[fund] resisting fundamentalisms

Canada: Lettre ouverte adressée au Premier Ministre Dalton McGuinty et au Procureur Général Michael Bryant

D’après les analyses préliminaires, le Conseil canadien des femmes musulmanes (CCFM) est profondément préoccupé par les recommandations contenues dans le rapport de Marion Boyd « Dispute Resolution in Family Law: Protecting Choice, Promoting Inclusion. »

France: La campagne choc de Ni putes ni soumises

Un bébé dans les bras de sa maman ; mais cet univers de douceur bascule soudain dans la violence : le bébé crache et atteint sa mère à l'oeil.

Irak: Tués pour un pique-nique « immoral »

Pour avoir joué de la musique, des étudiants sont battus à mort par des miliciens chiites déchaînés. Les étudiant-es ont commencé à installer leur pique-nique sous le soleil printanier, quand les hommes ont attaqué.

International: The trouble with religion

Salman Rushdie comments that wherever religions get into society's driving seat, tyranny results.

Canada: A radio interview with Cassandra Balchin of WLUML

Cassandra highlights the work of WLUML and their stance on the introduction of Shari'a law in Ontario, Canada as a means of legal resolution to civil and family matters.

Spain: Spain Muslims issue fatwa against Bin Laden

Muslim clerics in Spain issued what they called the world's first fatwa against Osama bin Laden on the first anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, calling him an apostate and urging others of their faith to denounce the al-Qaida leader.

International: Who owns Islamic law?

Some liberal scholars want to open the explication of sacred texts to all. Others say the path to democracy lies elsewhere.

India: Countering Conspiracy Claims

An interesting article by Yoginder Sikand which refers to the madrasa system.

International: The trouble with Islam

'The Trouble with Islam' is an open letter from Irshad Manji, a Muslim voice of reform, to concerned citizens worldwide - Muslim and not.

Africa: Asmau Joda on Islam and Muslim women's rights

Asmau Joda is a Muslim woman activist from Nigeria. Until recently she was the Africa Coordinator of the WLUML network.