International

Mondial: Vers la fin annoncée de l'héritage des Lumières?

Résumé des faits: 30 septembre 2005 le quotidien conservateur danois Jyllands-Posten publie 12 caricatures du Prophète Mahomet: s'ensuivent des demandes d'excuses, des menaces de mort et des manifestations à Copenhague.

Mondial: La double ignorance de l'Islam et de la liberte

Suite à la publication des caricatures touchant à la personne du Prophète, pour des raisons probablement malintentionnées, la réaction de certains musulmans se situe au-delà du surréalisme.

International: A double ignorance of Islam and of freedom*

Following the publication of cartoons portraying the person of the Prophet, drawn for reasons of their own that may be malignant, the reaction of some Muslims is beyond surrealism.

International: Democracy - aims and means

Marieme Hélie-Lucas responds to a recent article by Jehad Aliweiwi & Tarek Fatah published in the Toronto Star, 'The reality of democracy - By respecting the democratic wishes of the people, Ottawa can help Hamas evolve into a mainstream political party.'

International: EWIC scholars database

A listing of over 3,000 scholars from all over the world and from all disciplines whose work focuses on a wide range of issues (economic, social, political, religious, artistic, etc.) relevant to women in Muslim countries and communities.

International: Women testify: a planning guide for popular tribunals and hearings

a comprehensive guide to organizing hearings and tribunals is now available as the first online publication of the Center.

International: Muslims and non-Muslims must unite to defeat the Wahhabi ideology

News organizations report that Osama bin Laden has obtained a religious edict from a misguided Saudi cleric, justifying the use of nuclear weapons against America and the infliction of mass casualties.

WLUML Exhibition: Dress codes & modes - women’s dress in some Muslim countries and communities

This exhibition looks at the diversities and commonalities of women’s dress through space and time, highlighting the influence of many forces – class, status, region, work, religious interpretation, ethnicity, urban/rural, politics, fashion, climate etc.

International: Amr Khaled - Islam's Billy Graham

More popular than Oprah Winfrey, the world's first Islamic television evangelist commands an army of millions of followers.

Mondial: Appel des femmes à la paix

Nous, les femmes des Etats-Unis, de l'Iraq et du monde, nous en avons assez de cette guerre insensée en Iraq et des attaques cruelles qui ont lieu contre les civils autour du monde.