed on Madam Kartika in Pehang state.
Joint Action Committee for People’s Rights (JAC) expresses its grave concern over increasing incidents of violence against religious minorities.
Sisters in Islam (SIS) of Malaysia has submitted an application for revision and stay of execution of the caning sentence passed on Madam Kartika. SIS is asking the court to revise the sentence on several grounds, reminding the Malaysian government of its obligations under international law, constitutional and legal issues, and sentencing guidelines. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno was sentenced by the Pahang Syariah Court to be lashed six times and fined RM 5000 as punishment for drinking beer with her husband in a hotel nightclub in Cherating (Pahang state) on 12 July 2007. The mother of two was charged under Section 136 of the Pahang Islamic and Malay Traditional Practices Enactment (Amendment) 1987. We have recently learned that the same judge has passed five other sentences on Muslim men and women for alcohol consumption.
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