Balinese parliament members lobby against Indonesia’s anti-porn bill, which we reported on last week. The Vatican calls for both Muslims and Christians to “protect the family.” An appeals court re-examines the French case of a man asking for an annulment because his wife wasn’t a virgin. Who says Saudi women are helpless? A group of […]

Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s 12-year-old son has been handed over to Pakistani authorities. More from MuslimMatters. A Muslim convert was refused burial in a Tunisian Muslim cemetery because she did not have an Arab surname. An Algerian woman and her daughter were murdered by her son. A female suicide bomber kills 22 in Diyala, Iraq. The […]

Sudanese women use politics to inspire fashion. More news about the four Iranian women’s rights activists who have been jailed. Payvand News features an article from one of the three women. Faisal al Yafai writes eloquently about feminism in the Muslim Middle East and Western feminists’ problem with the veil. Cycads weighs in. Clothing store […]

Study blames mums for Afghan child mortality Seriously? The article tells us: High child mortality rates in conservative Afghanistan are linked not just to war but to mothers being uneducated and having little or no say when their children need medical help, a study has found. And according to the headline, this is somehow the […]

Women abandoned by their husbands in Bahrain staged two sit-ins to highlight the legal challenges they face in dissolving their marriages. Al-Ahram looks at a recent fatwa that allows those with mental handicaps to marry. Achelois highlights the beyond-horrific treatment that some domestic maids receive in Saudi Arabia. May Allah grant them justice. Arab News […]

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a critique of a LA Times blog post about and Egyptian organization that is working to combat sexual harassment in Egypt. The BBC News has now has a piece on its website about Egyptian women and sexual harassment as well. The two articles are different. The LA Times […]

Ramadan Mubarak everyone! I spent the first day of Ramadan at the Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities protesting the 2,342,343,253 ways (roughly) that our lovely ruling party has screwed over the world. But maybe that’s another story for another blog. This post might be a little shorter than usual because, honestly, marching all […]

Justin Podur interviews a representative from the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan. Mohamed Elmasry examines the idea of liberation for Muslim women in the west. Kashmiri women protest against India. Dr. Qanta Ahmed seeks to clear up misconceptions about Muslims with her book In the Land of Invisible Women. Women in Egypt attempt to […]