Iran Executes 3 Women, Including Ex-Child Bride, Soheila Abadi
New Age Islam News Bureau
30 July 2022
• Saudi Arabia: 3 Women Named Senior Aides In Key
Islamic Agency
• Turkish Woman, Burcu San, Becomes NATO Chief Deputy
• Netizens Roast Ratna Pathak Shah, Wife Of Naseeruddin
Shah, Over Karva Chauth Remark
• Lebanese Female MP Exposes Harassment Culture Inside
Parliament, Says Erotic Magazines Were Left In Her Office
• Pakistan Women Journalists Face Increased Risk Of
Attack, Censorship: NCHR
• Tunisian Woman's Wedding Abandoned After Groom's
Mother Complains Bride Is Short And Ugly
Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Iran Executes 3 Women, Including Ex-Child Bride,
Soheila Abadi
July 29, 2022
LONDON: Iranian authorities have executed three women,
among them a former child bride, for murdering their husbands, according to the
Iran Human Rights Group.
This past week has been one of the bloodiest, with 32
people executed amid a substantial increase in the use of the death penalty
that the charity said has resulted in twice as many executions at this point of
the year compared to last year.
Citing rights groups, the BBC reported that Iran
executes more women than any other country, the majority of whom are found
guilty of murdering their husbands.
Among the three put to death this week was 25-year-old
Soheila Abadi following her conviction for murdering the man she married at the
age of 15, with the court citing her motive as “family disputes.”
Activists say many of the cases involve accusations of
domestic violence that are not considered by Iranian courts.
This week, Amnesty International lambasted the country
for having engaged in a “horrific execution spree,” with 250 people put to
death in the first six months of 2022 alone, although precise figures are not
available as Iran does not officially announce each case.
“The state machinery is carrying out killings on a
mass scale across the country in an abhorrent assault on the right to life,”
said Diana Eltahawy, deputy regional director at Amnesty, which suggested that
ethnic minorities are overrepresented.
Source: Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2132041/middle-east
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Saudi
Arabia: 3 Women Named Senior Aides In Key Islamic Agency
Three women are among 11 new assistants appointed at
a prominent Islamic institution in Saudi Arabia.
Image Credit: Bloomberg
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Ramadan
Al Sherbini
July
29, 2022
Cairo:
Three women are among 11 new assistants appointed at a prominent Islamic institution
in Saudi Arabia, the latest step in a vigorous drive to empower women in the
kingdom.
Chief
of the General Presidency for Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, Abdul Rahman Al
Sudais, has decreed the appointment of 11 assistants at the presidency and its
affiliate in charge of the Prophet Mohammed’s Mosque in Medina, Saudi online
newspaper Ajel has reported.
The
three female appointees are Fatma bin Zeid as advisor and assistant president
for women’s affairs at the Grand Mosque in Mecca; Fatma bint Abdulaziz as
advisor and assistant president for women’s affairs at the Prophet’s Mosque;
and Al Anud bint Khalid as advisor and assistant president for women’s
development affairs at the Grand Mosque.
Earlier
this week, Al Sudais unveiled a plan for a “historic” administrative shake-up
aimed to further empower women and young people.
“Applying
criteria of governance, quality and transparency in the system of
administrative and field work will be prioritised in the historic structuring
that will be the biggest in the history of the Presidency and will be announced
soon,” he said in media remarks.
“We
aim through this restructuring to consolidate culture of innovation and
creativity, and create effective indicators for boosting decision-making,” he
added.
In
recent years, Saudi Arabia has made big strides in empowering women as part of
massive changes in the kingdom.
Source:
Gulf News
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Turkish Woman, Burcu San, Becomes NATO Chief Deputy
July
29 2022
A
Turkish woman has broken ground by becoming NATO’s deputy assistant
secretary-general, daily Milliyet has reported.
“Burcu
San, 52, has been working in the alliance since 1998,” the daily reported on
July 29.
San,
who served as the deputy assistant secretary-general for operations (DASG OPS)
for years, was promoted to be the director for operations in March following a
difficult qualification exam.
