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Twitter’s new rules ban ‘hateful conduct,’ may thwart ISIS propaganda
By Reuters — December 30, 2015
The social media site has been faulted for failing to ban accounts that promote violence or make threats based on religion, race, ethnicity and six other categories.
Muslim woman can wear niqab for Canada citizenship oath
By Ron Csillag — October 6, 2015
TORONTO (RNS) The ruling is the third legal defeat for Canada's Conservative government on the Muslim face veil, which has become a hot-button issue in the Oct. 19 federal election.
Mormon women salute historic step, envision even greater strides toward equity
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — August 20, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY – Installing three women to high-level leadership councils could have far-reaching consequences in a denomination led exclusively by men.
Mormon leaders appoint 3 women to high-level posts, a first for LDS church
By Reuters — August 20, 2015
They will serve on councils that had been traditionally served only by men. "We need their wisdom and participation!" said one Mormon leader.
Malaysian activists question role of Muslim ‘fashion police’
By Reuters — July 21, 2015
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) Women in Malaysia, long seen as a moderate Islamic nation, have been denied entry to government buildings on the grounds their skirts were too revealing, fanning fears of growing conservatism in a country with large non-Muslim minorities.
Sudan detains 10 women for wearing miniskirts and trousers to church
By Fredrick Nzwili — July 13, 2015
(RNS) Police charged 12 women under Sudan’s 1991 Criminal Act, but two were released. The rest are to appear in court in the coming days. If convicted, each will face 40 lashes.
At Ramadan, an online petition for female Quran reciters
By Ken Chitwood — June 29, 2015
(RNS) Searching for a recitation from a female "qariah" or reciter, Jerusha Lamptey, assistant professor of Islam and ministry at Union Theological Seminary, found none.
Why Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s tale provides cover for US-led wars in the Muslim world (COMMENTARY)
By Usaid Siddiqui — April 16, 2015
(RNS) Media personalities, especially neoconservatives, have rushed to Hirsi Ali’s defense to legitimize their own anti-Islam bias and imperialist ambitions.
Pakistan’s cartoon ‘Burka Avenger’ swoops into India to empower girls
By Reuters — April 14, 2015
NEW DELHI (Reuters) A female cartoon superhero who dons a burka to tackle crimes against girls and other social ills is bringing her message of women's empowerment to India.
TONY CAMPOLO: Why Christians should vote for Hillary
By Tony Campolo — April 13, 2015
The former spiritual advisor to President Bill Clinton says he supports Hillary even though he is pro-life. He lays out why he thinks other Christians should too.
Justice Ginsburg writes a feminist opinion for Passover
By Lauren Markoe — March 19, 2015
(RNS) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- not the world's most religious Jew -- offers her commentary on the Passover story.
Vatican drops image of bound woman after complaints
By Rosie Scammell — March 13, 2015
ROME (RNS) The Pontifical Council for Culture had chosen a photograph of the 1936 "Venus Restored" sculpture for its Feb. 4-7 conference on women and equality. But the choice of a sculpture bound in ropes to discuss women’s emancipation was deemed inappropriate in some quarters.
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox women make uphill battle for parliament
By Michele Chabin — March 3, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) The fact that women in the Haredi sect are running at all is historic and radical for a community where politics -- and decision-making -- are traditionally left to the menfolk.
Can women have it all? Pope Francis says they need “freedom to choose”
By David Gibson — February 7, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The pontiff reiterated his belief that women deserve a greater role and more responsibility in the church -- at a time when some are criticizing the "feminization" of Catholicism.
Does Catholicism have a ‘man crisis,’ or is Cardinal Burke paranoid? (COMMENTARY)
By Kaya Oakes — January 7, 2015
(RNS) Many women will head to Mass this weekend and note that the priest, bishop and pope have something in common: They are all men, and the power they hold in institutional church structures hardly looks like marginalization.
