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Pakistan: Blasphemy laws
It is not every day that I get a letter from the Death Cell, Central Jail, Rawalpindi in Pakistan.
India: Muslim men will now have to prove their divorce in a court of law
In a landmark judgment last week, the Bombay High Court ruled that divorces between Muslim couples will now have to be "convincingly proved in a court of law under the civil procedure court and the Indian Evidence Act."
Nigeria: Man sentenced to death by stoning
An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has sentenced a man to death by stoning for the crime of rape.
Malaysia: Terengganu state bans bikinis
The fundamentalist Muslim government in a Malaysian state will ban women from wearing bikinis and from sharing swimming pools with men.
Afghanistan: Women still under threat
Many continue to wear the Burqa for personal safety.
India: Gujarat - impact of violence against women
The communal violence in Gujarat continues.
Pakistan: Stoning sentence against Zafran Bibi is suspended
A court in Pakistan has suspended the sentence of stoning to death passed against a woman convicted of adultery.
Saudi Arabia: Banning of 'indecent' cloaks
Saudi Arabian authorities have confiscated thousands of full-length black cloaks for women for violating Sharia, a Saudi newspaper has reported.
Nigeria: Sharia law reaches Nigeria's south
Muslim leaders in Nigeria say they have introduced Sharia law in a southern state for the first time.
India: How has the Gujarat massacre affected minority women?
The survivors speak.
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