Earlier, we posted the initial briefs in Big Oak Farms, Inc. v. United States, a case now pending in the Court of Federal Claims. Or, more correctly, perhaps being revived in the CFC because it was dismissed earlier.The property owner
Amel Fahmy et al. on Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt
Amel Fahmy (UNFPA-Egypt) et al. have posted Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Issues of Sexuality in Egypt on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), officially referred to as female circumcision and at community level as tahara (cleanliness), is…
Obama’s Cairo Speech and the Rights of Women
Huffington Post: Let Women Wear the Hijab: The Emptiness of Obama's Cairo Speech, by Peter Daou:
I know many will gush over President Obama's Cairo speech and I'mlikely swimming against the tide of the media and my fellow Democratsand
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Islamic Scholars Declared That A Woman Who Becomes Pregnant By Rape Must Undergo Abortion
Via AFP/Strait Times: AL-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s highest seat of learning, on Sunday declaredthat any woman pregnant by rape must abort the baby immediately inorder to maintain ‘social stability’. ‘A raped woman must terminatethe pregnancy immediately upon learning of the pregnancy…
Row over abortion right for rape victims in Egypt
Via GulfNews.com:Cairo: With an estimated 20,000 cases of rape annually, some Egyptian lawmakers are pushing for giving rape victims the right to abortion.According to the semi-official newspaper Al Ahram, an MP has presented a draft bill to the parliament…