Women and girls in Iraq live in constant fear of violence as the conflict intensifies and insecurity spirals. Within their own communities, many women and girls remain at risk of death or injury from male relatives if they are accused of behavior held...
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Enraged Islamist lawmakers have persuaded the Pakistan government to stop a theatre group staging a satirical play ‘Burqavaganza’; it’s about the burqa, the all-covering head-to-toe garment worn by conservative Muslim women.
In the play, young men...
Muslims feel very bashful when talking about sex. However, sexologist Dr. Heba Kotb is on her way to break away this shackle, which has been tying Muslim community for years.
Giving air to her views, she advises Muslims to have more sex, despite...
In an attempt to control young men and women who have deviated from the country's Islamic dress codes and adopted a western appearance, Iran declared the launch of ‘Operation Cover-up’.
Deputy Commander of the Iranian police force warned women that...
Lack of political and social freedom for the Muslim women in the Middle East has added to their sufferings in many ways. The latest manifestation is the honor killings. The rigid and blind following of tribal ethos and customs in this part of the...
Faced with murder charge, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has decided to postpone her return home from the United States with her party claiming that she had done so on the advise of the interim government.
She was scheduled to leave...
A judicial body in Pakistan issued a fatwa against tourism minister Nilofar Bakhtiar for posing in an ‘obscene manner’ with French paraglider pilots, asserted a top cleric.
Authorities have summoned the government to reprimand and discharge her from...
Exiled former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is all set to reiterate the Province in spite of probable arrest and also she doesn’t rule out running for the first woman of the country.
Pakistani courts under President Pervez Musharraf have...
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Sharon Chadha has written for various publications, including RUSI Journal, the publication of the Royal United Services Institute, the world’s oldest security and defense think tank in London.
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