A Week in Society

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December 2005

• A Teenager in Search for Truth , U.S.

• Strict Health Checks Await Pilgrims , Saudi Arabia

• Madrasah's Stay Open , Pakistan

• Ignorance is the Enemy , Egypt/U.S.

• Visas to Foreign Seminary Students Cancelled , Pakistan

• Muslim Immigrants Singled Out for Tougher Questioning , Germany

• Teenager Runs off to Witness Struggle Between Good & Evil , Iraq/U.S

• Muslim Women Urged to Take their Rightful Place , S. Africa

• Congress Cuts Food Money to Grandparents Raising Kids , U.S.

• Hate Crime Rises in Miami , U.S.

• Kelantan to Enforce H.I.V./AIDS Testing Malaysia

• Muslim Marriages Under Spotlight S. Africa

• Widow Loses Tug Over Burial Rites Malaysia

• Women Lead in Literacy , Philippines

• Cardinals Issues Mixed Marriage Warning , Italy

• The Unrest in France is Only Asleep , France

• Why European Women are Turning to Islam , Europe

• Bringing Christmas to Muslim Children , Kashmir

• Family Rebuilds After Tsunami Devastation , Sri Lanka

• A Set-Back for Muslim Women , Malaysia

• Government Halt Publication of Muslim Youth Magazine , U.S.

• Women Set the Scene for a Qur`an Special ,  Scotland

• U.S. Confirm Monitoring of Muslim Homes U.S.,

• Senegalese All Set to Celebrate Xmas with Christian Minority , Senegal

• One in Five Tsunami Survivors Suffers from PTSD , Thailand

•  All Work and No Play , Azerbaijan

• A Bride Price Controversy , Krygyzstan

• Thumbs Up for a Muslim Youth Camp , U.S.

• Lessons in Sex Education on the Cards for 2006 , Malaysia

• Women Protest Family Law Bill , Malaysia

• Considering Legality of Banning the Burqa  , Netherlands

• CAIR Offers Travel Advisory Service , U.S.

• Understanding Madrasahs  , U.K.

• Muslim Weds Hindu , India

•  A Shared Meal Across Faiths , U.S.

• Hijab Stays Says Islamic College , Holland

• Muslim Beggars , Belgium

• Shari`ah Police and Protestors Clash Over Ban on Women Passengers , Nigeria

• School Takes Lead By Adding Muslim Holiday to the Calendar  U.S.

• Everything They Wanted to Know About My Indian Mother , U.S.

• Muslim Families Urged to Avoid Beaches , Australia

• Adolescent Girls Vulnerable to HIV/AIDS , Bangladesh

• Clerics Slam Adoption of Expatriate Children , Qatar

• Muslim Women Organize Fund-Raising Campaign to Help Families, Australia.

• A Mother and High School Teacher Runs for Elections , Palestine

Living with Forty Years of Race Laws , U.K.

• Converts Get Funding for Hajj , Brunei

• Muslim-Hindu Couple Get Body Guards , India

• Muslim Students to Be Finger Printed , Indonesia

• Calls of Discrimination Within an Islamic Society , U.S.

• Muslim-Christian Marriages Cause for Concern , Italy

• Adopt-a-Family Program Unveiled , The Gulf

• British, Muslim and a Beauty Queen , U.K.

• Muslim Youth Devise Plan to Tackle Radicalism , Australia

• Muslim Women Complain About Hijab Removal , U.S.

• Common Concerns Between Neighbors of Different Faiths , U.S.

• Muslim Youth Feel Misrepresented By their Own Community , Australia

• Not Four, But One Marriage for Muslims , India

• Muslim Growing Apart , Germany

• What Makes an American Girl? , U.S.

• Guiding Muslims Sisters in the West , Netherlands

• Muslim Women Taking Charge of Their Faith , France

• Coping as a Muslim on Campus , U.S.

• Young Man Begins Re-builds his Life After Tsunami , Sri Lanka

November 2005

• Storm Brewing Over Unified Education Plans , India

• Why the Have-It-All Women Decide They Don't Want It All After All , U.K.

• Too Much Television Nurtures Slow Readers , U.K.

• Being Taught How to Feel , U.K.

• British Teenagers Sitting on a Mental Health Time-Bomb , U.K.

• Late Abortion Follows Honor Killing , U.K.

