Fundamentalisms

France: Burqa en débat

Le président de la République a en effet jugé que la burqa "n'est pas un problème religieux. C'est un problème de liberté et de dignité de la femme.

Iran: Les Iraniennes à l’avant-garde du combat pour la liberté

Tous les commentaires sur les événements actuels en Iran soulignent le rôle prépondérant joué par les femmes dans la quête de justice et de liberté.

France: MCC welcomes Sarkozy's comment on Burka

The Muslim Canadian Congress (MCC) applauds French president Nicholas Sarkozy for his clarity in condemning the burka as a tool of oppression against Muslim women.

Somalia: Al Shabaab impose brutal version of 'Islamic law'

On Thursday, the insurgents used long knives to cut off a hand and a foot each from four young men in Mogadishu as punishment for theft, witnesses said.

Indonesia: Feminist's memoir resonates with youth

The rise of religious fundamentalism and the prevalence of conservative values, such as a belief in the primacy of men over women, have led many people to hold a negative perception of Islam in Indonesia.

France: Move to ban wearing of the burqa

Five years after France prohibited the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in public schools, a movement is gathering momentum here for a more radical measure: outlawing the wearing of the burqa in public.

Algérie: Sauvons Mohamed Gharbi et la République

Mohamed Gharbi, moudjahid et patriote, a été condamné à mort par le tribunal criminel de Guelma.

UPDATE: UN: Traditional values resolution deferred

Faced with a significant lack of consensus around its “traditional values” resolution, Russia announced that there were “still issues to be addressed” and that the resolution would not be presented for a vote, but deferred until the September session.

United States: The Virginity Movement

The Obama administration has brought some measure of sanity to public health policy, cutting most abstinence-only education funding from the 2010 budget. But abstinence organizations are not going away. In fact, they're getting organized.

UN: Traditional Values Resolution

Today, the Human Rights Council will consider a 'resolution on traditional values'.