Fundamentalisms

Le compromis avec l’islamisme politique est impossible

Sur le 20e anniversaire de l'assassinat d'éducateur algérien Salah Chouaki, par le Groupe Islamique Armé, le 14 Septembre 1994, son article publié dans le journal El Watan, sur la nécessité d'être intransigeant dans la lutte contre l'idéologie même qui a motivé son assassinat, reste aussi pertinent aujourd'hui que le jour où il a été publié, le 15 Mars 1993.

Compromise with political Islam is impossible

On the 20^th anniversary of the fundamentalist assassination of Algerian educator Salah Chouaki, Karima Bennoune, WLUML board member, translates his warning - so relevant today - about the need to be uncompromising in the battle against the very ideology that motivated his murder.

Iraq: "5+ Group for Women's Aid" Asks White House for Action to Rescue Yezidi Women

Warvin Foundation for Women's Issues have announced the formation of a group to address kidnappings and abuse of women by ISIS in the Kurdish region of Iraq. The "5+ Group for Women's Aid" was officially announced via a press-conference at the Chwarchara-hotel in Erbil on September 4 2014.

Statement Of Solidarity With The Women Of Iraq

The Association of Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS) would like to express its solidarity with the people of Iraq who have suffered from dictatorship, economic sanctions, an invasion and occupation, years of militarization, and a new authoritarian government. The most recent suffering by Iraqis, caused by Islamic State (IS) forces, is so far mainly affecting religious minorities.

THE VEIL: FLAG OF THE MUSLIM FAR RIGHT

An Interview with Marieme Helie Lucas

Philippines: Senior Abu Sayyaf leader swears oath to ISIS

EXCLUSIVE: The ISIS ideology is spreading fast on social media, ' the new machine to recruit militants.'

Opposing political Islam: Mohamed Brahmi's widow speaks out

On the first anniversary of Mohamed Brahmi’s assassination, his widow denounces fundamentalism and terrorism in Tunisia. In memory of h

Female Lawmaker Assassinated in Libya

A Libyan security official says a female lawmaker in the outgoing parliament has been killed in a restive eastern city known as a stronghold of Islamic extremists.

Malala meets Nigeria's leader Goodluck Jonathan over abducted girls

Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai has met Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan to press for more action to free at least 200 girls held by Boko Haram Islamist militants.

The militants' leader has reiterated in a new video message that he is prepared to negotiate a prisoner swap for them.

THE UNTOLD STORIES OF THE HEROES FIGHTING FUNDAMENTALISM

As I researched my book, Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism, and spoke with people in countries from Afghanistan to Mali, I discovered that just as the personal is political, the political is always personal. This has been the case in my own life as well, and it’s why I made the decision to begin my TED Talk, When people of Muslim heritage challenge fundamentalism, with a personal story from June 1993, set against then escalating violence by non-state fundamentalist armed groups in Algeria.