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Secularism is the religion of contemporary France. And the enforcers of that faith have a new target. “Today ... we are confronted by certain Muslim women wearing the burqa, which covers and fully envelops the body and the head like a moving prison,”...
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Turkey’s secular elite often likes to pose to outsiders as the defenders of a democratic and secular order in Turkey against a creeping Islamism they claim is the...
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Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq — that’s what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia say...
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It appeared as a brief news item, a few days ago, that a Saudi judge told a seminar on domestic violence that slapping one’s wife for spending money carelessly is...
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Strange things in the world happen: in the heart of the Jewish State, in Jerusalem, at the confessional leaders’ interfaith meeting arranged by the Israeli and...
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It seems the Taliban has demanded that Pope Benedict XVI force all Christians to stop spreading their faith in Afghanistan. In fact, they threatened both the Pope and...
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The debate was on regarding what to do about Apostates at the International Islamic Fiqh Conference in Sharjah. To behead or not to behead, that was the question at...
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An influential Islamic group branded an online video game depicting religious figures fighting each other as offensive to Muslims and Christians and successfully...
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An influential Islamic group branded an online video game depicting religious figures fighting each other as offensive to Muslims and Christians and successfully...
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An influential Islamic group has demanded the removal of an online video game depicting religious figures such as the Prophet Muhammad and Jesus Christ fighting each...
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Do you need to be whipped or flogged Taliban style? One incident and a news report this week struck me as provoking deep thought. A Hindu friend of mine embraced Islam....
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There are many alarmist, most unapologetic in their vulgarity while others hide their racism in a scholarly veneer, when it comes to Muslims in Europe.
The...
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He also used to feed her acid. After all, he wanted a son. To demonstrate how rampant acid attacks against women and children are in Muslim-majority Bangladesh,...
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President Barack Obama has made his first appointment of a Muslim: Dalia Mogahed.
The Los Angeles Times
Born in Egypt, Ms. Mogahed is a senior analyst and the...
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religion is only meant to peace of mind and heart, it is at the individual level, every person in this universe needs to be in touch with the almighty, thy has created...
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A Dutch lawmaker says he plans to make a sequel to the anti-Islamic movie that sparked protests among Muslims around the world last year.
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Tunisia is famously the most secular Arab country, even more so then Lebanon. While the latter does not have civil marriage, Tunisia established the practice in 1956....
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Those of you unfamiliar with Jad Choueiri soon may be introduced to him. Jad is a young Lebanese singer known for his pop, as opposed to more Arab classical, music in...
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Salma Hayek has two things going for her. No. Actually one thing. It is a sort of twin.
It gave her a billionaire husband named Francois-Henri Pinault. It also gave...
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Nearly eight years since 9/11 American prejudice against Islam has recorded an all-time high.
In a new poll conducted jointly by The Washington Post and ABC News,...
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France is to make a move to ban veil in public places. It’s aimed at protecting the rights of women forced to efface themselves by covering their bodies entirely....
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Iran has announced plans for a new car designed specially for women.Its features will include automatic transmission, parking and navigation aids and a jack for...
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Britain is one of the few countries known for possessing higher civilian ethics and supporting human rights in the best possible way. However, quite shocking it’s...
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Qatar, an Emirate on the western shores of Persian Gulf has made headlines for the wrong reasons. A study on violence against women, ’surprisingly and...
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If women suicide bombers expect respect from their male counterparts, they are sorely mistaken. It appears that women are being inducted into terrorist ranks to mock...
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It is still a paradox as to what many religious leaders of the Islamic community preaches and practices. Some says that it is the duty of the Muslim women to draw the...
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The episode in Venice’s Ca’ Rezzonico museum, which houses 18th-century Venetian art including those of Giandomenico Tiepolo
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Women are beautiful and by instinct like to show their beauty. Like men they have right to do their activity in society freely and without any limitation. But why is...
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Shimaa Abdelfadeel and Hebba Aref, the two Muslim women who were asked not to sit where they could be photographed behind Senator Barack Obama because they were wearing...
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Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has apologized for keeping Muslim women wearing headscarves out of a key shot at his Detroit event.According to...
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A new study upends the prevailing belief that women in the Middle East are oppressed because of their societies’ adherence to hard-line Islamic teachings. Far...
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The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) has released the “Shariat Nikahnama” that they claim would give equal rights to both Muslim men and...
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Two Muslim women blocked from a Goteborg swimming pool for refusing to change their clothing won more than $3,100 each in damages
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Once again Pakistan has hit the headline and earned the bad repute, however, not for its increasing terrorist or political controversies this time, but for ever...
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Women might be narcissist, yet they can be a venomous threat if circumstances call for it. This is the latest news that has shaken the powered task forces in many parts...
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Cultures which are meant to protect women can land up endangering them - especially their health, keeping aside the ever-controversial question of suppression or...
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The Muslim women victims of molestation, rape and domestic violence have no right to seek justice in the face of fatwa welding Mullahs and Imams, who are very eager to...
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The veil is increasingly becoming a torment in Britain, not for those who wear it, but for the rest.
Even in a secularly tolerant society like Britain, the veil is...
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