Elections monitoring: a milestone towards democracy

by Manel Hamdi Following Ben Ali’s ouster in January 2011, Tunisia faced crucial times characterized by increasing social instability. A few months later, the election of a Constituent Assembly responsible for drafting a new constitution took place. The polls initially announced for July 24 were later postponed to October 23. This date became historic. Indeed,…

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Honor Killing In Pakistan

By Veshal Gondal  Farzana Parveen, a 25 year old pregnant women, was stoned to death in front of the Lahore courthouse by her family members. Her only mistake was, that she refused to marry someone her parents had chosen[1]. She was attacked by her family as she walked to the courthouse to marry the man…

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Egypt’s New Stance on Sexual Harassment

By Virginia Lyon In his last week as Egypt’s leader, interim president Adly Mansour approved a decree criminalizing sexual harassment. Prior to the decree issued in early June Egypt’s laws failed to discuss or even mention sexual harassment. Rather, sexual harassment was referred to loosely as “indecent assault” and carried no punishment. Now, however, sexual…

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AIC is now on Google+!

Make sure to follow us on Google+ to stay up-to-date on our events, news, internship opportunities, and other information. And don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and our other social media pages as well: Twitter: @aicongress @projectnur @leadertounes Facebook: Project Nur The Leader: Social Entrepreneurship Contest in Tunisia (Tune in Tunisia)

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AIC’s Ambassadors for Peace Teaches Mediation for Peace in Iraq

In 2008, The American Islamic Congress partnered with Cure Violence, formerly Ceasefire, to bring a groundbreaking form of conflict mediation and resolution to neighborhoods in Iraq. On December 31st, the program–which later morphed into Ambassadors for Peace (A4P)–came to a close. Ambassadors for Peace, initially named The Basrah Anti-Violence Campaign, saw initial success mitigating violence…

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