July 6, 2009 - War on Women News: Responsible for Equality And Liberty

Italy: Al-Qaeda threat against MP sparks Muslim support -- Souad Sbai
-- "she received threats in an Internet video message by an alleged Al-Qaeda supporter in Italy"
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.3511422226
---- June 18, 2009: "Italian Muslim Women's Rights Leader Souad Sbai in Court Over Islamic Supremacist Death Threats to Her"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/threats-to-souad-sbai/

Pakistan: "122 cases of women being burnt were reported in Lahore" -- just from April to June 2009
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/13+domestic+violence-za-02

UK: Report on Sharia courts state women's word not sufficient - even in abuse cases
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/uk-report-on-sharia-courts/
-- Daily Mail: "Sharia law UK: Mail on Sunday gets exclusive access to a British Muslim court"
-- "If the husband has disputed his wife's word, the court demands her account is corroborated by other
witnesses - preferably male. If the wife refuses to agree to give the husband access to their children, even in
cases of possible child abuse, the divorce is stalled until that issue is resolved."
-- "Dr Hasan tells them that in every part of the world, there can be only one authority."
-- "'In Britain, the ultimate authority is the Prime Minister. In an army, it is the commander-in-chief. On the bus,
it is the bus driver. And in the house, the smallest unit of society, sharia says authority must be with the man to maintain the house."
-- "'The woman's duties are much harsher. Biologically, she differs,' he says. Her duties lie with the cleaning and childcare."
-- "The mood turns black as Dr Hasan continues that under Islam, the woman is seen as someone who needs the
protection of a man. In matters of divorce, the right of ending a marriage lies with the man because 'women have
emotions, whereas a man thinks first before he speaks'. "
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1197478/Sharia-law-UK--How-Islam-dispensing-justice-side-British-courts.html

IPT: "Soraya's Warning to the Mullahs (A Film Review)"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1080/sorayas-warning-to-the-mullahs

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