Her
mission was to coordinate NATO’s defence planning, crisis management and
operational activities.
San
started working in the alliance in 1998 and served in SFOR in Bosnia Herzigova
and KFOR in Kosovo.
Born
in the Turkish capital Ankara, she graduated from the international relations
faculty of Ankara university ODTÜ.
Source:
Hurriyet Daily News
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-woman-becomes-nato-chief-deputy-175735
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Netizens
Roast Ratna Pathak Shah, Wife Of Naseeruddin Shah, Over Karva Chauth Remark
29th
July 2022
Mumbai:
Veteran Bollywood actress Ratna Pathak Shah got heavily trolled over her
comments on the Hindu festival of Karwa Chauth.
Karva
Chauth, a one-day festival celebrated annually by married Hindu women in which
they observe fast from sunrise to moonrise and pray for the longevity of their
husband.
Ratna
in a recent interview said that women in the twenty-first century continue to
practice antiquated customs like Karwa Chauth and termed it ‘appalling’.
Several
messages cropped up over Ratna’s comment.
A
user compared it to Muslim women wearing Hijab and tweeted: “Modern women
wearing hijab is ‘Freedom of choice’ Modern women doing Karva Chauth is
‘Appalling’!! Kahaan se Laato Ho Itna Doglapan.”
Another
said: “People commenting on my belief system is Appalling. I do Karwachauth
cause I live in a free country where I CAN follow what I believe. I am a MODERN
woman because I am not judgemental about others. I am also an INTELLIGENT woman
because I know my rights.”
“What
a shameful thought ! Dare to say this to people who observe Lent or Roja ?
#RatnaPathakShah,” commented another.
One
user quoted the popular show ‘Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai’ title track, in which she
played the iconic character of Maya Sarabhai.
“#RatnaPathakShah
#RatnaPathak Sarabhai Title song perfectly suits her. YE JO NAJAR ATE HAIN YE
TOH WO HAI NAHIN.”
One
user wrote: “Why is #RatnaPathakShah having her husband, Naseeruddin Shah
surname, is it not superstitious or regressive, conservative, let her first
give up, Ratna is second wife of Naseeruddin and was living with him for years
before he got a divorce from his first wife.”
Source:
Siasat Daily
https://www.siasat.com/netizens-roast-ratna-pathak-shah-over-karva-chauth-remark-2379285/
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Lebanese
female MP exposes harassment culture inside parliament, says erotic magazines
were left in her office
July
28, 2022
DUBAI:
A newly elected Lebanese MP from the “change” bloc has accused several of her
fellow politicians of intimidation and sexual harassment.
Cynthia
Zarazir said that she found pornographic magazines, condoms and rotten food in
the office assigned to her in parliament, and had been the victim of catcalling
by MPs from the Amal bloc headed by Nabih Berri.
She
added that the MPs had also likened her to a “zarzour,” or cockroach, because
of the word’s similarity to her family name.
“When
I entered the session, two MPs were sitting next to MP Ali Hassan Khalil and
they proceeded to bully me over my family name saying here comes the
‘cockroach,’” she told Lebanese channel MTV.
She
described the situation as “utter chaos,” adding that she had found files in
her office under the name of “Hajj Mohammed” but had yet to determine the
identity of the MP who used to occupy the office.
She
continued: “Every day, I ask the employees at parliament for a proper parking
spot. The first few days I had to use my friend’s small car to be able to park
properly. When I requested a bigger spot, I was told by MP Ali Hassan Khalil,
‘Go buy a small car, you have the money for it.’”
On
Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday, Zarazir spoke out about the harassment she had
faced from her male counterparts.
“Ever
since I entered parliament, I have not been shown any respect to suggest that
those who I will be working alongside for the next 4 years are firstly, humans
and secondly, respectable people.
“Being
catcalled by men whose misogyny outweighs their masculinity, being given a
dirty office littered with Playboy magazines, unused and dirty condoms in the
drawers and on the floor, being bullied over my family name, and not given a
parking spot.
