Background on Islam and Women:

The Hidden World of Islamic Women
Book Excerpts from: Nine Parts of Desire
Geraldine Brooks 1995 (Doubleday, New York)

Sudan's Villagers Flee Arab Rape and Torture
(Financial Times) By William Wallis (06/04/04)

Feminism's Deafening Silence on Sudan Rapes
(FrontPageMag) By Phyllis Chesler  (07/26/04)

Shameful Feminist-Listener Sponsored Hate Radio
(FrontPageMag) By Phyllis Chesler (06/24/04)

Saddam's Wars Scar Generation of Women
(AP via SPI) By Nadia Abou El-Magd (07/18/04)

Female Desire and Islamic Trauma
(MEForum) by Daniel Pipes (05/25/04)

The Muslim Arab "female problem"
(WA Post via Forums) By Raid Qusti (07/09/02)

Sexism in the Cités
(Newsweek via Forums) By C. Dickey (08/18/03)

Raped Turkish Girl, 14, Killed by Family
(AFP via Daily Star)  (04/29/04)

Muslim Women Still Killed or Jailed for Being Raped
(AltMuslim) (05/23/03)

Taslima Nasrin: A Life Between Two Worlds
(AltMuslim) (11/08/02)

A "Miraculous" Muslim Motherhood
(Umiacs.edu) By Taslima Nasrin (02/23/02)

BTW: Muslim Divorce By SMS Considered, Rejected
(AltMuslim) (06/30/03)

Three's A Crowd: Malay Women Fight Polygamy Abuse
(AltMuslim) (03/19/03)

Saudi Clerics: Men Who Allow "their women" IDs, act "like a pimp"
(AltMuslim) (06/11/02)

Woman Saudi TV Announcer Lashes Out at Abuse
(Arab News) (04/12/04)

Saudi TV Host Tackles Abuse Against Women
(AP via Forums) By Rawya Rageh (04/19/04)

Wife Beating: An Arab How-To
(FrontPageMag) By MEMRI (11/05/04)

Arab Muslim Clerics Preaches 'wife beating'
(WND)  (03/23/04)

"Wife-Beating" Book Inspires Muslim Clerics
(MEMRI.org) (03/25/04)

Slowly, Muslims Wake Up To Domestic Violence
(AltMuslim) (11/08/02)

Women's Self-Immolation On Rise In W-Afghanistan
(RFE) By Golnaz Esfandiari (03/01/04)

Women and Islam: A Bitter Lament
(ISIS- Secular Islam.org)

3 Afghan Girls Poisoned for Attending School
(AGE.com.au)  By Greg Bearup (05/04/04)

Girl-Child Marriage (Pedophelia) OK in Islam
(MichNews) By Grant Swank Jr. (05/04/04)

Iraq’s "Ignorant Men"
(NRO) By Steven Vincent (05/25/04)

Vatican Warns Catholics Not to Marry Muslims
(Mich News) By J. Swank Jr. (05/17/04)


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Female Genital Mutilation in Arab-Islamic Cultures
(UNA via Mideast Newswire)

Female Genital Mutilation in Islamic Countries
(fgmnetwork.org) Special Report

Female Genital Mutilation in Arab Lands
(Amnesty Org) Special Report

What is Female Genital Mutilation?
(Amnesty.Org) Special Report

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Women Bomber Atoned for Adultery with 'martyrdom'
(WA Times) By A. Rabinovich (01/20/04)

PA Death Cult Idolizes Mother from Hell
(IMRA) (01/15/04)

The Vagina Travel-Blogs
The Next Wave of Terrorists' Hiding Places
(ISRAEL INSIDER) By Delores G. Mulva-Bloom  (01/07/04)

Female Suicide Bombers for God
(IMRA) Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies (10/09/03)

Arafat Promoting Women Terrorists
(PMW) by Itamar Marcus (10/09/03)

Messengers of Death: Female Suicide Bombers
(ICT)  By Clara Beyler (02/12/03)

Revenge and Frustration Drive Female Suicide Bombers
(ICT)  By Clara Beyler (03/07/04)

Female Palestinians Involvement in Terror
(IDF-ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE) (10/04/03)

Abuse of Women Under Arafat's Regime
(ZOA - BACKGROUNDER) (12/27/01)

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Women in Islam (Book Excerpts)
Walther Wiebke 1981 (Marcus Wiener)

