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Pooja | Mar 23 2007

A sentence passed by a woman judge in Germany has ignited widespread agitation among masses. The concerned judge gave a verdict that refused a Moroccan born woman to file a divorce case against her husband and basis of her decision was Koran, which has...

Tags: Germany, Tageszeitung, Muslims, Central Council Of Muslims, Koran, Sharia Law, Politics & Society

New York: WISE to construe Koran in the feminist point of view

Pooja | Nov 20 2006

Lately a women council called, the Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality, or WISE has come into being, aim of which would be to construe Koran in the feminist point of view and to shed the conventional belief about their religion,...

Tags: New York, Koran, Women's Islamic Initiative In Spirituality And Equality, Muslims, Islam, Daisy Khan, American Society For Muslim Advancement, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Baroness Uddin, Politics & Society

Interview

Sara Rich

Suzanne Swift, the then twenty one year old Army Specialist, was arrested for showing her reluctance in going back to fight in Iraq. She served in Iraq for a year but decided she won�t return and went AWOL. Not only did she feel the war lacked purpose, Swift said her superiors repeatedly sexually harassed her while serving in Iraq.

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