News The Turkish Government in cooperation with Gendarmerie has launched a project about combating domestic violence against women, which is jointly financed by the European Union and Turkey. A total of 10,000 community police will receive training on gender equality and combating violence against women in families. Human rights organizations' statistics show an increase of violence against women over a period of 8 years of AKP ruling by 1400%. Over…

News Jakarta: About 177.84 million people, including the poor and underprivileged, in Indonesia have been covered by the 'Jamkes' health social insurance scheme, a cabinet minister said. Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi in her written address read out on Sunday by Hugua, the Wakatobi District head, Southeast Sulawesi, said that 2,186 hospitals had been providing Jamkes services across the country.In her address to the commemoration of the 68th National Heroes Day,…

17/11/2013 A HARDLINE Islamic group has warned Muslims that the government was trying to "brainwash" their children and that they should resist any attempts to water down their strict view of Islam. "The government is playing a dirty, dirty game," Wassim Doureihi told the 600-strong audience at the Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia conference in Lidcombe yesterday. Hizb ut-Tahrir wants global sharia law. Yesterday in Sydney it launched a 124-page report on…

News: A study by Turkish universities, Koc and Sabanci, published this week reported that 72% of those surveyed in Turkey oppose extramarital relationships, including the idea of couples living together without getting married, while 87% of Turkish people believe that couples should be married if they want to have a child. This comes in the same week that Turkish media reported on President Erdogan's criticism of cohabitation of male and…