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Archive for February 23rd, 2009

Hindus seek fatwa declaring India a friend of Islam

February 23rd, 2009 | Comments Off

Leaders of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP, or World Hindu Council) dispatched a letter to several Muslim groups asking them to issue a fatwa declaring India a friend of Islam against which jihad should not be waged.  They also included another, even more bizarre, request. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has sent a letter to 13 prominent [...]

Czech president booed at European Parliament

February 23rd, 2009 | Comments Off

This video was recorded as Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, spoke to the European Parliament in Brussels last Thursday. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnaLc42nFrw[/youtube] Some of those MEPs sure didn’t like what Mr Klaus had to say, did they? So, what did he say, anyway? Fortunately, Czech ex-pat blogger Tanja has summarised his main points: “The EU [...]

Muslim women around the world face crisis over violence

February 23rd, 2009 | Comments Off

Straight talk from Yakin Erturk, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women: MUSLIM women around the world are facing a “growing crisis” as Islamic governments fail to honour commitments to end inequality and violence against them, a senior UN official has warned. […] “There is no time left to lose any more as this is [...]

Sharia disallows restrictions on child marriage

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Yemen’s parliament recently agreed to legislate a minimum age of 17 for marriage, but now the legislation is reported to be in jeopardy because a few MPs maintain that it contravenes Sharia law. Horiah Mashour, deputy head of the National Women’s Committee (NWC), a government body, said there was still some resistance to the amendments [...]