Iran’s most prominent political dissident talks to the philosopher.… Read the rest

‘The acceptance of one’s God-given sex is a form of surrender to God or sumission to Allah.’… Read the rest

Government and military officials are suspected of plotting, ordering, or carrying out more than a quarter of journalist murders over the past 15 years, CPJ’s analysis shows.… Read the rest

Four male witnesses of good standing are required to prove rape. Charging rape is proof of zina – by the woman only.… Read the rest

Women in Algeria were slaughtered in the thousands by fundamentalist armed forces throughout the nineties, because they refused to be forcibly covered.… Read the rest

The evidence supporting the whole ‘hydration industry’ is flawed. … Read the rest

Chris Bertram asks why the British left reacted the way it did.… Read the rest

It is estimated that as many as 74,000 women in the UK have had FGM and that every year a further 7,000 are at risk. … Read the rest

We have needed Sagan ever since Copernicus removed us from the center of the universe.… Read the rest

Confirming the universally unacceptable harm caused by FGM, and issuing an unqualified call for the elimination of this practice in all its forms.… Read the rest

It is forbidden to work as a teacher under the current puppet regime. Teachers must recieve a warning; next time, a beating; next, death.… Read the rest

The sentiments expressed by the archbishop are indicative of those who call themselves “progressive” or “liberal” but who are often the most insidious. … Read the rest

Subjecting Hindu women to Sharia courts is not justice.… Read the rest

The veil is a tool for the suppression and oppression of women.… Read the rest

Sura 40 says that those who reject the scriptures will have iron collars and chains placed around their necks, be dragged into scalding water and burnt in the fire.… Read the rest

Detox-based diets can include the use of tablets, socks, body wraps, diets, eating nettle root extract or drinking herbal infusions or “oxygenated” water.… Read the rest

She rose to prominence fighting for those most easily marginalised in Africa – poor women. … Read the rest

Across rural India, it’s easy to find people who revere sati as the ultimate demonstration of womanly honour, devotion and piety. … Read the rest

WHO study shows FGM exposes women and babies to significant risk at childbirth.… Read the rest