Located in a hidden corner of South Asia, poised to become either a thriving democracy or a failed state, Bangladesh has the potential of becoming a major front in the global confrontation with radical Islamism.
November 29 was declared International Women Human Rights Defenders Day as part of the 16 days of activism against gender violence campaign at the International Consultation on Women Human Rights Defenders in Sri Lanka, November 2005.
Farish Noor - Malaysian academic and activist - casts a critical eye on his home country. He examines the current debate around religious freedom, and the sensitivities surrounding those who wish to convert from Islam.
Newly-minted Perlis mufti Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin said Islamic leaders must squarely address the questions of apostates and other challenges, and not further damage the Muslim community by their own failure to live up to religious values.
Le but de ce réseau est de renforcer les connaissances et les capacités en genre et de capitaliser les approches francophones sur les questions de genre.
In this article by Zainah Anwar, she is heartened that public opinion in Malaysia does not accept the hostile and aggressive propagation of a narrow understanding of one's faith and the turning of dogmatic personal piety into a directive for all to obey.
WLUML networkers participated in the recent congress in Barcelona on 3-5 November 2006 which focussed on major issues with relation to the implementation of Shari'a and family laws in countries with a Muslim population.
