Indonesia: Women Urgently Finding New Clothes to Meet Sharia Standards to Avoid Arrest
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/indonesia-women-sharia-clothing/
-- Indonesia's Jakarta Globe: "Dressing to Impress Aceh's Shariah Police"
-- Jakarta Globe: "Women are revamping their wardrobes in West Aceh to conform to the new Shariah regulation."
-- " 'I have to replace my clothes with skirts and Muslim outfits [that are long-sleeved and loose],' 20-year-old Rahma said last Tuesday. 'I don't want to be arrested by the Wilayatul Hisbah [Shariah police] when they really implement the new law.' "
--- one woman tells Jakarta Globe: "I'm not afraid of the Shariah police. I believe that a person should not be judged by what they wear. It is the heart that matters, not a piece of cloth."
http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/dressing-to-impress-acehs-shariah-police/348358
UK: Columnist "Stop Tiptoeing" Around 17,000 "Honor Crimes" Per Year
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/17000-honor-crimes/
-- UK: Poorna Shetty - "Stop tiptoeing around 'honour' killings"
-- Poorna Shetty: "'Honour' killings, which tend to feature in Middle Eastern, Turkish and south-east Asian communities, derive their motivation from the idea of shame and honour within conservative and religious frameworks. The key problems are that because it's perceived as a 'cultural issue' and communities are reluctant to come forward, progress has been slow."
-- "The Association of Chief Police Officers estimate that 17,000 'honour' crimes are committed each year."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/20/honour-killings-murder
International Campaign Against Honour Killing (ICAHK) web site relaunch -- after attacks, hacking over the summer
http://stophonourkillings.com/?q=node/4037
-- R.E.A.L. and ICAHK had joint rally at U.S. Capitol against "honor killings"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/04/april-7/
Saudi Arabia: "Domestic abuse goes unreported due to sensitivity"
-- Arab News: "women and children still find it difficult to report abuse to the authorities or accept there is a problem in the first place"
-- "How can abused children and women report their cases when society accepts such behavior?"
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=129887&d=20&m=12&y=2009
India: All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Seeks to Challenge India Supreme Court Decision on Women's Right to Divorce Settlement
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/india-muslim-board-seeks-to-deny-divorce-settlements/
-- India Express:
--- "The AIMPLB believes the judgment reopens an issue that was settled during the Rajiv Gandhi regime in 1986 when Parliament enacted the Muslim Women Act after protests from Muslims against the Supreme Court verdict, which had awarded maintenance to Shah Bano in 1985."
--- "In the recent judgment, delivered on December 4, a Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices Deepak Verma and Sudarshan Reddy upheld the right of a divorced Muslim woman Shabana Babo to get maintenance from her husband."
--- Maulana Khalid Rashid of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB): "The Supreme Court judgment is a direct interference in Muslim personal law. It is also against the Shariat, which states that marriage is a contract between two individuals and it becomes null and void after divorce."
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/muslim-law-board-wants-a-shah-bano-on-shabana-bano/556279/
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