“If
this is how they treat an elected fellow MP, how will they deal with those who
are voiceless?” she said.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2131001/offbeat
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Pakistan
women journalists face increased risk of attack, censorship: NCHR
30
July, 2022
Islamabad
[Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan has consistently ranked low on indices
rating freedom of expression, and online spaces are no different. Women in
particular face the brunt of harassment and abuse.
Pakistan
women journalists reporting on critical issues face increased risks of attack
and censorship.
Pakistan
ranks 145 out of 180 with constant regulations and censorship of the media, as
per the Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index 2021. Laws such as
sedition and defamation, particularly criminal defamation, have been used to
pursue cases against journalists.
According
to Geo TV, National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) Chairperson Rabiya
Javeri Agha on Friday said, “One of the biggest challenges in online spaces in
Pakistan, evidenced by the breadth of research on the subject, is online
violence and harassment.”
“Freedom
of the press and freedom of the media are cornerstones for any functioning,
successful democracy,” she said.
The
remarks of the NCHR chairperson came during a meeting for female journalists to
express their concerns and collectively address the challenges they face on a
day-to-day basis including online violence and harassment.
The
meeting was organised by the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), in
collaboration with the Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) and the Centre for
Excellence in Journalism (CEJ), where women journalists from across Pakistan
took part, Geo TV reported.
A
Pakistani lawyer and Internet activist, Nighat Dad, who runs a non-profit
organisation working for Cyber rights, Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) said,
“Online spaces are increasingly becoming hostile for women journalists and
women in general.”
She
identified five ways online freedom of expression has been negatively impacted
including legal restrictions, extra-judicial excesses, online violence and
harassment, monitoring and gendered disinformation against women journalists.
While
the Constitution of Pakistan provides safeguards for online speech in the form
of Article 19 for free expression and Article 19(A) for the right to
information, these freedoms have increasingly come under attack, Geo TV
reported.
Freedom
Network, a media watchdog, said that 33 journalists were killed for their work
between 2013 and 2019 in Pakistan.
The
report also revealed that journalists who work in print media are twice more
likely to be targets of legal action than those who work in electronic media.
The
country is one of the most dangerous places for journalists and the conditions
for women scribes are even more appalling due to widespread online abuse,
hatred and physical violence.
The
Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (PECA), particularly section 20, is
frequently used to initiate proceedings against activists for critiquing state
institutions. Women in particular face the brunt of harassment and abuse.
Women
journalists are even more at risk of violence and threats due to the strict
patriarchal societal norms in Pakistan.
A
large number face threats in the form of rape, physical violence and intimidation
in the form of public revealing of their personal data on daily basis.
Journalists, citing growing cases of online bullying, say that these can incite
violence and result in hate crimes, putting their safety at risk.
Experts
say that given the poor statistics of gender inequality in Pakistan, women
journalists have to go the extra mile within media spheres to earn high
authority positions and standard wages as compared to their male counterparts.
Media
in Pakistan is heavily censored and any criticism of those in power or
establishment, a euphemism used for the all-powerful military, is frowned upon.
The journalists who criticise the establishment face threats from the
intelligence arm of the military, ISI, and are subjected to various forms of
harassment. (ANI)
Source:
The Print
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Tunisian
woman's wedding abandoned after groom's mother complains bride is short and
ugly
28
Jul 2022
KUALA
LUMPUR, July 28 — A Tunisian bride was left at the altar by the groom after his
mother complained that she was short and ugly.
The
man's mother was said to have only seen pictures of Lamia Al-Labawi and never
in person before the ceremony, Yabaleft reported.
Upon
seeing Lamia's appearance on the day of the wedding, the woman reportedly threw
a fit and complained about the bride's physical appearance.
She
said Lamia was not attractive enough for her son before telling him to abort
the wedding.
The
groom was pictured wiping his face with a handkerchief while the bride stood
next to him.
Lamia
has since taken to social media to lament about the unfortunate incident as she
had spent a lot of money for preparations.
She
said she was very embarrassed over the matter and could not look people in the
eyes after the ceremony was stopped.
She
said she could hear them talking about her behind her back and making snide
remarks about her.
Source:
Malay Mail
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