Thursday, October 22, 2009

October 22, 2009 War on Women News - Responsible for Equality And Liberty

 (U.S.) Rifqa Bary Case: Rifqa Bary tells Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) she was abused, was supposed to have arranged marriage
-- Orlando Sentinel: "Ohio teen runaway Fathima Rifqa Bary told Florida investigators about her religious conversion, explained how and why she ended up in Florida and detailed a fearful life with her Muslim family, including the fact she was supposed to be in an arranged marriage."
-- "A month after she ran away from her home outside Columbus, the 17-year-old girl met with several investigators with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for more than two hours and answered questions about her journey to Florida and her family life."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-rifqa-bary-fdle-interview-102209,0,3688358,full.story
-- Video
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=2c360b4e-9109-4a2d-aff2-081454d402
-- Audio
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-rifqa-bary-fdle-interview-mp3-102209,0,5898388.mp3file


(UK) How 'family councils' help plan honour killings
-- Yakin Erturk, former UN expert on violence against women, gives a insight on barbaric practices during Tulay Goren trial
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6884530.ece


(UK) Muslim woman 'blackmailed by couple who threatened to show family photos of her wearing Western clothes'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1222115/Asylum-seeker-blackmailed-Muslim-friend-threatening-devout-family-photos-wearing-Western-clothes.html


Pakistan: Acid burn victim seeks help to fight her misery
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=204677


Sudan: Women punished for wearing trousers
-- IOL ZA: "Two Sudanese women were on Thursday sentenced to 20 lashes and fined for committing an act of indecency by wearing trousers, weeks after a similar case sparked worldwide controversy."
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Africa&set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20091022222800856C932053


Kuwaiti women win right to obtain passport without husband's approval
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/kuwait/6402047/Kuwaiti-women-win-right-to-obtain-passport-without-husbands-approval.html


 

2 comments:

  1. Excellent summaries, Solstice Witch!
    This is an area I am most interested it.

    FYI: a piece we put up on MASH a few days ago:

    http://muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-feminism-deaf-to-women-in-islam.html

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  2. HI Gramfan,

    I agree,, they are excellent research documents, but I cannot take credit for them. They are created by our group R.E.A.L., and my awesome fearless leader Jeffrey Imm.

    I am very glad they are useful to you, because that is exactly their purpose!

    Please feel free to use any content on my site, make yourself right at home, my friend!

    Namaste

    Love and Light to you!

    solstice,

    yeehahahaha FRIDAYYY!!!!!!!!

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