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Caning of Malaysian woman who drank beer postponed
As Zainah Anwar, a Muslim Malaysian feminist who is project director of Musawah, the global movement for justice and equality in the Muslim family, reminded her country’s authorities, “Neither the Koran nor the Hadith [sayings of Prophet Muhammad] prescribes any form of punishment for drinking alcohol … Islamic teachings emphasize forgiveness, compassion and positive personal… »
Abusing women and Islam
By Mona Elthaway*, The New York Times, 14 August 2009
(Original article link)
July, hot and usually slow for many of us, was a month of humiliation and pain for 164 Muslim women sentenced to a public flogging for “crimes” as varied and absurd as wearing trousers in public to having sex outside of marriage in… »
Sudan woman to be flogged for wearing pants
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has promised support for a “courageous” Sudanese woman journalist who faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers.
…Islamic Sharia law has been strictly implemented in Sudan since an army coup led by President Omar al-Bashir seized power in 1989, toppling an elected but ineffective government…
… Sarkozy, according to Agence France Presse (AFP) yesterday,… »
Maldives to beat female virgins, males get attaboys
No wonder international newspapers and websites are finding this ironic and therefore satirical: the fact that Maldives implements only the parts of Sharia that affect women, while not implementing the parts which will affect men. It is a grievous insult to all Maldivian women, as this satirical piece by TheSpoof.com shows:
written by mamad, The Spoof.com
In… »
Great news on Maldives flogging issue
Finally, two prestigious British newspapers have covered Maldives’ flogging issue, The Independent and The Telegraph.
The Independent (original article link) is a liberal newspaper that supports the ruling Labor Party while The Telegraph (original article link) is a conservative newspaper and therefore supportive of the opposition Conservative Party which has a firm relationship with the… »
Maldives: Over one hundred people at risk of being flogged
Amnesty International has learned that at least 180 people face being flogged in the Maldives as a punishment for extra marital sex.
The vast majority of those who are flogged in the Maldives are women, even though both men and women can be sentenced to flogging. The most up to date official statistics on flogging from… »
Abdul-Rahman: Was flogging these Maldivian women achieving community harmony and preventing war? I doubt it.
Hilath, I hope it’s not too late for me to present my thoughts on this issue. I submitted this letter to minivannews letters section, but the copy i submitted was scrawled out hastily at some horrible hour and needed a few adjustments. I have made a few adjustments, however, to really explain a lot of… »
The religious right calls for violence against women and children to continue
… The public flogging at the centre of the controversy involves an18-year-old girl, but a disturbing aspect of the case appears to have gone unnoticed. It has emerged that the girl, who reportedly “confessed” to having had extra-marital sex with two adult males, committed the “crime” when she was under-18. If so, this would have… »
Shooting the messenger
By Hilath Rasheed, MinivanNews.com, 18 July 2009
A demonstration was held at the Artificial Beach in Male’ today to protest against Minivan News and its editor Maryam Omidi’s supposedly anti-flogging articles on this website.
Around a 100 protesters carrying placards called for the deportation of the British editor of Minivan News and the closure of this website.
It… »
Adhaalath’s press release: whose the target?
Adhaalath Party, which the MDP government has given a monopoly over the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, today issued a press release, advising all people to express their views within the tenets of Islam.
While the press release says that foreigners should be given visas only on the basis that they also respect this Constitutional requirement, this… »
