May 29, 2009 - War on Women - RealCourage.org

(Canada) Ottawa: 'Perverted notion of honour, respect'
-- "Crown calls for jury to find Sadiqi guilty on two counts of first-degree murder"
-- charged with murdering sister Khatera Sadiqi
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Perverted+notion+honour+respect/1636860/story.html

UK woman jailed for keeping sons' wives like 'dogs'
-- Naseebah Bibi "jailed for seven years on Friday for falsely imprisoning her
three daughters-in-law from Pakistan who she treated as 'slaves and dogs' and subjected to regular beatings"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\05\30\story_30-5-2009_pg7_42

(Afghanistan) The Taliban Advances: 'If We Now Kill Schoolgirls, You Shouldn't Be Surprised'
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,627004,00.html

(Saudi Arabia) Debate in Saudi Arabia over Women's Sports
-- "Saudi Mufti: Women's Sports Are Against the Will of Allah"
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD237709

(Sudan) Christian Solidarity International (CSI): 232 Sudanese Slaves Liberated
-- "The liberated slaves reported having been subjected to beatings, death threats,
rape, female genital mutilation, forced conversion to Islam, racial and religious insults
and work without pay. Some slaves reported witnessing the execution of fellow captives."
-- "Among the interviewed slaves were:"
---- "Achan Mawien Guat - pregnant 17 year-old: Enslaved, Raped, Circumcised, and Islamized."
---- "Mary Atak Geng Baak - 18 year-old Christian: Enslaved, Islamized, Sexually Abused,
Terrorized, and Economically Exploited."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090529/pl_usnw/232_sudanese_slaves_liberated

(Pakistan) Punjab's Mustafabad: Islamic Radicals Storm 'Blasphemy' Hearing
-- 'Blasphemy' case against Munir Masih and his wife Ruqiya Bibi
-- "Radical Pakistani Muslims in a town outside of Lahore this month overran
a courtroom in hopes of swaying a judge in a 'blasphemy' case against a
Christian couple, and a member of the prosecution later threatened to kill the wife"
-- "The couple had granted a Muslim neighbor's request to store some of his
possessions in their home, including a Quran."
-- "The Islamic clergymen storming into the courtroom claimed that no non-Muslims
had the right to keep a Quran in their home"
-- "After the bail hearing, a member of the prosecution team approached Bibi while
she was outside the courtroom waiting to testify and threatened to kill her. 'Ruqiya was
waiting outside the court for her turn,' Gull said, 'and one man came and said,
'Whatever the decision, we will kill you.''"
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5941&backpage=summaries

 

----------------------------------

Responsible for Equality And Liberty organization (R.E.A.L.)
-- website:
http://www.realcourage.org/
-- contact:
realpublic@earthlink.net


Additional Reports on War on Women can be found at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/waronwomen/
http://www.realcourage.org/category/womens-rights/