Sudan

Models detained after fashion show in Sudan

hd — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:03:02 -0400

Nairobi/Khartoum - Sudanese religious guardians briefly detained 25 amateur models, designers and make-up artists in the capital Khartoum last week, according to local media reports Tuesday. The

FGM Aware host screening of Africa Rising documentary

hd — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:14:33 -0400

This screening of Paula Heredia’s documentary about the grassroots movement to put an end to the practice of genital mutilation or FGM in African and sub-Saharan nations will be followed by a panel

Saving girls from being cut

hd — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:12:59 -0400

A Salon article inspires legislation to put an end to the brutal practice of female genital mutilation * No one wants to read about female genital mutilation. You don't seek out an article about the brutal practice

Human Rights Watch Finds Killings, Cruel Punishment, Repressive Social Control In Somalia

hd — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:47:10 -0400

Human Rights Watch on Monday claimed that insurgent group Al-Shabbab is subjecting inhabitants of southern Somalia to killings, cruel punishment, and repressive social control. The insurgent group

Erdogan's defense of al-Bashir raises eyebrows in Turkey

hd — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:25:43 -0500

"Sometimes some of Erdogan's remarks drive me crazy," commented Orhan Kemal Cengiz in Today's Zaman, Dec. 12, in a reference to Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "He said he was in

Human Rights Situation in Arab World Getting Worse

hd — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:20:23 -0500

Efforts to improve the human rights situation in Arab countries have amounted to little more than broken promises since Sept. 11, according to the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies.

Al-Qaeda killing mostly Muslims: 85% of casualties non-Westerners, report says

hd — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:00:26 -0500

Most victims of al-Qaeda terrorist attacks are Muslims living in Muslim countries, says a new report from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The study, by the academy's Combatting Terrorism

Christian Woman from Sudan Flees Muslim Family

hd — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:02:13 -0500

A Sudanese woman who fled to Egypt after converting from Islam to Christianity is living in secluded isolation as her angry family members try to track her down. Howida Ali's Muslim brother and

Arab countries fail on human rights—report

hd — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:07:06 -0500

The INQUIRER 10 December 2009
By Samer al-Atrush

• Report Summary - EN
• Report Intro - EN
• Annual Report - Arabic

Human rights deteriorated across the Arab world in 2009 with torture widely practiced in several countries, an Arab watchdog said in a report released on Tuesday

CAIRO - The report by the independent Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies surveyed 12 countries and said that most of them repressed human rights activists, press freedoms, and discriminated against religious minorities. The state of human rights in the 12 countries—Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen—"has worsened compared to 2008," the report said.

Subduing Women's Sexuality

hd — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:01:56 -0500

My first encounter with Pakistan in 1993 took my innocence. I discovered a culture pervaded with sexuality – sexuality in a very negative sense.

Absolutely everything, from the most trivial day-to-day matters to the most earth-shaking issues, had to do with sex – at least where girls and women were concerned. The same fixation on sex has found its way to the West through immigration.

Dafur & Armenian Genocide: PM Erdogan "A Muslim can never commit genocide.”

hd — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:08:29 -0500

Tundra Tabloids 9 November 2009

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan: No dhimmi can judge a Muslim.

The Turks still refuse to come to terms with their history of genocide of the Armenian people. Successive Turkish governments were responsible for the state murder of over 2 million Armenians and 300 000 Greeks.

Video: Whitewashing the History of Islam

hd — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:55:07 -0500

"Even today… Islamic fundamentalism is maintaining the idea of enslaving a non-Muslim.”

Who said these ignorant Islamophobic words? Some hate-filled racist European, right?

Wrong! The speaker was Dr. Keul Jok, a black African from the Sudan.

Sudan's Bashir to visit Turkey despite warrant

hd — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:33:29 -0500

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will visit Turkey next week for the first time since an international court asked for his arrest, government sources said, in a test of Ankara's support for

Darfur: The shame of Muslims

hd — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:09:11 -0400

News of the genocide in Darfur seems to have vanished from headlines, and as a consequence, from the mind of the world community as well. Darfurians have been suffering from unspeakable atrocities since

France condemns Sudan floggings

hd — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:07:20 -0400

France has condemned the flogging of several women in Sudan, who were being punished for wearing trousers. The foreign ministry called on Khartoum to abandon the prosecution of several others charged

Sudan, Hamas and Hezbollah

mk — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:19:05 -0400

Thrilling as it may be, perpetrating genocide on its own people does not by itself satisfy the ruling National Congress Party in Sudan. Stories have surfaced recently connecting Sudan with Hezbollah and Hamas. They give

Slavery, Rape & Abuse - Modern Day Realities for Middle East Maids

hd — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:30:54 -0400

While browsing the web, yesterday, I viewed the Arab Times online site and came across several news articles about the rape and abuse of maids in Kuwait.

I was surprised at the cluster of cases so I searched the web for more information and was nearly knocked off my chair when I realized the enormous extent of the huge numbers of foreign maids suffering abuse at the hands of their Middle East "sponsors".

Converts from Islam struggle to survive

hrc — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:55:38 -0400

When Halima Bubkier of Sinar town converted from Islam to Christianity last year, initially her husband accepted it without qualms.

UK: Somali-Swede arrested on terrorism charges

hd — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:31:09 -0400

This story is from last year, but the Swedish connection is only now being revealed.

Video: Ayman al-Zawahiri on Sudan

hd — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:03:47 -0400

Jawa Report 25 March 2009
By Rusty

Here is the new as-Sahab (al Qaeda in Afghanistan/Pakistan's production arm) video featuring Ayman al-Zawahiri's thoughts on Sudan.

The 16 minute video begins with a nasheed (song) inciting Muslims to violence over images of war. Then al Qaeda #2's voice is heard over a still image.