Police beat women opposing Sudan dress code trial
Sudanese police fired tear gas and beat women protesting outside a Sudanese court Tuesday during the trial of a female journalist accused of violating the Islamic dress code by wearing trousers in public.
Police moved in swiftly and dispersed about 50 protesters, mostly women, who were supporting Lubna Hussein, a former U.N. worker facing 40 lashes [...]
Saudi Arabia: 75-year-old woman to get 40 lashes for being around 2 men…
Obviously a miscarriage of justice. The punishment does not fit the crime, even from a Shar’ia perspective… AP
A 75-year-old widow in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 40 lashes and four months in jail for mingling with two young men who are not close relatives, drawing new criticism for the kingdom’s ultraconservative religious police and [...]
Students Kill Teacher and Set School Ablaze for Throwing Quran on the Floor
The tension created by the terror unleashed on the Gombe State capital by people suspected to be thugs and supporters of the Democratic Peoples Party [DPP] and the forceful abduction of former Governor Abubakar Habu Hashidu from court by his supporters on Tuesday afternoon had barely subsided when students of the Government Day [...]
Islam – ‘We feel no shame’ – the brothers who killed their sister for honour
Guardian Unlimited – There was no Taliban-style execution in Donga Bonga and Islam had little to do with it. But the truth – a tale of roguish men, powerless women and the shortcomings of a frail state – is no less compelling. By all accounts, Ghulam Nabi Shah was a
Jordan’s king assails [...]
Islam – Israel suspends air strikes after 37 children die
Scotsman – Air strikes kills at least 23 adults and 37 children sheltering in a basement Israel suspends air strikes for 48 hours and gives 24 hours for evacuation Labour MPs criticise Tony Blair’s stance on Israel’s strikes on Lebanon ISRAEL bowed to
In This IssueAmerican Economic Alert – One of the sources [...]