Crime
GPs failing Asian victims of ‘honour abuse’ over racism fears (LINK ONLY)
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Marriage
Clerics & Preachers
Mosque in The Hague facilitates exploitative ‘pleasure marriages’
(NL Times) A mosque in The Hague is willing to arrange short-term marriages between women who need money and men who will pay them for sex, a Swedish research program discovered. Such transactions are known as “pleasure marriages” and are considered to […]
Islamic Law
Former wife wins right to dower payout ordered by UAE court
(Stuff) A woman has won the right to have about $215,000 paid to her as part of her marriage contract from the United Arab Emirates. It was the first time a case had come before the courts relating to the payment of […]
Clerics & Preachers
Revealed: Shia Muslim imams in Sweden conduct weddings in which women are bought for sex
(SVT) Shia Muslim imams in many parts of Sweden conduct wedding ceremonies in which women are bought by men for casual sexual relations, Mission: Investigate reveals. Often the imams charge a fee for this. Called “pleasure marriages” in Arabic, the aim of […]
Citizenship
Jury returns mixed verdict in New York terrorism case
(AP) A Manhattan federal court jury returned a mixed verdict Wednesday in the trial of a New Jersey software developer who authorities say researched and photographed U.S. landmarks for possible attacks. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on one terrorism […]
Islamic Law
Marriage contract with $212k divorce payment clause used ‘like a weapon’
(Stuff) A Wellington dentist who has to pay his ex-wife $212,095 under Sharia law after their overseas divorce should not have to under New Zealand laws, his lawyer says. The landmark case being heard at the High Court in Wellington on Thursday […]
Islamic Law
Ex-wife claims $212k dower payment from overseas court should be paid in NZ
(Stuff) The first New Zealand case of a woman seeking the return of a $212,095 dower from her ex-husband after being divorced in an overseas court has begun in Wellington. The pair married in the United Arab Emirates, under Islamic or Sharia […]
Children & Teens
Mum probed over betrothal of daughter, 12, to Pakistani Accused of forced marriage and sexual violence
(ANSA) The mother of a 12-year-old Italian girl who betrothed her to a Pakistani man has been placed under investigation on charges of forced marriage, domestic abuse, abduction of a minor and taking her abroad, abandonment of a minor and sexual violence, […]
Children & Teens
Girl,12, taken from mum over betrothal to Pakistani Girl placed with paternal grandparents after father reports case
(ANSA) A 12-year-old Italian girl has been taken from her mother and placed with her paternal grandparents after the mother promised her in marriage to the brother of her new Pakistani husband, the Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia newspaper reported Thursday. The girl […]
Marriage
White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite splits from fourth husband and flees abroad (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Danish ex-minister ousted from parliament after impeachment
(Reuters) Former immigration minister Inger Stojberg, a main architect behind some of Denmark’s tough immigration policies, was voted out of parliament on Tuesday by her fellow lawmakers following her conviction in a rare impeachment case earlier this month. Stojberg was handed a […]
Children & Teens
Ex-Danish minister convicted over 2016 asylum ruling Inger Støjberg’s policy on separating married asylum seekers ruled illegal.
(Politico) Inger Støjberg, a former Danish immigration minister and high-profile government figure during Europe’s 2015 migration crisis, was sentenced to 60 days in jail on Monday after an order she issued in 2016 was ruled illegal. Støjberg had said that if a […]
Crime
Victorian woman pleads not guilty to forcing daughter to marry the man who would kill her
(WA Today) A Victorian woman accused of forcefully marrying off her daughter to a stranger in Western Australia who later murdered the young bride has pleaded not guilty to coercing her daughter into the marriage. Sakina Muhammad Jan, 45, will appear at […]
Crime
‘We will only take back your dead body’: Forced marriage accused told daughter to stay with husband
(WA Today) A Victorian woman who allegedly forcibly married off her daughter to a stranger in WA told her to stay with her husband, saying “we will only take back your dead body.” Maryiam Khan, a high school friend of slain student […]
Crime
Shepparton woman faces court over alleged forced marriage of slain daughter
(WA Today) A Victorian woman has appeared in court accused of forcefully marrying off her daughter to the West Australian stranger who later murdered the young bride. If the matter is sent to trial and the woman is convicted, she would become […]
Crime
Barber told woman he wanted to make her a ‘perfect Muslim wife’ and then treated her like a dog (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
‘Honour-based’ offences soared by 81% in last five years (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Afghan evacuees facing sex act with a child, assault charges in Wisconsin
(WTVO) Two Afghan evacuees have been charged with crimes while at Fort McCoy. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Bahrullah Noori, 20, is charged with attempting to engage in a sexual act with a minor using force against that person, and […]
