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	<title>Bulletin Of The Oppression Of Women in Islam</title>
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	<description>Documenting the oppression of women by political Islam.</description>
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		<title>Muslim Pediatrician, Hatem El Hagaly, Who Said FGM Is an Honor Fired from Mayo Clinic</title>
		<link>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/17/muslim-pediatrician-hatem-el-hagaly-who-said-fgm-is-an-honor-fired-from-mayo-clinic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asma Marwan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Female Genital Mutilation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugs comes the great news that Dr. Hatem Elhagaly aka al-Haj has been fired from the Mayo Clinic due to his views on female genital mutilation. Here’s our blog on Dr. El Hagaly and FGM (female genital mutilation).  His defense of his position of “ritual nicking” is in the comments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egyptian MP Advocates Female Circumcision</title>
		<link>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/16/egyptian-mp-advocates-female-circumcision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asma Marwan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Female Genital Mutilation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salafist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Female circumcision is part of the prophetic Sunnah, said MP Nasser al-Shaker of the Salafi-led Nour Party, who previously proposed a bill that would allow the practice. On a morning show on Mehwar satellite TV station, Shaker said notable Egyptian scholars have said the practice is part of the Sunnah. Imam Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Abdel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Egyptian Women Fight Against Muslim Brotherhood Mobile FGM Convoys</title>
		<link>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/16/egyptian-women-fight-against-muslim-brotherhood-mobile-fgm-convoys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asma Marwan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Female Genital Mutilation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslim Brotherhood]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/?p=1855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A number of Egyptian human rights groups have submitted a communication to the Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud against the Muslim Brotherhood`s political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) to investigate the complaints of people in the village of Abu Aziz in the Minya governorate, south of Cairo, over the existence of a large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indonesia and Its Transition to Sharia Law</title>
		<link>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/16/indonesia-and-its-transition-to-sharia-law/</link>
		<comments>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/16/indonesia-and-its-transition-to-sharia-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asma Marwan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/?p=1842</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Indonesia, long touted to be a moderate Islamic country, has been slowly increasing adherence to Islamic doctrine due to the rise of a more fundamentalist Islamic government, influenced by Islamic clerics.  So far, the list of things that are not or should not be permitted (haram) in Indonesia include: Lady Gaga concerts Pornography and &#8220;lewd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Female Genital Mutilation Persists in Indonesia Despite Ban</title>
		<link>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/16/female-genital-mutilation-persists-in-indonesia-despite-ban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asma Marwan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Female Genital Mutilation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/?p=1838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though the Indonesian government banned female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) four years ago, experts say religious support for the practice is more fervent than ever, particularly in rural communities. A lack of regulation since the ban makes it difficult to monitor, but medical practitioners say FGM/C remains commonplace for women of all ages in this emerging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updates on the Cancelled Lady Gaga Concert in Indonesia</title>
		<link>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/16/updates-on-the-cancelled-lady-gaga-concert-in-indonesia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asma Marwan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After 52,000 tickets are sold, police has officially vetoed Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball in Jakarta, Indonesia Big Daddy, the organizer of Lady Gaga’s The Born This Way Ball in Indonesia, revealed that they were shocked about the cancellation news, for they have not received any written documents from the National Indonesian Police. Big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lady Gaga Concert Canceled by Indonesian Muslims</title>
		<link>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/15/lady-gaga-concert-canceled-by-indonesian-muslims/</link>
		<comments>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/15/lady-gaga-concert-canceled-by-indonesian-muslims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asma Marwan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lady Gaga will have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia following protests by Islamic hard-liners and conservative lawmakers, who said her sexy clothes and dance moves will corrupt the youth. National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar, responding to the pressure, said Tuesday that the permit for her June 3 &#8220;Born This Way Ball&#8221; concert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lesbian Muslim Writer Is Attacked in Indonesia</title>
		<link>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/14/lesbian-muslim-writer-is-attacked-in-indonesia/</link>
		<comments>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/14/lesbian-muslim-writer-is-attacked-in-indonesia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asma Marwan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Having become the center of conservative backlash against her visit to Indonesia, Canadian liberal Muslim activist Irshad Manji is having second thoughts over the country’s label as the largest Muslim democracy in the world. [ . . . ] Last Friday, the discussion of Manji’s book Allah, Liberty and Love at the Salihara cultural center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Horse’s Mouth:  Beat Your Wife Lightly</title>
		<link>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/14/from-the-horses-mouth-beat-your-wife-lightly/</link>
		<comments>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/14/from-the-horses-mouth-beat-your-wife-lightly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asma Marwan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Violence in Islam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s advice from the Fatwas (Islamic ruling) of Ibn Baz from a blog called “Covered Pearls”: Q 115: My husband beats me and spits in my face for trivial reasons. What is your opinion? A: Every husband must fear Allah. He must neither beat his wife, nor spit in her face. Allah (Exalted be He) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islam in Sweden:  Hiding from Honor Killings</title>
		<link>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/14/1812/</link>
		<comments>http://bulletinoftheoppressionofwomen.com/2012/05/14/1812/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 01:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asma Marwan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Honor Killing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The oppression of Swedish female Muslim teenagers and young women is discussed in this short video.  This oppression is a direct expression of the doctrine and culture of Islam. (h/t Creeping Sharia)]]></description>
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