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Lashings for Child Brides Trying To Escape From Their Marriages Two adolescent Afghan girls who had been forced into marriages with elderly men ran away disguised as boys because their husbands beat them when they tried to resist consummation of their marriages. However, after two days of fleeing across rough roads and mountain passes, Khadija Rasoul, aged [...] Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir is a well known personality in Malaysia. On her blog she describes herself, inter-alia, as a “general nuisance” who occasionally “irritates some people by going on about feminism and Islam”. And now she may have just proven herself right when The Star newspaper pulled an article that she has written. But Marina [...] In case you are wondering what is happening to the Kartika caning case, here is an update. About 2 weeks ago, Tengku Mahkota of Pahang, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah said: “We do not want the issue to prolong. I hope we can resolve it amicably. I know this is a sensitive issue and we don’t want [...] Sudan is in the news again. This time it involves the caning of Silva Kashifa, a 16-year old girl who was charged with wearing indecent clothing and sentenced to 50 lashes of the cane. She was wearing a normal skirt. Remember Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein? She was a widow and former journalist who was charged with wearing indecent clothing, which [...] The Malaysian state of Pahang is the only state in Malaysia to impose mandatory caning penalty for Muslims caught consuming alcohol. It is this state that imposed a caning sentence on Malaysian model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno for this very offense. But as we all know by now, this caning sentence has caused disquiet among Malaysians as [...] If you are a rapist, you are better off doing it in Somalia where you are caned in a painless way if caught. But if you go about raping women in Iran, you better not get caught. A 24-year old man, identified as A.B. found out the hard way over the weekend. He was hanged for raping his [...] Ladies, what would you say if the law of your country says that you are guilty of causing deception if you wear your everyday bras? And what if the law says further that you can be whipped or caned publicly for this offense? That’s what’s happening in Somalia nowadays. A Reuters report just caught my attention. Al-Shabaab [...] Who is Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno? If you ask this question to people who have been following developments in Malaysia, chances are that you will receive answers like: “She is the Malaysian model caught for drinking alcohol in public and now facing 6 lashes of the cane as punishment.” You might even hear that she is [...] A recent BBC report from Sudan said that Lubna Hussein, journalist and UN worker, is to be charged in Khartoum for wearing “indecent” clothing in a restuarant with 18 other women. It seems that 10 of these women (including non-Muslims) were already dealt with by the court – they were each fined $100 and ordered to be given [...] |
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