Posts Tagged ‘South Africa’

• The Fight over South Africa’s Muslim Marriage Bill Rages on

  March 31st, 2011 Recently, the South African Justice Ministry opened the latest draft of the Muslim Marriages Bill (MMB) up for...

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• Big Love: Appropriating Feminism in Advocating Polygamy

  September 30th, 2009 Stories about polygamy tend to surge and ebb in the media, but they never fail to intrigue people....

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• Women’s Day in South Africa

  August 18th, 2009 Since 1994, South Africa celebrates National Women’s Day every year on the 9th of August, and more generally...

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• Tariq Ramadan Speaks to South African Women

  July 30th, 2009 Last weekend, my husband and I made the six hour drive to the coastal city of Durban, to...

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• A Marriage made in Parliament: South Africa’s Muslim Personal Law Bill, Part 2

  May 6th, 2009 This is part two of our series on Muslim Personal Law in South Africa. Today, we will analyze...

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• A Marriage made in Parliament: South Africa’s Muslim Personal Law Bill, Part 1

  May 5th, 2009 This is the first of a two-series post on South Africa’s Muslim Personal Law bill. Today’s post will...

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• Al Huda – Guidance for a disunited community?

  April 6th, 2009 Her confidence overshadowed the edginess in her voice, when she proclaimed, live, on a very orthodox community radio station,...

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