On the 13th of May, the Bangladeshi army announced that it had ended its search for survivors of the Rana Plaza garments factory collapse in Dhaka three weeks ago that tragically claimed the loss of more than 1100 lives, most of them women. The heartbreaking tragedy once again highlighted the exploitation of women by the garment and other multinational corporations in the country as the building housed five garment factories…

Leading up to Pakistan's parliamentary elections on May the 11th, the UK Guardian paper published a story under the headline, "Pakistan Women Face Battle for the Right to Vote" that discussed how letters have been circulated in regions of the country warning men not to allow their wives, sisters and daughters out to polling stations. Around the same time, the Associated Press produced an article regarding how in the small…

News: 3 May, Ansar.ru, Russian Internet portal, reported that in Moscow one of the mosques is being closed. This was announced by the Imam of the Darul-Arqam Mosque. In connection with the information spread in the media, discrediting the work of the community, a working group has taken the decision to suspend the religious-educational activities of the Darul-Arqam Mosque. "Reorganization is planned. For an indefinite period, starting today, daily services,…

At 9.10 am, on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, an eight-storied building, Rana Plaza, collapsed in Savar, an area near the capital city Dhaka, Bangladesh. About 2,500 people were rescued alive while more than 500 dead bodies were recovered in 10 days. Eye witnesses are saying that there are still a large number of bodies in the collapsed building. May Allah (swt) grant peace of Jannah to all the Muslim men…