Sudan: Women punished for wearing trousers
— IOL ZA: “Two Sudanese women were on Thursday sentenced to 20 lashes and fined for committing an act of indecency by wearing trousers, weeks after a similar case sparked worldwide controversy.”
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UK: Muslim woman ‘blackmailed by couple who threatened to show family photos of her wearing Western clothes’
Pakistan: Suicide Attack Targets Women’s Cafeteria at Pakistan University
Pakistan: Suicide Attack Targets Women’s Cafeteria at Pakistan University
Ms. Magazine reports:
— “Two suicide bombers attacked the International Islamic University in Pakistan today, targeting a women’s cafeteria and the Islamic law department. The attack killed at least 4 and wounded 18 others, BBC reports. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack thus far. ”
“One student told the BBC that ‘There were gunshots at first and then two explosions one after the other. One was just outside the gate of the girls’ cafeteria and the other one targeted the head of the department for Sharia studies…I was near that office. Two of my friends were injured, they were taken to the hospital. I am in shock. Now we are not even safe in our universities.'”
Rifqa Bary Case: Runaway Rifqa Bary could be one step closer to returning home
Jordan: Father murders 22-year old daughter
Jordan: Father murders 22-year old daughter
— SMH reports: She got pregnant outside marriage, so father killed her: police
— “in such cases of the so-called ‘honour killings’ a court usually commutes or reduces sentences, particularly if the victim’s family urges leniency”
Finland: “‘Honour Violence’ – A Threat To Immigrant Women”
Finland: “‘Honour Violence’ – A Threat To Immigrant Women”
— YLE reports: “Immigrant women in Finland are increasingly the victims of violence perpetrated in the name of family honour. In Helsinki, twice as many immigrant women have sought protection this year from violence than in previous years.”
— “Nasima Razmyar, who herself came to Finland as a refugee from Afghanistan, has been taking in growing numbers of immigrant women and girls at the Monika House shelter in Helsinki’s Sornainen district. Some of these women have been forced into marriages, some beaten for disobedience or even threatened with death.”
— “This year, within just six months more than 30 women have sought refuge from honour violence at the facility. That is as many as during the whole of last year. As the coordinator at Monika House, Nasima Razmyar has the impression that the rise can be explained by growing numbers of women of marriageable age.”
— “Honour violence involves the subjugation of a woman within some ethnic groups carried out with the intent of controlling her sexual behaviour. It has been rumoured at Monika House that there have been honour killings in Finland, acts in which a family has decided to kill a disobedient daughter who, for example, has refused an arranged marriage.”
India: Man kills wife and in-laws in honor killing
India: Man kills wife and in-laws in honor killing
— Regional Times reports: “A man namely Muhammad Ayoob Qureshi, resident of Saddr area of Hyderabad strangled to death his wife Samina, 35, sister-in-law Saima, 25, and her husband Mohsin alias Hassan Shaikh over the pretext of Karo-Kari here on Sunday in the jurisdiction of PS Cantt.”
Somalia: Sharia Enforcers Publicly Whip Women for Wearing Bras – Women Stripped, Beaten by Extremists
Somalia: “Whipped for wearing a ‘deceptive’ bra: Hardline Islamists in Somalia publicly flog women in Sharia crackdown”
— Daily Mail reports:
— “A hardline Islamist group in Somalia has begun publicly whipping women for wearing bras that they claim violate Islam as they are ‘deceptive’.”
— “The insurgent group Al Shabaab has sent gunmen into the streets of Mogadishu to round up any women who appear to have a firm bust, residents claimed yesterday.”
— “The women are then inspected to see if the firmness is natural, or if it is the result of wearing a bra.”
— “If they are found wearing a bra, they are ordered to remove it and shake their breasts, residents said.”
— “Al Shabaab, which seeks to impose a strict interpretation of Sharia law over all Somalia, also amputated a foot and a hand each from two young men accused of robbery earlier this month.”
— “They have also banned movies, musical ringtones, dancing at wedding ceremonies and playing or watching soccer.”
— “‘Al Shabaab forced us to wear their type of full veil and now they order us to shake our breasts,’ a resident, Halima, told Reuters, adding that her daughters had been whipped on Thursday.”
— “Men were not spared the’ moral cleansing’. Any man caught without a beard was been publicly whipped.”
UK: Pregnancy ‘theory’ in honor case — trial continues in “honor killing” of 15 year old Tulay Goren
UK: Pregnancy ‘theory’ in honor case — trial continues in “honor killing” of 15 year old Tulay Goren
— BBC reports: “A teenage girl who was allegedly the victim of an ‘honour killing’ in 1999 may have been pregnant, her boyfriend has told a court.”
— “Tulay is alleged to have been killed by her father – Mehmet Goren, 49, from north London – but he denies murder”
U.S.: Rifqa Bary Case Update
— FOX News: “Ohio Judge: State to Take Custody of Christian Convert Runaway”
— “Ohio can take custody of a girl who ran away to Florida, saying she feared she’d be killed for converting to Christianity from Islam, a judge ruled Thursday in a decision clarifying the girl’s legal status once she returns”
— Orlando Sentinel: “State taking custody of Rifqa Bary, Ohio judge says”
— “A central Ohio judge has ruled that the state will take custody of a girl who ran away to Florida saying she feared she’d be killed for converting to Christianity from Islam. Franklin County Juvenile Court Magistrate Mary Goodrich today ordered 17-year-old Rifqa Bary to the custody of the county’s Children Services agency, pending the confirmation of her immigration status or her return to Ohio.”