Islam's Shariah Laws: War on Women
(WSJ via HRW) By LaShawn R. Jefferson (08/22/02)

A Muslim Woman's Horror Story Every Woman Must Read
(ROZANEH MAG-FR Forum)  By Liz Weltch (08/31/02)

ALSO SEE:

• Bahrain: women stage sit-in demanding their civil rights
• Afghanistan: Islamic fanatics bomb & burn girl schools
• Pakistan: The Islamic Alliance & the rule of Sharia & sexual apartheid
• Iran: Female bus driver & the rule of sexual apartheid
• Jordan: Women's Lives & "Crimes of Honour"
  
• Iran: Woman re-arrested, after escape from stoning
• Pakistan: A woman's chilling testimony against her gang rapists
• Sudan: Criticising Islam & a death threat over a woman
• Denmark: Imam demands girls from Muslim families be genitally mutilated
• Nigeria & Iran: Six women and two men on the death row of Islamic law
• Join the Organisation for Women's Liberation
• Four women are sentenced to death by stoning
• Girls burnt to death in Saudi Arabia
• Divorce by text message on mobile phone
• Unveiling sexuality and sex taboos in Syria
• Reforms in women's civil rights in Morocco and Jordan
• Palestinian women's appeal
• Bat Shalom & Jerusalem Centre for women - Joint declaration
• Afghanistan: Resolution on women and girls rights
• Saudi women get ID cards for the first time
• The Charter of Committee to Defend Women's Rights in the Middle East - CDWRME
• CDWRMR's web site
• Battered Women and the Legal System in the Arab World
• Acid Attacks on Women in Bangladesh
• 4 more Women Awaiting to be Stoned to Death in Iran, Nigeria and Pakistan
• Arab Women's Civil Rights in Marrying Foreigners
• FGM, the most Serious Health Issue Affecting Women in Ethiopia
• Two most Recent Cases of Honour Killings in Jordan
• Women Continue to live under Islamic Laws in Afghanistan
• Women Trafficking in Bangladesh & Pakistan 
• Lebanon: Violence against Women & the Legal System in the Arab World 
• Under an International pressure Zafaran Bibi Acquitted in Pakistan, Stoning Sentence of Amina Lawal in Nigeria Delayed, still, Four Women on the Death Row of Islamic Law 
• Arab Media & Women's Rights in the Middle East 
• Turkey: Increase in Honour Killings 
• Syria: Women's Status, Obstacles & Advancements 
• Pakistan: Honour killing in Rise 
• Pakistan: According to Islamic Law, a Tribal Jury Ordered Gang Rape of a Teenage Girl 
• Afghanistan: Women Banned from Singing on air in Kabul in accordance with Islamic rule 
• Iran & Nigeria: Five Women on the Death Row of Islamic Law  
• Yemen: proposition of Law of Husband's House 
• UAE: Arab Media Women Face Challenges 
• Egypt: Is Honour Killing a Taboo? 
• Iran: Women, Underground Lives & the Internet

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15 Girls Die - 40 Injured in Fire at Mecca 'Prison-School'
Because They Were Not Wearing Scarves as They Fled Fire
(NEWSWEEK) By Christopher Dickey (07/15/02)

Hijab Scarf Was Created in 1975 to be Spared Palestinian Rape
by Yasser Arafat's Gunmen

I Am Woman, Hear Me Squeak - Hiding Behind The Scarf
How Muslim Women Use Feminism to Justify Submission
(FrontPageMag) By Razib Khan  (08/26/03)

The Muslim Debate Over the French Veil Ban
(MEMRI #169) By Aluma Dankowitz (04/05/04)

Muslim Debate: Should Dolls Have To Wear Hijab (Veil)?
(AltMuslim via Forums) (09/15/03)

Eyes Without A Face: The Politics Of Hijab
(AltMuslim) (11/02/03)

82,000 Saudi "too sexy" Abayas Confiscated
(Globe And Mail) (05/06/03)

Islamic Veil: Female Form of Jihad
(WND) By Nonie Darwish (02/01/02)

Muslim Headscarves and the French Tricolor
(MERIP) By Paul Silverstein (02/2/04)

Afghan Female Judge Fired for Not Wearing Islamic Veil

Tragedy of Afghan Women (1998- Pre US-Taliban War)

