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Published in: 50.50The Sharia debate in the UK: who will listen to our voices?Over 300 abused women have signed a statement opposing Sharia courts and religious bodies, warning of the growing...
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Published in: 50.50A move to set free child sex abusers: in the name of “our culture”Recent law reform initiatives on sexual crimes against children in Turkey reveal the growing danger for women and...
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Published in: 50.50What will it take to end honour based violence in the UK?‘Honour killings’ represent the tragic consequences of the failure to tackle honour based violence. Greater state...
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Published in: 50.50One woman’s brush with Sharia courts in the UK: "It ruined my life forever"“My daughter and I appeared before the Sharia court at Regent's Park mosque in London. They were not interested in...
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Published in: 50.50Táhirih unveiled: poet, theologian and revolutionaryTáhirih – an important figure in Persian history – helps us imagine a more diverse feminism and a more progressive...
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Published in: 50.50Resurgent Sikh fundamentalism in the UK: time to act?Growing confidence among resurgent Sikh fundamentalist networks in the UK was evident in recent protests against...
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Published in: 50.50Sharia, security and the church: dangers of the British Home Office InquiryDoes the UK’s Sharia Review resemble the sharia ‘courts’: secretive procedures and discriminatory advisors? Are the...
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Published in: 50.50Feminist Dissent: why a new journal on gender and fundamentalism?The journal Feminist Dissent creates a space to interrogate the multi-faceted links between historical and resurgent...
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Published in: 50.50Refusing to recognise polygamy in the West: a solution or a soundbite?Polygamy in the UK and the West raises many questions and challenges: integration of migrant communities, ensuring...
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Published in: 50.50Whitewashing Sharia councils in the UK?In an Open Letter to Theresa May, hundreds of women’s human rights organisations and campaigners warn against a...
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Published in: 50.50Islamist terrorism: chilling echoes of Pastor NiemollerThe Islamists have us all in their sights. We are all targets. It is incumbent upon us all to speak up. Being Muslim...
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Published in: 50.50Furthering freedom of religion and belief in Muslim-majority countriesBallot boxes before a culture of toleration for diversity of beliefs takes root in the minds of people can make...
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Published in: 50.50Jihadist "crimes that surpass all understanding": a letter from 1995 AlgeriaIn this letter written during Algeria’s “dark decade” of fundamentalist violence - sadly relevant today - Mahfoud...
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Published in: 50.50The truth about Charlie: one year after the 7 January attacksThe Charlie Hebdo attack one year ago was part of a long tradition of fundamentalist assaults on artists....
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Published in: 50.50UN calls for women’s engagement in countering violent extremism: but at what cost?Women are already on the frontlines of violent extremism. Engaging with them is not about instrumentalizing them but...
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Published in: 50.50Preventing violent extremism: a noose that is both too tight and too looseThe British government's programme to counter violent extremism hands religious fundamentalists the gift of a...
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Published in: 50.50Your fatwa does not apply hereThe UN Human Rights Council has appointed Karima Bennoune as Special Rapporteur in the field of Cultural Rights....
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Published in: 50.50The UK's missing girls: preventing online radicalisationLess than 4% of Muslim mothers who attended a programme in Britain to equip them with basic IT skills knew who ISIS...
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Published in: 50.50Iraq's female citizens: prisoners of warIraqi woman human rights defender Yanar Mohammed spoke to Jennifer Allsopp at the Nobel Women’s Initiative...
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Published in: 50.50Sabeen Mahmud: “I stand up for what I believe in, but I can’t fight guns”
Sabeen Mahmud alleviated intellectual poverty until the day she was murdered, 24 April 2015. In an interview with...
