Sukmawati Sukarnoputri, Daughter of Sukarno Indonesia's Former President, To Convert To Hinduism from Islam
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25
October 2021
• First Ever Miss Universe UAE to Be Held In Dubai; Finalists Announced
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Women Will Be At Helm of Youth League in Coming Years, Says IUML
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Husband of Detained Iranian-British Woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, On Hunger
Strike
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German Court Sentences Islamic State Woman To 10 Years In Prison
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Turkey Determined To Fight Violence Against Women, Erdoğan Says
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Sukmawati
Sukarnoputri, Daughter of Sukarno Indonesia's Former President, To Convert To
Hinduism from Islam
October
24, 2021
Sukmawati
Sukarnoputri (file photo). Photograph :( Zee News Network)
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Jakarta,
Indonesia: Sukmawati Sukarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesia's former President
Sukarno, will undergo the ritual of converting from Islam to Hinduism on 26
October, CNN Indonesia reported.
According
to the report on Saturday, a ritual ceremony will be held at the Sukarno Centre
Heritage Area in Bale Agung Singaraja, Buleleng Regency, Bali, on Tuesday.
Sukmawati
Sukarnoputri, 70, is the third daughter of Sukarno and the younger sister of
former President Megawati Sukarnoputri.
In
2018, hardline Islamic groups filed a blasphemy complaint against Sukmawati
Sukarnoputri, accusing her of reciting a poem insulting Islam.
According
to The Sydney Morning Herald, the daughter of Indonesia's former President had
apologised.
Islam
is the largest religion in Indonesia. The Southeast Asian nation has probably
the largest Muslim population in the world.
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First
Ever Miss Universe UAE to Be Held In Dubai; Finalists Announced
25
October 2021
Emirati models Marwa Al Hashemi, Ameera Alawadhi
and Reem Birdette are among the finalists at the first Miss Universe UAE
pageant. Photo: Miss Universe UAE
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The
countdown to the first ever Miss Universe UAE is hastening and among those
hoping to make history are three Emirati models who are among the 25 hopefuls
that have been revealed so far for the contest.
A
total of 30 names will be announced before the main event, to be held on
November 7 in Dubai at an as-yet undisclosed location.
The
eventual winner will go on to represent the Emirates in the global Miss
Universe contest which will be held in December in Eilat, Israel
Models
Ameera Alawadhi, Marwa Al Hashemi and Reem Birdette will join other UAE
resident for a chance to make history and become the first representative from
the country at the pageant, now in its 70th year. It will be held in December
in Eilat, Israel.
The
finalists so far have been unveiled on Twitter by the Miss Universe UAE
organization, who have said the inaugural contests will show the importance of
inclusion.
“Inclusivity
means not ‘just we’re allowed to be there,’ but valued. Smart group of people
will do amazing things, but truly diverse group of people will do impossible
things,” the organization said on Twitter.
Emirati
hopeful Ameera Alawadhi took to her Instagram page to share her excitement.
"I’m
shaking. I am so excited to announce that I’m one of the first Emirati women to
make it to the Top 30 of the first-ever Miss Universe UAE.”
"I
really want to use this platform and opportunity to redefine what 'beauty'
should mean to us as women, and especially to represent Khaleeji women. My
mission is to show the world what we really have to offer, and that we do not
ever have to hide."
The
entry for the pageant was not limited to only UAE citizens, but also residents
in the country.
Entry
for the pageant was open to all female residents between the ages of 18 and 28
who have lived in the UAE for more than three years.
On
October 15, the thousands of applicants were shortlisted to 300 contestants
following an audition in Dubai.
Following
the audition, 30 contestants will make it to the Sunday, November 7 event.
There, the number will be cut down to the top 15 contestants, who will then be
cut down to only five. For the top five, there will be a question and answer
round, and then the top three will be announced, followed by the crowning of
the winner.
Source:
Al Arabiya
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Women
Will Be At Helm Of Youth League In Coming Years, Says IUML
24th
October 2021
KOZHIKODE:
Women’s representation will be ensured in the leadership of Muslim Youth League
(MYL) in the coming years, said IUML acting state secretary PMA Salam.
Briefing
reporters after the election of new office-bearers of MYL here on Saturday,
Salam said the IUML had decided to give 20% reservation for all feeder
organisations. But the present committee was constituted as per the Membership
given two years ago. That is why there are no women office-bearers in the
committee now. MYL has started giving membership to women and they will be in the
leadership after two years, Salam said. Panakkad Syed Munavvar Ali Shihad
Thangal and PK Firos have been elected again as state president and general
secretary respectively. Senior vice-president in the outgoing committee Najeeb
Kanthapuram, MLA, was omitted from the committee as he has crossed the
stipulated age.
But
Thangal has been given an exception as far as age is concerned because he is
from the Panakkad family, Salam said. Ismail P Wayanad has been elected the new
treasurer. Mujeeb Kaderi, Ashraf Edaneer, K A Mahin and Faizal Bafaqi Thangal
are the new vice-presidents. C K Muhammadali, Naseer Kariyad, Jishan Kozhikode
and Gafoor Kolkkalathil are the secretaries.
The
number of office-bearers has been brought down from 17 to 11. But a six-member
secretariat has been constituted mainly to accommodate those who have been left
out. Asked about the exclusion of former MSF national leader T P Ashraf Ali,
who had supported the former leaders of Haritha in the controversy involving
state MSF leaders, Salam said there are many eligible persons who could not
find a place in the new committee.
