Fatwa on Saudi women can "breastfeeding their drivers."

"Do the women have to breastfeed the driver in the presence of their husbands or can they do this alone?"
"Who will protect the wife if the husband entered the house unexpectedly and found his wife breastfeeding the driver?" she asked.

Saudi women plan to turn a controversial fatwa (religious ruling) to their advantage and launch a campaign to achieve their long-standing demand to drive in this conservative kingdom.

If the demand is not met, the women threatened to follow through the fatwa which allows them to breastfeed their drivers and turn them into their sons.

Iran cleric says dogs ‘unclean’, not to be kept as pets

An expatriate walks her pet dogs on a beach in Boracay island, Philippines. Iran is against the keeping of dogs as pets as they are considered “unclean”. – Reuters pic

TEHERAN, June 19 – A senior Iranian cleric has decreed dogs are “unclean” and should not be kept as pets – a move aimed at discouraging Western-style dog ownership in the Islamic state, a newspaper reported today.

Dogs are considered “unclean” under Islamic tradition but, while relatively rare in Iran, some people do keep them as pets.

Somali Islamists kill two for watching World Cup

Somali Islamists kill two for watching World Cup

By ABDI SHEIKH | REUTERS Published: Jun 15, 2010 16:43 Updated: Jun 15, 2010 16:43

MOGADISHU: Somali Islamist militants killed two people and arrested dozens of others for breaking a ban on watching the World Cup on television, residents said.

They said the masked fighters from the Hizbul Islam group raided houses on Sunday and Monday in the Afgoi district, 30 km (19 miles) south of the capital Mogadishu, after hard-line Islamist groups banned Somalis from watching the tournament. "Hizbul Islam killed two people and arrested 35 others, all World Cup fans," Ali Yasin Gedi, vice-chairman of the Elman rights group, told Reuters on Tuesday. "Islamists unexpectedly entered houses in Afgoi district and then fired (at) some people who tried to jump over the wall to escape" he added. Hizbul Islam and another group, al Shabaab, which is widely seen as Al-Qaeda's proxy in the region, control large swathes of the country and much of the capital.

Arab-American Psychologist Wafa Sultan

Arab-American Psychologist Wafa Sultan: There Is No Clash of Civilizations but a Clash between the Mentality of the Middle Ages and That of the 21st Century

Following are excerpts from an interview with Arab-American psychologist Wafa Sultan. The interview was aired on Al-Jazeera TV on February 21, 2006.

Wafa Sultan: Benturan yang kita saksikan di belahan dunia bukanlah benturan antar agama, atau benturan peradaban. Ini adalah benturan antar musuh, antar dua jaman. Ini adalah benturan antar sebuah mentalitas dengan pemahaman ke Abad Pertengahan dan mentalitas satunya dengan pemahaman abad XXI. Ini adalah benturan antar peradaban dan keterbelakangan, antara yang beradab dan primitif, antara kebiadaban dan rasionalitas. Ini adalah benturan antar kemerdekaan dan penindasan, antar demokrasi dan kedikdatoran. Ini adalah benturan antara hak asasi manusia, di sisi lain, dan pembatasan hak asasi tersebut, pada sisi satunya. Ini adalah benturan antara mereka yang memperlakukan perempuan seperti binatang, dan yang memperlakukan perempuan selayaknya manusia. Yang kita saksikan saat ini bukanlah sebuah benturan peradaban. Peradaban tidak berbenturan, tetapi bersaing.

Host: Dari kalimat itu saya memahami bahwa yang terjadi saat ini adalah benturan antara kebudayaan Barat, dan keterbelakangan dan keputusasaan kaum Muslim?

Nigerian senator, 50, marries girl, 14

A senator and former governor of Zamfara State of Nigeria, Ahmed Sani Yerima was questioned by officials of the National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and other Related Matters (NAPTIP) Tuesday over his marriage to 14-year old Egyptian girl.

Yerima, 50, who married the girl in Abuja but refused to respond to the issues. (Yerima told journalists that he was not bound by the laws of Nigeria but by Islamic laws, which he claimed he has not breached)

He was however granted bail asked to report back to the agency on the 15 June,2010.

Outside the court,Yerima told journalists that he was not bound by the laws of Nigeria but by Islamic laws, which he claimed he has not breached.