16 February 2012 According to the below news video, an Iraqi mother has been arrested and charged with a felony-for allegedly tying up and padalocking her daughter to a bed and then beating her. This punishment, it has been alleged, is in response to one of her daughters talking to a man. The mother is seen [...]
May 072011
07 May 2011 According to a report by WJBK Fox News-Detroit (02 May 2011), a twenty year-old woman was killed by her step-father in what appears to be an honor killing. Jessica Mokedad was apparently killed by her stepfather, Rahim Alfetlawi. Jessica, assisted by friends, fled her family home in Minnesota and settled in Michigan. [...]
Apr 122011
11 April 2011 An article in Arab News, dated 12 April 2011, reports that the Shoura Council, or Majlis As-Shura, has recommended the creation of a separate department to handle fatwas for women. Here is a brief excerpt from the article: The Shoura Council recommended a separate department to issue Islamic verdicts, or fatwas, [...]
09 April 2011 An article on Mail Online, dated 09 April 2011, reports that sixty-one people were arrested during an illegal rally against the upcoming ban on burqas. According to the article, attendants at the rally railed against the upcoming law and called for the implementation of Sharia Law. Here are some brief excerpts from [...]
04 April 2011 The Associated Press, in an article dated 04 April 2011, reports that a powerful Islamic group is enforcing a nation-wide strike (hartal). The article says the strike, which has basically shut down the capitol, has spilled over into other major cities. The Muslim protesters are incensed over something known as the National Women [...]
Apr 022011
02 April 2011 An article in the Milli Gazette, dated 02 April 2011, reports that the group at the Darul Uloom Islamic Seminary in Deoband, India will be instituting a media group dedicated solely to explaining their fatwas to the press. Here is a brief excerpt from the article: In order to minimise controversy [...]
Apr 012011
01 March 2011 An article from CDN, dated 16 June 2010, reports that five Muslim men kidnapped and raped a 14 year-old Christian girl. The girl was abducted on May 29th and wasn’t recovered until June 6th. Here are some brief excerpts from the article: Five Muslims here kidnapped and raped a Christian girl [...]
30 March 2011 An article by CNN, dated 29 March 2011, reports that a fourteen year-old girl died as a result of the punishment decreed by the local Imam, 101 lashes. Interestingly enough, despite the Sharia punishment, the autopsy ruled her death a suicide. Here is a brief excerpt from the article: Shariatpur, Bangladesh (CNN) [...]