Crime
Italy: Uncle of teen who refused arranged marriage detained
(AP) The uncle of an 18-year-old woman who disappeared months ago in Italy after refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan was detained Wednesday on the outskirts of Paris, according to Italian authorities who fear the teenager may be dead. Saman Abbas was […]
Children & Teens
Ted Cruz slams Blinken over Afghan child brides: ‘You brought a crisis to America’
(NY Post) Sen. Ted Cruz confronted Secretary of State Antony Blinken about child brides being brought to the United States from Afghanistan amid the chaotic withdrawal by the Biden administration, demanding to know what guidance the State Department has been provided to […]
Children & Teens
Afghan evacuation raises concerns about child trafficking
(AP) U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the frantic evacuation of desperate Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as “brides” or otherwise sexually abused. U.S. officials at intake centers in the United Arab […]
Forced & Underage Marriage
Afghan women report forced marriages to flee country amid Taliban takeover, sources say
(CNN) US officials processing Afghan refugees abroad recently alerted the State Department to instances in which women and girls were forced into marriage or arrived with male partners posing as their husbands to be eligible for evacuation and escape the Taliban, according […]
Children & Teens
Danish minister on trial for separating migrant couples
(AFP) A former Danish immigration minister insisted she was innocent on Thursday at the opening of her impeachment trial on charges of illegally separating couples who arrived in the country to claim asylum. The 26 judges of the special court, which only […]
Children & Teens
Inger Stoejberg: Danish ex-immigration minister faces impeachment trial
(BBC) A historic impeachment trial gets underway in Denmark on Thursday against a former minister who spearheaded dozens of tough immigration measures. Inger Stoejberg is accused of unlawfully ordering the separation of young asylum-seeking couples in 2016. She is facing a landmark […]
Clerics & Preachers
Faith healer killed Berlin woman in salt water exorcism (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Young girls still being flown out of Sweden for forced marriages and FGM
(Breitbart) According to an activist group that deals with honour violence and oppression, young girls continue to be flown out of Sweden for forced marriages and female genital mutilation (FGM) despite bans. Sabina Landstedt, a member of the activist group Never Forget […]
Islamic Law
Landmark UK court ruling due in ‘bride price’ dispute (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
FBI dodged Ilhan Omar-‘bro’ wed probe
(NY Post) Only hours after Minnesota GOP operative Anton Lazarro posted online DNA evidence that allegedly shows Rep. Ilhan Omar was once married to her brother, the FBI busted him. The test results stated there is a 99.999998 percent chance that Omar […]
Children & Teens
After a year in force, Sweden’s anti-child marriage law sees zero charges
(Breitbart) Despite being in force for over a year, the Swedish laws against child marriages have yet to see anyone charged for marrying a minor so far. Sweden passed legislation that greatly tightened the existing laws against child marriage in July of […]
Crime
Perth man who paid $15,000 to marry his wife sentenced to life in jail for her murder
(WA Today) A Perth Uber driver who slit his wife’s throat and left her bleeding on the floor just two months into their forced marriage will spend at least 19 years behind bars. Mohammad Ali Halimi, 25, was sentenced in WA’s Supreme […]
Crime
‘Come get your sister’s dead body’: Perth man slit wife’s throat just months after forced marriage
(WA Today) A young Perth Uber driver who slit his wife’s throat two months into their forced marriage told the woman’s brother to “come get your sister’s dead body” as she lay bleeding on the kitchen floor. The reality of forced marriages […]
Islamic Law
High Court rules NZ man doesn’t have to pay $212,000 dowry to ex-wife
(NZ Herald) A New Zealand man does not have to pay a $212,000 dowry to his ex-wife after the High Court ruled United Arab Emirates marriage laws did not apply here. United Arab Emirates woman Rahla Almarzooqi had her appeal to enforce […]
Islamic Law
Texas judge denies US citizen due process rights, sends her before Islamic Sharia tribunal instead The judge ordered a Muslim woman seeking a divorce from her husband to undergo arbitration through an Islamic court
(Blaze) A judge in Texas earlier this year effectively denied a U.S. citizen her constitutionally protected due process rights, choosing instead to order her to appear before an Islamic tribunal where her testimony is considered inferior. And when her lawyers sounded the […]
Crime
Search continues for Saman’s body, cousin handed over Teen thought to have been killed for refusing arranged marriage
(ANSA) Investigators on Wednesday continued the search for the body of Saman Abbas while her cousin, one of the family members suspected of involvement in the alleged murder of the 18-year-old for refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan, was handed over to […]
Crime
Saman ‘rowed with family on evening before went missing’
