April 20, 2010 - War on Women News - Responsible for Equality And Liberty

April 20, 2010 - War on Women News - Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Saudi Citizen's Appeal on Sexual Abuse, False Imprisonment Conviction
-- Homaidan Ali Al-Turki
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/homaidan_ali_al-turki/

Iraq: Women's Rights researcher states "honor killing" is "major religious factor in the Middle East"
-- "'Honor killing in general is an action that is a major religious factor in the Middle East,' said women affairs researcher Mrs. Qaradaghi."
http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-04-20/iraq-kurdistan-honour-killing.html

(Northern Ireland/Pakistan) Court stops Muslim girls 'being sent abroad for marriage'
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/court-stops-muslim-girls-lsquobeing-sent-abroad-for-marriagersquo-14773163.html

Saudi cleric fired for advocating mixing of sexes
-- AP: "The head of Saudi Arabia's powerful religious police has fired the chief of the Mecca branch for advocating the mixing of the sexes, an official from the force said Tuesday."
-- "Ahmed bin Qassim al-Ghamidi's suggestion in a newspaper interview this week that men and women should be left to mingle freely directly clashed with a central preoccupation of the force."
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/20/saudi-cleric-fired-advocating-mixing-sexes/



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