During the time of the prophet, women and men prayed side by side; today, with 66% of American mosques segregating men and women, Islamic feminists work to end institutionalized sexism in Islam …
- Islamic Feminists Storm Some Barricades (Wall Street Journal)
… meanwhile, the appointment of two woman judges in Malaysia raises the question, “why can’t women judges deal with marriage and divorce cases?”
- Woman Judges and Sharia (Dawn)
“‘How does this threaten Christians?’ asked Fatima Abeyd Anyanzwa, an anti-rape activist and mother of six”, as the groups spar over whether family law should be decentralized, or standard for all Kenyans irregardless of faith:
- Kenya’s Christians and Muslims Argue Over Inclusion of Islamic Courts in Draft Constitution (Los Angeles Times)
“[A}s a Mormon, I would be infuriated if a government prohibited my church from building a chapel because of a few violent, misguided Latter-day Saints,” says BYU student McKay Coppins …
… but by Newt “Gingrich’s logic, no mosques should be built anywhere in the United States;” if Saudis are un-American, should Americans follow suite?
- Let Religious Freedom Ring (Los Angeles Times)