Saudis Prepare to Behead Teen Maid by Tim Butcher in Jerusalem The imminent execution of a teenage maid in Saudi Arabia drew fierce criticism yesterday and...
Thursday, 19 July 2007, 16:52 GMT 17:52 UK Mosque survivor 'willing to die'  A female survivor of this month's violent storming by Pakistani forces of...
 06/20/2007 11:59 PAKISTAN Islamabad to impose burqa on women going on Hajj Pakistani Religious Affairs Secretary says decision follows Saudi objections...
Mufti takes stand on circumcision 5:00AM Tuesday June 26, 2007 CAIRO - Egypt's state-appointed Grand Mufti yesterday said that female genital cutting was...
Wear a veil or we'll behead you . . . [NZ Herald 5 Jun 07] JERUSALEM—Women working in Palestinian television in Gaza have been told to avoid walking alone in...
Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 10:45 GMT 11:45 UK Afghan woman radio boss shot dead By Charles Haviland BBC News, Kabul  A female owner of a radio station in...
Sunday, 10 June 2007, 00:51 GMT 01:51 UK Cairo campus veil ban struck down  A court in Egypt has ruled that the American University of Cairo cannot ban...
Friday, 29 June 2007, 08:55 GMT 09:55 UK Sudan rape laws 'need overhaul' By Amber Henshaw BBC News, Khartoum  Sudan must overhaul its legal system to stop...
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 19:59 GMT 20:59 UK Mosque leader in burqa escape bid  The leader of a radical mosque besieged by Pakistani security forces in...
Friday, 6 July 2007, 17:57 GMT 18:57 UK Malaysia 'convert' claims cruelty By Jonathan Kent BBC News, Kuala Lumpur  A Malaysian woman held for months in an...
Thursday, 16 August 2007, 08:31 GMT 09:31 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Pakistan MP in blood feud case By M Ilyas Khan BBC News, Karachi ...
Sunday, 9 September 2007, 17:37 GMT 18:37 UK Algerians especially women protest against attacks The protesters were supporting President Bouteflika Thousands...
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 23:11 GMT 00:11 UK Women condemn Turkey constitution By Sarah Rainsford BBC News, Istanbul  Women's groups in Turkey have condemned...
Saturday, 10 November 2007, 07:47 GMT Iran 'must free' woman activist Iranian woman being arrested. File photo Many Iranian women say their rights have been...
Monday, 12 November 2007, 17:01 GMT Iran launches anti-vice crackdown By Frances Harrison BBC Religious affairs correspondent  Iranian women in Tehran (12...
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 03:04 GMT  Basra militants targeting women By Mona Mahmoud and Mike Lanchin BBC World Service  The chief of police in the...
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 03:03 GMT   Witness: Violence against Basra's women  "Um Zeinab", a mother of six who works in the south Iraqi city of ...
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 18:34 GMT Saudi gang-rape victim is jailed By Frances Harrison BBC News  An appeal court in Saudi Arabia has doubled the number...
Friday, 16 November 2007, 15:19 GMT Saudi gang rape sentence 'unjust'  Saudi women are subject to strict sex segregation laws A lawyer for a gang-rape...
Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 11:29 GMT Man marries 15-year-old daughter By Subir Bhaumik BBC News, Calcutta Police in the Indian state of West Bengal say they...
Saudi rape victim 'a crushed human being' Husband of rape victim blames judge's 'vendetta' for sentence Court more than doubled woman's original sentence of 90...
Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 19:23 GMT Saudis back rape victim sentence Authorities in Saudi Arabia have defended a judicial sentence of 200 lashes for a rape...
Thursday, 22 November 2007, 16:48 GMT  Writer leaves Calcutta after riot By Subir Bhaumik BBC News, Calcutta   Ms Nasreen faced death threats in...
 Friday, 23 November 2007, 12:28 GMT Taslima Nasreen: Controversy's child  Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has been forced to leave her adopted city...
Monday, 26 November 2007, 11:51 GMT Saudi rape victim 'having affair'  Saudi justice officials say a woman who was sentenced to prison and flogging after...
'Muhammad' teddy teacher arrested Monday, 26 November 2007, 18:34 GMT  A British schoolteacher has been arrested in Sudan accused of insulting Islam's...
Saudi FM: Court to review sentence CNN RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- A Saudi court will review the case of a teenage gang rape victim sentenced to jail and...
Thursday, 29 November 2007, 19:35 GMT UK teacher jailed over teddy row A British teacher has been found guilty in Sudan of insulting religion after she allowed...
Friday, 30 November 2007, 18:28 GMT Sudan demo over jailed UK teacher  Protests took place in Khartoum following Friday prayers Protests in Khartoum Crowds...
