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Press Release: International Campaign to Promote Human Rights across Muslim Societies
Human rights, including sexual and reproductive rights have been under attack in all Muslim societies. Rising conservatism, fueled by militarism, increasing inequalities, the politicization of religion and Islamophobia have strengthened patriarchal and extremist religious ideologies. For instance, last week a woman in Turkey was asked to get written consent from her rapist in order to have an abortion which is against all existing legal regulations, while a recent bill passed in the Sudan annulled the prohibition of FGM/C and a new legislation in Indonesiaโs Aceh now allows for stoning to death as punishment for adultery, while the bodily and sexual rights of Palestinian women continue to be violated in the shadow of the apartheid wallโฆ These examples remind us again that sexuality is not a private issue but a site of political struggle.
Please read full press release from: http://www.dpiap.org/news/doc/Press_Release_CSBR_Campaign_09_11_09.doc
For more information on the background and objective of our campaign, please see our recent interview on AWIDโs website:
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