What if I told you that Islam was sent down to abolish religion?

Saadia Rajab is a 22 year old Sudanese woman who was charged with adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. When she first appeared at the Alhaj-Yousf/Bahri Public Order Court in the north of Khartoum, Saadia did not have any legal representation and admitted that she had a relationship with a man while being married to another. She was sentenced to "lapidation" (stoning to death) under Article 146 of the Sudanese Criminal Act of 1991.

“Muslim fundamentalism is an ideology which stands against choice, hope, change, and humanity. Islamism is a danger for the Muslim population. It is a danger for us.” So what is Islamism and Muslim fundamentalism? These two terms are often interchangeable and most times mean the same thing. We see it being used a lot, but what does it really mean?

Elahe Amani, a WELDD participant from our Beirut workshop 2014, urges us to speak out and transform our silence into action, and bring an end to gender based violence.

Pramada Menon is a queer feminist activist who ponders about all matters she thinks are complex. Here she discusses family in relation to patriarchy; as a source of simultaneous support and oppression.

A week ago, All Women’s Action Society (AWAM) and DAP Damansara Utama assemblywoman Yeo Bee Yin launched a rape awareness campaign with the tagline “No Excuse For Rape”. It didn’t take long before the topic of marital rape came up, and to my dismay, there were people defending it in the name of Islam.

تتكاثف بهذا الموقف جهود ومساعي تنظيم الأسرة التي بدأت مع بداية أزمة النزوح واللجوء إلا أن نتائجها تثبت أنه يوجد هوة في مكان ما تتمثل في زيادة في أعداد الولادات و الزواج المبكر.

Following the peaceful 2013 general elections, I decided to explore and highlight the role of youth and women in the peace process that transformed its previous 2007/2008 volatile post-election violence. On my last day in Nairobi, a few hours before heading to the Westgate shopping mall, I heard about the Al Shabab attack. It was a tragic and sad day, waiting for the fate of the hostages and praying for the victims. Two weeks ago, Tunisia has also witnessed an attack on the Bardo Museum in the heart of the capital city, Tunis, next door to the Parliament. I experienced the same saddening feeling.