(ANSA) An 18-year-old Pakistani girl who has been missing from a town near Reggio Emilia since the end of April after refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan had a violent argument with her family the night before she disappeared, according to an […]
Crime
Fatwah against arranged marriages after girl believed killed Search for Saman Abbas's body continues
(ANSA) The Union of Italy’s Islamic Communities (UCOII) on Wednesday issued a fatwah (ban) on arranged marriages after the case of an 18-year-old Pakistani girl who is missing and believed killed by her family after refusing to marry a man her parents […]
Crime
Cousin held of Pakistani woman missing after refusing to wed
(ANSA) A male cousin of an 18-year-old Pakistani woman who went missing from a town near Reggio Emilia after refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan was arrested in France at the weekend. The man, who was reportedly gearing to flee to Spain […]
Crime
Italy: Girl feared dead after refusing arranged marriage
(AFP) Police in Italy are searching for the body of an 18-year-old girl suspected to have been killed by her Pakistani family after refusing an arranged Muslim marriage. The girl’s parents, an uncle and two cousins are under investigation for murder, lieutenant […]
Children & Teens
Court sentences man who married 13-year-old in Iraq and brought her to Finland
(Breitbart) A Finnish court has sentenced an Iraqi migrant to four years in prison after being convicted of several crimes when he married a 13-year-old girl in Iraq and brought her to Finland in 2014. The Iraqi-background man, who is 30 years […]
Marriage
Accused of abuse, ex-CAIR Florida leader admits to multiple religious marriages
(IPT) Hassan Shibly, who was one of the highest-profile officials at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), has been accused of spouse abuse and repeated harassment in a National Public Radio story published Thursday. Shibly resigned as director of CAIR’s Florida chapter […]
Marriage
Muslim civil rights leader accused of harassment, misconduct
(NPR) For months, stories swirled around a prominent Muslim civil rights leader, alleging secret marriages, bullying, sexual harassment. Then, late last year, some of the allegations against 34-year-old Hassan Shibly burst into public view. In a video posted on GoFundMe, Shibly’s estranged […]
Government & Politics
Swedish govt criticised for proposing exceptions in anti-polygamy bill
(Breitbart) The Swedish government has been accused of allowing exceptions in a new bill aimed at banning the recognition of polygamous marriages carried out overseas. Swedish Liberal Party MP Robert Hannah criticised the government bill this week, claiming that while the proposal […]
Clerics & Preachers
Muslim scholars slam French call on same-sex marriage IUMS secretary-general describes call as double standard against Islam
(Anadolu) The International Union [of] Muslim Scholars (IUMS) on Saturday decried a French government request for mosque imams to recommend same-sex marriage as a double standard against Islam. In a Facebook post addressed to French Minister of Citizenship Marlène Schiappa, IUMS Secretary-General […]
Clerics & Preachers
Sturgeon’s link to anti-gay Iran cleric (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
What’s in France’s draft law against ‘Islamist separatism’?
(AFP) After months of controversy and 135 hours of parliamentary debate, MPs in France are set to approve a draft law to crack down on what has been termed “Islamist separatism” on Tuesday. AFP examines what is, and what isn’t, in the […]
Marriage
Hassan Shibly: Prominent Muslim-American figure accused of domestic abuse Amid the controversy, Muslim feminists call for supporting abuse survivors but condemn the Islamophobic recuperation of gender justice.
(Morocco World News) Hassan Shibly, a Syrian-American civil rights attorney and a notable Muslim-American leader, is facing accusations of domestic abuse. On December 28, Shibly’s wife Imane Sadrati posted a plea for help on Youtube. She asked for financial support and solidarity […]
Marriage
CAIR’s Hassan Shibly resigns amidst domestic violence scandal New investigation launched against him by ex-CAIR director, now head of anti-abuse advocate.
(FrontPage) For a while, Hassan Shibly was arguably the most prominent representative of CAIR. His work in such things as attempting to regain the American citizenship of ISIS bride Hoda Muthana and trying to convince the courts that the federal “terrorism watch […]
Children & Teens
Danish ex-minister faces impeachment in ‘child bride’ case
(Reuters) Former Danish Immigration Minister Inger Stojberg, known for her hard stance in that role, is facing impeachment for illegally ordering the separation of underage couples seeking asylum. The centre-right politician, who served as minister from 2015 to 2019, said the aim […]
Marriage
CAIR domestic violence and terror Accusations of physical and mental abuse from the wife of Muslim leader Hassan Shibly.
(FrontPage) According to his bio on CAIR-Florida’s website, Hassan Shibly “is blissfully married,” but that all depends on which wife CAIR is talking about. On December 29th, Imane Sadrati, the legal wife of CAIR representative Hassan Shibly — as opposed to his […]
Crime
Fears honour-based abuse could go undetected due to ‘short-sighted’ government plans to scrap term (LINK ONLY)
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