(1) INTRODUCTION: Dear sisters and distinguished guests, in the 1870's, French administrators trying to strengthen France's colonial rule over parts of the Muslim world recommended that French men marry Arab women. A supporter of this policy stated, "It is through women that we can get hold of the soul of a people".   The colonialists realised that within Muslim societies, women are the centre of the family, the backbone…

Candidate of the ruling National Congress Party for the presidency, Omar al-Bashir, said on Tuesday, 03/03/2015, addressing the National Women's Campaign at the Exhibition Ground in Birry, that he vows to provide "a midwife for each village and district". And said, "We came today in full swing in order to enhance the status of women in political life"...

Indeed, it is miserable knowing what the government has done in protecting women's dignity! Though there are statements and actions of rejection from various components of society, Indonesian government still allow and even support the beauty pageants as 2015 Putri Indonesia to take place. The government's support can be seen from the contribution of several Ministers of Working Cabinet who are involved in giving speeches to the pageant's participants. However,…

Kenya has been ranked the sixth poorest country on the continent. These stark findings are contained in the authoritative report of Institute for Security Studies (ISS). The ISS has found that 18.4 million Kenyans live in extreme poverty. With this regard, we Hizb ut Tahrir East Africa wish to expound the following This is not the exact figure rather a conservative one, the fact is that more than half of…