Women's rights

Scotland Yard today appealed for information to identify the perpetrators of female genital mutilation amid growing indications that girls are being "cut” in the

CAIRO – The stench of dire poverty rises above the Hawamidiyya villages along the Nile, some 30 kilometers south of Cairo. It is not strange to see fancy cars, most of which

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has reportedly defended the government's decision to ban the use of the word 'Allah' by non-Muslims, saying that Muslims and Christians should

THE horror of female genital mutilation and other grotesque forms of abuse against children is happening in Hammersmith and Fulham and throughout London, according to a

As many as 74 schoolgirls in Afghanistan’s far north fell sick after smelling gas and were being examined for possible poisoning, local officials said on Sunday. While

Baroness Cox: Courts backing polygamy and discriminating against women

Under the Arbitration Act of 1996, Muslims in the UK were empowered to resolve certain legal matters within their faith in a similar way to that already granted to Jewish Beth Din courts. These allow adherents of (mostly orthodox) Judaism to settle matters according to their religious faith without the matter entering civil law.

Muslim Hanif Mohammed Umerji Patel who was arrestted in Bolton on terrorist charges has lost his high court appeal against being extradited to India to face justice for his

Local militants at Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan has imposed ban on education of girls reading in the institutions inside Miranshah Civil colony. A pamphlet