Najeeb
Kanthapuram omitted
Panakkad
Syed Munavvar Ali Shihad Thangal and P K Firos have been elected again as state
president and general secretary respectively. Senior vice-president in the
outgoing committee MLA Najeeb Kanthapuram was omitted from the committee as he
has crossed the stipulated age
Source:
New Indian Express
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Husband
of Detained Iranian-British Woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, On Hunger Strike
October
24, 2021
LONDON:
The husband of UK charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been
detained more than five years in Iran, has gone on a hunger strike again after
a court decided she has to spend another year in prison.
Richard
Ratcliffe started his fast on Sunday outside the British government’s Foreign
Office in central London.
He
plans to maintain a “constant vigil” by sleeping in a tent outside the
building’s main entrance in an effort to pressure Prime Minister Boris Johnson
to secure the release of his wife and other detained dual British-Iranian
nationals, Amnesty International said.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe
served five years in prison after being taken into custody at Tehran’s airport
in April 2016 and convicted of plotting the overthrow of Iran’s government, a
charge that she, her supporters and rights groups deny.
In
May, she was sentenced to an additional year in prison on charges of spreading
“propaganda against the system” for having participated in a protest outside
the Iranian Embassy in London in 2009 — a decision upheld this month by an
appeals court. The verdict includes a one-year travel ban, meaning she wouldn’t
be able to leave Iran until 2023.
Ratcliffe
went on a 15-day hunger strike two years ago outside the Iranian Embassy, a
move he credits with getting their 7-year-old daughter Gabriella released.
“We
are now giving the UK government the same treatment. In truth, I never expected
to have to do a hunger strike twice. It is not a normal act,” Ratcliffe said on
his change.org petition.
He
said Iran remains the “primary abuser” in Nazanin’s case, but the “UK is also
letting us down.”
“It
is increasingly clear that Nazanin’s case could have been solved many months
ago – but for other diplomatic agendas. The PM needs to take responsibility for
that.”
Zaghari-Ratcliffe
was employed by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the news
agency, and was arrested as she was returning home to Britain after visiting
family. Rights groups accuse Iran of holding dual-nationals as bargaining chips
for money or influence in negotiations with the West, something Tehran denies.
Iran
doesn’t recognize dual nationalities, so detainees like Zaghari-Ratcliffe can’t
receive consular assistance.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1954356/world
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German
court sentences Islamic State woman to 10 years in prison
25th
October 2021
BERLIN:
A German convert to Islam was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday on charges
that, as a member of the extremist Islamic State group in Iraq, she allowed a
5-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband kept as a slave to die of thirst in
the hot sun.
The
Higher Regional Court in Munich convicted the 30-year-old, identified only as
Jennifer W. in line with privacy rules, of — among other things — membership of
a terrorist organization abroad, aiding and abetting attempted murder,
attempted war crimes and crimes against humanity, German news agency dpa reported.
Federal
prosecutors had accused the woman, from Lohne in Lower Saxony, of standing by
in Iraq as her then-husband chained the young Yazidi girl in a courtyard and
left her to die of thirst.
The
child was “defenseless and helplessly exposed to the situation,” judge Joachim
Baier said on Monday, adding that W. “had to reckon from the beginning that the
child, who was tied up in the heat of the sun, was in danger of dying”.
However,
she had done nothing to help the girl — although this had been “possible and
reasonable” for her, Baier said, according to dpa. W. grew up as a Protestant
but converted to Islam in 2013.
German
media reported that she made her way to Iraq through Turkey and Syria in 2014
to join the IS. In 2015, as a member of the extremist group’s “morality
police,” she patrolled parks in Fallujah and Mosul, armed with an assault rifle
and a pistol as well as an explosive vest and looking for women who did not
conform with its strict codes of behavior and dress, prosecutors said.
She
was taken into custody while trying to renew her identity papers at the German
embassy in Ankara in 2016, and deported back to Germany.
Source:
New Indian Express
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Turkey
determined to fight violence against women, Erdoğan says
OCT
25, 2021
President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated on Saturday that Turkey is determined to fight
violence against women within the framework prepared earlier this year.
Erdoğan
made the remarks while meeting women from different backgrounds during his
visit to the central Eskişehir province. He said all institutions are working
resolutely to combat violence, and that a road map and comprehensive action
plan on the issue was prepared in June.
Violence
Prevention and Monitoring Centers (ŞÖNIM) have been established in all the 81
provinces of Turkey, Erdoğan said.
"These
centers play an important role. We took one more step to strengthen this
structure and established contact points for 372 social service centers of our
Family and Social Services Ministry. These contact points will work in
conjunction with ŞÖNIMs, allowing us to address this issue more widely,"
he said.
"We
are determined to fight violence against women to the end."
Meeting
businesswomen, Erdoğan said he attaches a great deal of importance to female
entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in general.
"When
we exclude especially women from our development cause, we throw away half of
our potential. However, every effort, every idea, every person means a lot to
us. With this understanding, we have given and continue to give the greatest
support in our history to female entrepreneurs," the president said.
"We
are pleased to see that our female entrepreneurs are much more successful than
men in some fields. Hopefully, we will build a strong and great Turkey together,"
he added.
In
July, the government unveiled a fourth national action plan targeting “violence
towards women” that mostly focuses on domestic violence.
The
action plan has been drafted by the Ministry of Family and Social Services in
coordination with agencies working on the prevention of violence. It includes
five main goals and dozens of activities that will be accomplished in five
years. Turkey unveiled its first comprehensive action plan on the issue in
2007. For the new plan, the government consulted with nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs), labor unions, international organizations, universities
and media.
The
plan, under the principle of “zero tolerance” toward violence, aims to respond
to all types of violence – from physical violence to emotional abuse. Details
are not clear yet, but it included facilitating access to legal services for
victims, drafting comprehensive policies on the issue and better coordination
between government agencies for a faster response to cases.
Source:
Daily Sabah
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