Archive for May, 2009
(Kuwait) Fundamentalists Call for Kuwaiti Women to Boycott Elections
(Kuwait) Fundamentalists Call for Kuwaiti Women to Boycott Elections – “Kuwaiti Islamic fundamentalists are urging women candidates and voters not to participate in politics, saying it is anti-Islamic” AKPC_IDS += "1318,";
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The High Cost of Western Idealism: Saving Schoolgirls From Being Poison-Gassed in Afghanistan and Honor-Murdered in Sweden.
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(Iran) Rights group urges Iran to release two Christian convert women
(Iran) Rights group urges Iran to release two Christian convert women – “CSW advocacy director, Tina Lambert said that the group ‘remains deeply concerned for the safety’
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(Saudi Arabia) Debate in Saudi Arabia over Women in Media
(Saudi Arabia) Debate in Saudi Arabia over Women in Media – 35 Saudi clerics “main complaint was that the visibility of women in the media contravened shari’a as well as Saudi law. They also complained that the media was
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(Canada) She can stay, for now – Roohi Tabassum “Faces possible honour killing if deported to Pakistan”
(Canada) She can stay, for now – Roohi Tabassum “Faces possible honour killing if deported to Pakistan” – “An ecstatic Roohi Tabassum wept yesterday after learning a federal court judge stopped
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Canada – Reports on Ottawa “honor killing” of Khatera Sadiqi by her brother
(Canada) ‘Honour killing’ trial hears details of shooting – Sister Khatera Sadiqi killed by Hasibullah Sadiqi – Accused
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(Pakistan) “Brother kills girl for honour”
(Pakistan) “Brother kills girl for honour” – “Saira Bano, 19, was shot dead by her brother in Mehmoodabad police limits.” – “A teenage girl was killed by her brother, as she eloped with a non-Muslim
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(Pakistan) Honor Killing in Pakistan takes lives of two men one woman
(Pakistan) Honor Killing in Pakistan takes lives of two men one woman – “Ghulam Hussain Khuhawar the resident of Nazar Muhalla shot dead his wife Waheeda Khuhawar” AKPC_IDS += "1304,";
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(Pakistan) Female Pakistani Singer Killed In Peshawar — Ayman Udas
(Pakistan) Female Pakistani Singer Killed In Peshawar — Ayman Udas AKPC_IDS += "1302,";
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Pakistan: “honor killings” in Sindh
(Pakistan) Sindh: “In all, 53 honour killings were reported in which 51 women and 13 men were killed, while 20 women were raped/gang-raped in 19 cases” AKPC_IDS += "1300,";
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