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  • April 2008

    • Guardian System Has Saudi Women 'Perpetual Minors'

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Apr 21, 08 3:55 PM CDT

      Guardian System Has Saudi Women 'Perpetual Minors'

      Women in Saudi Arabia need to gain a male guardian’s consent to do almost anything, living as “perpetual minors,” the Telegraph reports. Research by Human Rights Watch found that male permission is needed to go to a doctor, travel, and even get dressed. In addition, strict segregation denies women access to public libraries and educational institutions. More »

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      women  • Islam  • Saudi Arabia  • women's rights  • sexism  • Human Rights Watch  • Islamic Sharia law  • gender discrimination  • repression

  • March 2008

    • In Saudi Arabia, a Hotel for Women

      newser  |  Independent (UK)  |  Mar 21, 08 5:21 PM CDT

      In Saudi Arabia, a Hotel for Women

      Saudi Arabia’s first hotel catering exclusively to women—right down to its plush spa—opened this week in Riyadh, the Independent reports. The conservative kingdom enforces strict Islamic segregation of sexes in public, but women can stay at the Luthan Hotel without a male guardian—nor any men on the premises at all—and without needing to stick to tough dress standards. More »

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      Middle East  • Saudi Arabia  • hotel  • Muslim women  • Islamic Sharia law  • spa  • Wahhabism  • Riyadh  • spas

    • Tehran's Top Cop Nabbed in Brothel

      newser  |  Ynetnews.com  |  Mar 12, 08 4:17 PM CDT

      Tehran's Top Cop Nabbed in Brothel

      The man in charge of "moralizing" Iran's capital city is out of a job after being arrested during a raid on a Tehran brothel, Ynetnews reports. Police chief Reza Zarei, who had led crackdowns on women who disobeyed strict Islamic dress codes, was caught naked with six prostitutes in the recent raid and, according to unofficial sites, resigned his post. More »

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      Iran  • Tehran  • Muslim women  • brothel  • Islamic Sharia law  • irony

  • February 2008

    • Unmarried, Frustrated, and Turning to Islam

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 17, 08 6:10 PM CST

      Unmarried, Frustrated, and Turning to Islam

      Facing a feeble job market, many Middle Eastern youths can't afford pricey marriages—and end up single, frustrated, and devoted to Islam, the New York Times reports. Several countries are trying to stem the religious tide by funding weddings, but thousands are left unmarried and isolated. “People don’t help you,” a single Egyptian woman said. “It is only God that helps you.” More »

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      Islam  • education  • Egypt  • employment  • job market  • Islamic Sharia law  • conservative Islam

  • November 2007

    • Sudan Will Jail, Deport Teddy Bear Teacher

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 29, 07 1:08 PM CST

      Sudan Will Jail, Deport Teddy Bear Teacher

      A Sudanese court sentenced British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons to 15 days in prison and deportation from Sudan for inciting religious hatred by allowing her students to name a class teddy bear Muhammad, the Guardian reports. The sentence represented something of a success for British officials, who had said they would do everything possible to prevent Gibbons from receiving 40 lashes, a possible sentence. More »

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      Great Britain  • Sudan  • Islamic Sharia law  • teddy bears  • Gillian Gibbons

    • British Teacher Charged in Teddy Bear Flap

      newser  |  BBC  |  Nov 28, 07 3:35 PM CST

      British Teacher Charged in Teddy Bear Flap

      The British teacher held in Sudan for committing blasphemy by naming a teddy bear “Muhammed” has been charged with insulting religion, inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs, the BBC reports. The UK Foreign Secretary said he would summon the Sudanese ambassador; Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he was "surprised and disappointed" that Gillian Gibbons might face the lash. More »

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      Great Britain  • Africa  • Sudan  • Islamic Sharia law  • teddy bears

    • Teacher Held for Teddy Bear Blasphemy

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Nov 26, 07 7:25 PM CST

      Teacher Held for Teddy Bear Blasphemy

      A UK teacher in Sudan may get 40 lashes and a 6-month sentence over a teddy bear named "Mohammed," the Telegraph reports. Sudanese cops nabbed Gillian Gibbons yesterday for blasphemy after she let her elementary school kids name the bear after Islam's prophet. School director Robert Boulos, who has closed the school for fear of attacks, said Gibbons used the bear as a teaching tool. More »

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      Sudan  • Islamic Sharia law  • blasphemy  • Khartoum

    • Saudi Rulers: Rape Victim Caused Crime

      newser  |  CNN  |  Nov 25, 07 7:23 AM CST

      Saudi Rulers: Rape Victim Caused Crime

      Under international fire for sentencing a gang-rape victim to 200 lashes, the Saudi government yesterday said the woman violated Islamic law and caused the crime to take place by having an "illegitimate relationship" with a man not her husband. The rapists allegedly found the woman "in a compromising situation" with a man on a beach, CNN reports. More »

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      rape  • Saudi Arabia  • Islamic Sharia law  • Sharia law  • adultery  • Saudi rape victim

    • Saudi Rape Victim 'Crushed Human Being,' Husband Says

      newser  |  CNN  |  Nov 21, 07 9:41 AM CST

      Saudi Rape Victim 'Crushed Human Being,' Husband Says

      The husband of the Saudi gang-rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in jail blamed one judge's vendetta—and not the Saudi judicial system itself—for her treatment "as a guilty person who committed a crime." He told CNN his wife has been a severely depressed, ill, "crushed human being" since the attack in 2006, when they were engaged. She's given up her education, and is too fragile to speak publicly. More »

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      rape  • Saudi Arabia  • courts  • Islamic Sharia law  • Saudi rape victim  • justice

    • Saudi Rape Victim Gets Jail for Appealing

      newser  |  BBC  |  Nov 16, 07 7:36 PM CST

      Saudi Rape Victim Gets Jail for Appealing

      A Saudi woman who was gang-raped by 14 men has been sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in prison, the BBC reports. Her original crime was being in the car with a man unrelated to her, but her punishment was doubled and prison time added when she appealed the original sentence. Judges said she tried to use the media to influence them; her lawyer says the sentence violates both Sharia law and international conventions. More »

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      rape  • Saudi Arabia  • death sentence  • Islamic Sharia law  • appeal  • Sharia law  • Saudi rape victim

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