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Bangla young crusaders on a song at ‘ carnival’ of protests

ByCaesar Mandal, TNN | Mar 13, 2013, DHAKA: It’s a carnival that’s rocking the entire nation. Quite literally. The Shahbag Movement — fuelled by music, art, blogging and the sheer spontaneity of youth — is teaching a new way of protest to… Continue Reading →

Saudi cleric terms women Shura Members prostitutes; receives flak #Vaw

Monday February 25, 2013 10:26:16 AM, Agencies   For the first time, women will represent 10 percent of the 150 seats of the Saudi Shura, or consultative council, in the coming legislative term, Xinhua reported.> A controversial Saudi cleric used Twitter… Continue Reading →

Voices from Bangladesh- Youth Power #Sundayreading

   Shayantani, In Bangladesh political parties are mired in corruption. Amongst ordinary people, there is little hope of achieving positive change through party politics. The brutal stabbing of Bishwajit in December 2012 in front of hundreds of people reveals this… Continue Reading →

CALL FOR ENDORSEMENTS- Defend Women’s and Artists’ Freedom From Fanatics’ Fatwas #VAW #Kashmir #FOE

In Kashmir, young girls who performed in their own rock-band are now silenced by fear, following a fatwa by the Grand Mufti declaring that music, especially for women, is ‘un-Islamic.’ At a time when the whole country has been on… Continue Reading →

Marriage or rape? 90-year-old Saudi man weds 15-year old girl #Vaw #WTFnews

Monday, 07 January 2013 Close friends of the bride’s family said she was frightened on the wedding night and she locked herself up in the room for two successive days. (Photo courtesy of www.youm7.com ) By Reem Hanbazazah Al Arabiya… Continue Reading →

Fatwa prohibits uploading photos on matrimonial, social networking sites #WTFnews #censorship

Agencies : Bareilly, Fri Dec 21 2012, ,IE An organisation of Sunni Muslim clerics here have termed as ‘haraam‘ the uploading of photos on the internet for matrimonial purpose and on social networking sites. The fatwa issued by Madarsa Manzar-e-Islam… Continue Reading →

Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband issues fatwa against tattoo, use of perfume #Wtfnews

  Agencies : Deoband (UP), Wed Dec 05 2012, Leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has issued a fatwa against tattoo and use of perfume with alcohol content. Issuing yet another decree, the seminary said,”Namaz of those, who have tattoo on… Continue Reading →

Woman’s access to Dargah –Shrines to tolerance

Mohammed Wajihuddin | November 10, 2012, Times Crest Some Mumbai dargahs have banned the entry of women devotees into the sanctum. When the Sufi saints lying buried there didn’t discriminate between men and women, why should religious busybodies, ask liberal activists. Covered… Continue Reading →

Women are not outsiders in Dargahs #discrimination #Religion

Syeda Hameed | November 10, 2012, Times Crest     Men and women perform the ‘tawaaf‘ together at the Kaaba during Haj. Why then is there a debate over women’s rights to worship in the sanctum of dargahs? The issue of women… Continue Reading →

Fatima nightingale #empowerment

Mohammed Wajihuddin | November 10, 2012, Times Crest Orthodoxy has kept Muslim women from taking up nursing as a career. One man’s campaign in a sleepy Maharashtra town might change that. In her white nurse’s uniform, Sumaiyya Imam Hussain takes a bus… Continue Reading →

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