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The Global “War on Terror” and Muslim Women

By Aziza Ahmed

September 1, 2009 - 7:00am

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Some argue that legal bans on burqas and other modes of conservative dress would somehow liberate Muslim women. This is naïve. We cannot ignore the hatred that is being acted out on Muslim women, including as part of the war on terror.

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Afghan Women Face Strict New Law

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

August 14, 2009 - 11:36am

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According to a troubling story out of Kabul today, the rights of Shiite women living in Afghanistan—and
the relationships they have with their husbands—are significantly curtailed by a
bill signed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai.


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Giving Neda and Iran's Women Honor

Reader diary posted by Malika Saada Saar, Rebecca Project for Human Rights

June 23, 2009 - 1:50pm

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Malika Saada Saar writes in her reader diary, "I write these words to give honor to Neda and the other Iranian women who dare the brutality of the Basij and military forces, and fearlessly raise their voices against crushing tyranny."


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