Europe

June 18, 2009
Italy
An Italian MP and Muslim women’s rights activist gives evidence in court against a death fatwa issued against her. The fatwa is a claim of apostasy, which under Islamic law calls for the death penalty, and can be carried out by any Muslim at any time.

June 23, 2009
UK
New legislation has not stopped forced marriages from taking place. A charity in Britain is seeing an increasing number of women who are “really messed up” after being forced to marry under sharia law.

June 24, 2009
UK
A British Muslim woman testifies about why she wants burkhas banned from their streets. She encourages the government to follow the lead of the French President and ban the burkhas from her country.

Mid-East
June 15, 2009
Yemen
Shepherds discovered the mutilated bodies of three women who had been kidnapped. The killings bear the hallmarks of militant jihadists .

June 17, 2009
Bahrain
A woman is jailed for kissing in public.

June 18, 2009
Israel
Muslim countries lead the world in human trafficking.

Asia
June 17, 2009
Pakistan
A family is killed by a group of armed men in the name of honor.

June 19, 2009
Pakistan
A 22-year-old woman is strangled by her brother in front of her family on suspicion of unauthorized sex.

June 19, 2009
Iran
Women in Iran march against discrimination. “I want the world to know that as a woman in this country, I have no freedom.”

June 20, 2009
India
A father beheads his daughter in honor killing because she wanted to marry her boyfriend.

June 21, 2009
Afghanistan
A father fatally stabs his daughter and her lover in an honor killing.

June 24, 2009
Iran
Iranian women are rioting for freedom and prosperity that they enjoyed before sharia law. A soon-to-be-released film illustrates the injustices that these women face.

June 24, 2009
Pakistan
A man burns his wife for not asking her parents for money. The surviving victim yearns for her infant son whom she claims her in-laws snatched from her.

Produced by www.politicalislam.com
Publisher: Bill Warner ; Editor: Asma Marwan
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