(Yemen) Islamists Fight Yemen Law Banning Child Marriage
-- "She was 2 years old when her father promised her in marriage to a man in his 30s."
-- "At 11, she was taken to her husband's house to live. Despite promising not to
consummate the marriage before she reached puberty, he tied her to a bed, stuffed a rag in her mouth and raped her, she says."
-- "Legislator Sheik Mohammed al-Hazmi, one of the most ardent opponents of a
minimum marriage age, says the new law is a 'Western plot aimed at Westernizing
our culture. The West wants to teach us how to marry, conceive and divorce. This is cultural colonization that we reject,' he told AP."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_child_marriage_1
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,516881,00.html
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090417/twl-ml-yemen-child-marriage-1be00ca.html
(Pakistan) 18-year-old falls victim to 'honour' killing
-- "A newly married woman was murdered by her brother-in-law in the name of 'honour'
in Kahna Police precincts on Thursday. The 18-year-old victim was identified as Shamim Bibi."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C04%5C17%5Cstory_17-4-2009_pg13_3
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=172920
(Afghanistan) New Afghan law does not allow marital rape... but lets men refuse to feed wives who deny them sex, says cleric
-- Ayatollah Mohammed Asef Mohseni
--- "'You are a dog! You are not a Shiite woman!' one man shouted to a young woman in a head scarf."
--- "A few hundred Shiite women marched with banners to join the angry men.
They blamed foreigners for inciting the protests. 'We don't want foreigners interfering in our lives.
They are the enemy of Afghanistan,' said 24-year-old Mariam Sajadi."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1170175/New-Afghan-law-does-allow-marital-rape--lets-men-refuse-feed-wives-deny-sex-says-cleric.html?ITO=1490
Afghanistan: Two arrested over women's rights activist's murder
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3219886400
(Afghanistan) AP: "Key to women's rights in Afghanistan: men"
-- NBC describes protest as "against a new conservative marriage law"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30250227/
(Gaza) Murder, Mayhem in Gaza
-- "Gaza human rights groups expressed concern this week as a woman
from An-Nusseirat in Gaza was murdered in an 'honor killing.' The woman was
the fourth to die in an honor killing in one week, and another murder had been reported the week before."
-- "The latest victim was 28-year-old Rihab al-Hazin. Sufian and Maryam Olaywa,
45 and 30 respectively, and their 5-year-old son Jawar were murdered just days earlier."
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130898
(Iraq) Cases of Female Circumcision Reported in Kurdish Communities in Northern Iraq
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD231609
(U.S.) Buffalo, New York: Muslim Accused Of Beheading Wife Gives DNA Swab
-- Muzzammil Hassan "due back in court June 4"
-- "accused of killing Aasiya Hassan"
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/muzzammil.hassan.muslim.2.986536.html
(Pakistan) NWFP: Woman killed as NGO office blown up in Mardan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C04%5C17%5Cstory_17-4-2009_pg7_11
(Pakistan) Teacher of a school in Multan severely beat a 7-year old girl student for failing to complete homework.
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=74963
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