International

International: "It is the right for every Muslim to interpret the Qur'an for themselves"

One of the scholars who try to offer a more emancipatory interpretation of the Quran is Asma Barlas. She closely examines the male-oriented interpretations of the Quran and offers an antipatriarchal alternative.

International: Threats and survival: the religious right and LGBT strategies in Muslim contexts

At the turn of the nineteenth century, Europeans referred to same-sex relationships as the “Persian disease,” the “Turkish disease,” or the “Egyptian vice.”

International: 'Honour' and its interstices

A review of '''Honour': Crimes, Paradigms, and Violence Against Women'', edited by Lynn Welchman and Sara Hossain.

International: A celebration of courage

A Celebration of Courage is the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)'s annual awards receptions honoring human rights activists held in San Francisco and New York.

International: 28 May - day for action for women's health

The Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) calls for action on May 28th, the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, to put women’s reproductive and sexual health and rights at the centre of the response to HIV/AIDS.

Asia: The second women's human rights activities award (Yayori Award) 2006

The award focuses on women activists, journalists, and artists (individuals or groups) who work at the grassroots level with socially marginalized peoples in order to create a 21st century free from war and discrimination against women.

Documenting Women's Rights Violations by Non-state Actors

For years, the accepted wisdom was that human rights principles and law applied only, or mainly, to the mediation of the relationship between citizens and the State. This view was held and promoted by, among others, academics, lawyers and jurists, as well as many international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) and activists.

International: "Culture and Conflict" - women, religion, war

The International Museum of Women (IMOW) and the IFOR Women Peacemakers Program (WPP) have an online exhibition focusing on the theme Culture and Conflict.

Mondial: Ramadan et Bencheikh s’expliquent

Annoncée comme le débat musulman de l’année, la première confrontation entre Tariq Ramadan et Ghaleb Bencheikh a bien eu lieu.

International: Book review: On how Christian fundamentalists pray for the destruction of the world

Yoginder Sikand reviews the recent title by Grace Halsell, "Forcing God’s Hand: Why Millions Pray for a Quick Rapture and Destruction of Planet Earth."