Dr. Sima Samar is an icon for women in Afghanistan, as well as she has been able to draw admiration from feminists worldwide. Her impudence in supporting the human and women's rights have raised condemnation from extremists. Although she has done a lot...
Nazir Afzal, the Crown Prosecution Service's director for west London asserted that Islamic terror groups are responsible for a murder and another threat to kill, hence, he concluded that Islamic extremists are igniting the spread of 'honor' based...
Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality, or WISE has come into being, aim of which would be to construe Koran in the feminist point of view and to shed the conventional belief about their religion, which states that Muslims are terrorists.
Muslim women will have to remove their 'niqabs' if they want to cast their vote on 26th of this month.
However, initially they were allowed to vote as such, which ignited sparks from public.
Marcel Blanchet the chief electoral officer's...
Dr. Fatima Al-Abdali, Secretary General of the Arab Women's Network has been chosen for 2007 award for distinctive public service in appreciation for her contributions in enhancing the image of Arab women at conventions across the globe by the Center...
The English Department of Education and Skills in Great Britain has decided to give teachers the right to be able to ban Muslims from wearing their religious veils to school.
The authorities in favor of the ban asserted that the veil puts hindrance...
In a gruesome incident in the tribal areas in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province a woman and two men were brutally stoned and shot to death.
Hundreds of tribesmen watched the executions carried out by the pro-Taliban Lashkar-i-Islam group on..
Recent report by the Equal Opportunities Commission has revealed that Muslim women are amongst the most deprived group in Britain's labor market. They experience high rate of joblessness and the lowest represented in senior level jobs.
The report...
Throughout the world, women are victims of violence on a daily basis whether in the context of peace or in conflict. Perpetrators may be officials of the state, armed opposition groups or individuals - including family members.
Women in Muslim...
It seems that the notorious killings in the name of family honor are next to impossible to root out from the social milieu of Muslim countries, worse yet is that they get legal justification.
Who on earth gives anyone the right to kill in the name of.
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