Turkey: Islamic Party and the Issue of Islamic veil

Landslide First Vote for Headscarf Ban in France
(NZ-HERALD)  By Catherine Field (02/24/04)

'Al Qaeda' Attacks France- "Crusaders" Veil Ban
(Reuters-AFP Via ABC.au)  (02/24/04)

France's 'Headscarf Rap' Shows Islamic Double-Standard
(WND-) By Joseph Farah  (01/22/04)

French Lawmakers Ban Head Scarves, etc. in Schools
(AP Via Baltimore Sun) (02/10/04)

Eastern (Islamic) Exposure: A French Lesson for Tom Harkin
(WND-COMMENTARY) by Daniel Pipes (01/05/04)

Viewpoints: Europe and the Headscarf
(BBC NEWS) (02/10/04)

German State Bans Headscarves in Schools
(AP via LV-SUN) By Tony Czuczka (04/01/04)

Muslim Headscarf Issue Causes Ripples in Italy
(AP via AZ-Central) (03/26/04)
 
Islamist 'Jijab' Headgear - is NOT Islam
(NEW YORK POST OPINION) By Amir Taheri (08/15/03)

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Price of Honour (Book Excerpts)
Jan Goodwin 1994 (LB and Company, Boston)

Still no Freedom For Afghan 'honor crime' Women
(MIDDLE EAST TIMES)By Sonia Bakaric  (10/03/02)

Hundreds of Girls Murdered Each Year in Palestinian "Honor Killings"
(WND) (05/06/03)

Female Honor Killing Among Palestinians:
Reputation is Everything (A World And I- Report)

Two Sisters Hacked to Death in 'honour killing' in Jordan
(BBC) (09/10/03)

Amman Jordan ´honour Killer´ Gets One Year
(BBC) (06/01/03)

UN Says 42% of Jordan Women Suffer Abuse
(BBC) By Dale Gavlak (03/15/04)
Saudi Religious Police Raid, Take After Barbie
(WASHINGTON TIMES) By Paul Martin (01/03/04)

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Iran's Sex Slave Trade Further Dehumanizes Women
(FP Magazine) By Donna M. Hughes (01/27/04)

Iranian Hardliners' Veto Fuels Election crisis
(REUTERS at Taipei Times) (01/27/04)

U.S. Officials Wary of Potential Iraqi Civil War
(REUTERS) By Will Dunham (01/28/04)

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Saudi Arabia's Human Rights Abuses
(US Stae Department Report) (03/04/02)

Amnesty International 28-Page Report:Saudi Arabia:
'Gross' Human Rights Abuses Against Women

Recommendations on Human Rights in Saudi Arabia Justice System
(HRW) (05/28/03)

ASLO SEE: Saudi Arabia's Human Rights Development
(HRW) (2003 World Report)

Saudi Clerics Against More Rights for Women
(AP) RIYADH, Saudi Arabia  (09/11/03)

U.S. Fails to Call Saudi Arabia And Other
'partners' as Worst Violators of Religious Freedom

U.S. Sate Dept. Shrugs as Saudis Hold American Women Hostage
(WSJ) (07/26/02)

Women Held as White Slave Captives in Saudi Arabia
(OMDURMAN.ORG) Special Report

Barbie Doll Deemed A Threat to Saudi Morality
(CNNews) By Sarah El-Deeb  (09/10/03)

American Mothers: Saudis Snatch Kids 
(NY DAILYNEWS) By Timothy J. Burger (06/13/02)

Palestinian Poll: Prejudice of Women, Minorities OK
(WND) (3/03/04)

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Iraq: Interim Constitution Shortchanges Women
(HRW) (03/05/04)

Women's Rights Violations in Iraq Pre-Saddam Hussein
(Human Rights Watch) November 2003

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Women's Rights Violations in Afghanistan Pre-Taliban
(Human Rights Watch) October 2001

Women in Afghanistan Fear New Taliban-Like Rule
(GVNews.Net) By Shauna Curphey (03/16/04)

Women and Girls Repression Still in Afghanistan
(HRW) (December 2002)

Afghan Women in Crisis Choose Immolation
(METIMES) By Madeleine Coorey (03/11/04)

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Iran's Human Rights Development
(HRW) (2003 World Report)

Nobel Winner-Rights Campainger Returns to Iran -
Iranian Paper: "prize is to embarrass Muslims, Iranian people"
(AP) By Brian Murphy (10/14/03)