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Malaysia – Court Says Government Wrong In Revoking Employment Offer To Pregnant Woman

Revocation Was Unconstitutional

We have all heard of cases of employers refusing to employ female workers who are pregnant.  But what happens when the employer involved is the Malaysian government? In a case before the High Court in Malaysia, the verdict is that the government’s action was unconstitutional.

Relief Teacher

Noorfadilla Ahmad Saikin was overjoyed when her application to [...]

Movie Makers Try To End Honor Killing And Domestic Violence

Movie Makers And Their Films

When there are important messages to be got across to the public, movie makers should be well qualified to do so creatively. Two of them have, separately, tackled the issue of honor killing and domestic violence. Sherzad Hedayat’s film Pregnant will represent Iraq in the Cinema and Soil Festival, to be held [...]

Dubai – Police Officer Sent To Prison For Sexual Offense

Uncle And Niece Convicted

A police officer took his neice to a deserted place to teach her how to drive, but he ended up having sex with her instead.  Now a court in Dubai has convicted both of them for sexual offense.

KS And AA

26-year old police officer known by his initials KS was recently sentenced to 2 [...]

New Zealand’s Te Papa Museum Warns Pregnant And Menstruating Women To Stay Away

The Spirits Won’t Like It

The Te Papa Museum in Wellington, New Zealand announced in a media briefing recently that pregnant or menstruating women should keep away from its Maori exhibits.  According to Michelle Hippolite, the museum’s advisor on Maori subject matters, such visitors may incur the wrath of Maori spirits.  The spirits were believed to have been [...]

Terry And Vanessa – Did They Or Did They Not?

These days John Terry has been appearing in news reports for the wrong reason.  It seems that John Terry had an affair with Vanessa Perroncel and the British press got wind of it.  Terry tried to suppress the publication of the story but Justice Tugendhat did not allow that. So now the whole world has been [...]

Bangladesh – 101 Lashes For Rape Victim

I just read a recent article in The Daily Star from Bangladesh.  It’s about another rape victim who ended up being caned while the rapist walked away free.

The rape took place in April last year at  Khargor of Kasba upazila in Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh. A 16-year old school girl was on her way to Sathgram Advocate Haroon-or-Rashid High School [...]

Saudi Arabia – Plenty Of Lashes On Women

While Malaysia is grappling with the issue of caning Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno (which will be a historic first caning of a woman if carried out), Saudi Arabia has been meting out caning sentences on women who violate its strict Sharia law.  Recently 2 cases caught my attention, and there are certainly plenty of lashes involved.  Saudi Arabia [...]

Germany: Another Honor Killing Case

If you have been following the British case of Tulay Goren, you will know what honor killing in the Muslim world is all about.  In that case, 15-year old schoolgirl Tulay Goren met 29-year old Halil Unal during a school vacation job. The 2 had an affair, which angered her father Mehmet Goren.  He considered that Tulay [...]

Saudi Arabia – Man Caned For Sending Love Messages Via SMS

It has to happen sooner or later.  An article in the Arab News caught my attention a while back.  It speaks of a Saudi man who was caned 70 times all in the name of love.

The story goes like this.  The wife apparently filed for divorce in the Sharia court under a process called “khula”. Now [...]