Fundamentalisms

Mise à jour: Iran: Mokarrameh Ebrahimi a été libéré de la prison

La campagne mondiale « Arrêtons de tuer et de lapider les femmes ! » (SKSW !) est ravie d’apprendre les nouvelles de la libération de Mokarrameh Ebrahimi et son fils Ali de prison de Choobin, dans Takistan, Qazvin, en Iran, où elle attendait depuis dix ans d’être exécutée par lapidation.

Tunisie: Les Tunisiens célèbrent le Mouled en dépit des fatwas

Les familles tunisiennes continueront de célébrer la naissance du Prophète Mahomet en 2008, en dépit des nombreux appels de certaines autorités religieuses à mettre un terme à cette pratique.

Saudi Arabia: Council of “Supreme Scholars” Rejects the Appointment of Women

"A controversy erupted this week in Saudi Arabia when some scholars suggested that the top religious organization in the Kingdom, the Supreme Council of Scholars, should include women."

Algérie: Terrorisme: Colloque international à Alger

Alger abritera, les 22 et 23 mars, un colloque international sur le terrorisme.

Philippines: Symposium: "Women Contesting Fundamentalisms and Other Forms of Intolerance"

On 11 March 2008, the Centennial Lecture Series at the University of the Philippines included a session on "Women Contesting Fundamentalisms and Other Forms of Intolerance", convened by Dr. Carolyn I. Sobritchea.

Netherlands: Debate continues over controversial film

The Danish cartoonist behind drawings satirising the Prophet Muhammad has urged a Dutch lawmaker to air an anti-Islam film despite Muslim outrage.

Bangladesh: Government retreats on women’s rights after clerics protest

"Bangladesh, whose population is 90 per cent Muslim, has a secular legal system but in matters related to inheritance and marriage Muslims follow Sharia law."

Sri Lanka: A New Hub for Islamic Extremism?

Sri Lanka is emerging as a new hub for trans-national Islamic extremism in South Asia.

Algérie: 33 kamikazes potentiels identifiés

La majorité est originaire d’alger dont une femme.

Morocco: Islamist party's call for ulema quota in Moroccan Parliament sparks debate

A major debate has sparked in Morocco following a call for ulemas to be given a political role. Some say a proposed parliamentary quota indicates respect, while others say the religious scholars should remain neutral and not carry political labels.