• Shock Over School Reform Plans , Norway

• Money Sent By Migrants Outstrips Foreign Aid , Africa

• Life Sentence for Parents of Neglected Child , Germany

• Can Fulla Save Muslim Girls from Barbie? , Canada

• Non-Christian Clerics Urge a Push in Religious Education , Scotland

• Missing: 50 Million Girls , India

• Has Feminism Failed? , U.S.

• Schools and Universities Close as Southern Province Submerges , Thailand

• Axing Of Muslim Social Worker, Unconstitutional , S. Africa

• Pioneering Class in a Virtual School , Egypt

• Growing Problem in Prostitution & Human Trafficking of Young Women and Girls  , Philippines

• Over a Third Believe Victims of Rape are to Blame , U.K.

• Dismissed for Wearing a Hijab to Work , S. Africa

• Our Obsession with Males , Saudi Arabia

• The Problem with Young Muslim Men Reporting Crimes , U.K.

• Dispelling Student Misconceptions About Islam , U.S.

• Spirituality Comes First in Muslim Marriage , U.S.

• French Muslim Girls Face Sexism and Violence , France

• A Christian Family Embraces Islam , Pakistan

• Expansion of Madrasah Program , Philippines

• The Rights of Women and Female Genital Mutilation , Africa

• Trying to Teach, Not to Preach , U.S.

• FBI: Racism Most Likeliest Motive in Hate Crimes , U.S.

• Offering an Alternative to Aging Parents , U.S.

• 2,000 Children Still Missing After Katrina and Rita , U.S.

• Portrayal of Arabs & Muslims Stereotypical Says Report , Kuwait

• Could Islamic Schools Be Part of the Solution? , U.K.

• Same-Sex Marriage Declared Illegal , Malaysia

• Spanking Leads to Aggressive Children, Study Says , Int'l

• Doctor-Patient Relations with Muslim Doctors Untroubled By 9/11 , Qatar

• Three Girls Held Over Stabbing , U.K.

• Social Aid Cuts Would Affect the Children , U.S.

• Muslim Aid Launches Education Program for Child Victims of Earthquake , India

• Church Disapproves of Hijab Ban at Schools , Turkey

• Reverts, Not Muslim Converts , Philippines

• European Court Upholds Hijab Ban , Turkey

• Their Shattered Dreams , France

• Helping City Kids Get Out of the Ghetto U.K.

• We Are Each Others Business , U.S.

• Primary School Nutrition Program to Broaden Reach , Iraq

• City Prepares for Bin Laughin , Scotland

• Shortage in Specialists Put Women at Risk in Childbirth , U.K.

• Youth on Parents and Abortions , U.S.

October 2005

• Illegal Teachers Cannot Provide Quality Education , U.A.E.

• Students for Students , Zanzibar

• Tension as Muslim Gravestones are Vandalized , U.K.

• Father and Sons Found Guilty of Honor Killing , U.K.

• Schools Changing Face of Halloween , U.S.

• Muslim Women Defy Hard-Liners and Offer `Eid Prayers , India

• The Status of their Children , Saudi Arabia

• Muslim Women Threaten to Demonstrate , Ghana

• Dispelling Muslim Cliches , Switzerland

• Fasting Non-Muslims Attend Iftar Night , Qatar

• Ramadan - An Enriching Time for Converts , Dubai

• Muslims Discuss Misconceptions Surrounding Muslim Women , U.S.

• Young Muslims Find Religion and American Customs Clash , U.S.

• Fasting Non-Muslims Attend Iftar Night , Qatar

• Dispelling Muslim Cliches , Switzerland

• Muslim Women Threaten to Demonstrate , Ghana

• 13-Year Old Detained for Criticizing the Home Office

• Low Fertility the Daddy of All Problems , U.K.

September 2005

• High Mortality and Malnutrition Affect Muslim Children the Most , Pan-Muslim World

• Educational Course for Expat Women , Saudi Arabia

• Secularists Unhappy with Religious Schools , U.K.

• Frustrated Mothers Campaign Against Unhealthy Foods for Children , Australia

• Partial Abortions Reassessed , U.S.

• Muslims Donate to Quake Relief Efforts , U.S

• Poor Output By Muslim Staff During Ramadan , Qatar

• Racism and Xenophobia in S. African Schools , South Africa.

• Muslim Rap-Artist Chants Words of Oppression , France

• Muslims and Jews Eat Together , U.S.

• School Weaves Up Idea for Ramadan Tapestry , Scotland

• Divorce and Shared Parenting , U.S

• The Spiritual Side of Fasting , U.S.

• New Kids Items Target Indulgent Parents , Japan

• Reaching Out to Disaster Victims During Ramadan , U.S.