News briefs for week of October 12, 2009

This week, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is interviewed by the LA Times to discuss women’s rights in Islam, and Beyonce’s Malaysian concert is postponed.
In an interview with Los Angeles Times titled, “Feminism’s freedom fighter,” Ayaan Hirsi Ali explains her views on not drawing a distinction between radical Islam and mainstream Islam, and responds to Muslim critics who allege she conflates religion with culture.

Beyonce postpones her October 25th concert in Malaysia for a second time. Although a statement from her management has yet to be released, Malaysia has strict decency laws which requires musicians to be covered from shoulder to knees. The Pussycat Dolls were fined for violating the law in 2006 in Kuala Lumpur.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Altmuslimah has removed the ‘deceptive bra’ story while it continues to investigate the sources for the story.
Shazia Riaz is Associate Editor of Altmuslimah.

6 Comments

  • OmarG says:

    The bra thing in Somalia is patently bizarre…I don’t think I can shake my head enough to satisfy my utter sense of disbelief…

  • asmauddin says:

    Thanks for raising the issue, Ed. I’ve removed the story and added an editor’s note. I’ll send out the note to our mailing list as well.

  • OmarG says:

    Why remove it? These goons need to be exposed for the stupidly destructive groups that they are. I read it on Reuters as well.

  • asmauddin says:

    We will re-address it in this week’s briefs, and will cite to Reuters this time.

  • edabdalghafur says:

    Why is it that when it comes to the newsbriefs, altmuslimah takes their sources from the most shady of shady websites. It’s really pathetic, and it makes one wonder whether there is a wider agenda operating here.  Where the hell is the objectivity? 

    Judging from the website, the story about the somalis is most likely a bunch of BS. 

    I encourage you to look at some other headlines on that website:

    “STEPHEN GLOVER: If our Archbishop spent less time fretting about climate change, he might notice the Pope is about to mug him

    ‘I lost over half my body weight and found myself a man’, says woman who shed 13st

    Russian revolutionary Lenin died from the sex disease syphilis NOT a stroke, claims historian”

    I think either a) an apology to the online altmuslimah readership would be in order for insulting our intelligence and for poor journalism
    and b) if the story actually isn’t fiction, provide an f-ing credible link for crying out loud not tabloid news.

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