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18/1/2012
Bangladesh: Head Teacher Arrested for Possessing "Lajja"

Press Release

We, the undersigned strongly protest the arrest of Mr. Yunus Ali, the Head Teacher of KC Technical and Business Management College of Pirojpur, on 4 January, 2012. Mr. Ali was arrested or having allegedly kept a copy of writer Taslima Nasreen's novel "Lajja" ("Shame") in the college library. This arrest is a clear breach of the right to freedom of speech and shows the presence of a broad range of communal and generally reactionary forces in our society.

3/1/2009
Pakistan: Militants Announce Ban on Girls’ Education in Swat
"He said we must take our daughters out of all schools - private or public - by 15 January 2009 at the latest. Failing this, he said the schools will be bombed and violators would face death..."
11/12/2008
Italy: Proposed ban on building new mosques
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni met with protests on Thursday after proposing a moratorium on the building of mosques in the wake of arrests on Tuesday of two Moroccans suspected of plotting terrorist attacks.
25/11/2008
Afghanistan: Girl students and teachers maimed in acid attack
Afghan authorities have arrested 10 Taliban insurgents who threw acid in the faces of schoolgirls in southern Afghanistan, an official said on Tuesday.
21/11/2008
Pakistan: Call for reform of divorce law change causes stir amongst conservatice clerics
Pakistan's top Islamic advisory body has urged the government to amend divorce laws to give more say to women, triggering a controversy with religious hardliners vowing to resist the move.
16/10/2008
Pakistan: Swat conflict takes toll on girls' education
"Pro-Taliban militants have burnt shops and girls' schools, which they claim are spreading 'vulgarity'."
23/9/2008
Israel: Aggressive campaign against secular women
The Haredi sect has launched an aggressive campaign against the secular lifestyles of women in Jerusalem.
18/9/2008
UPDATE: Nigeria: Polygamist agrees to divorce 82 of his 86 wives, following death threats
Alhaji Muhammadu Bello Masaba, whose marriage to 86 wives has attracted much controversy, has agreed to divorce 82 of them, an Etsu Nupe Palace Official said.
7/8/2008
Afghanistan: Two women executed by the Taliban
Two Afghan women have been reported murdered by Taliban militants in the country's central Ghazni province.
2/6/2008
Indonesia: Art and Islamism in Indonesia
Though Indonesia's contemporary artists enjoy an enthusiastic audience, they increasingly feel that Islamist moralizers are interfering with their creativity.