Another week, another heated debate over the tactics and language used by the feminist protest group Femen, which last Thursday launched an International Topless Jihad Day. The group, started in Ukraine, uses topless protest as a way to raise the profile of women's rights. The day of action was called in response to threats received by a Tunisian Femen activist, Amina Tyler, for posting topless pictures of herself on Facebook.With slogans such as "nudity is freedom" and statements such as "topless protests are the battle flags of women's resistance, a symbol of a woman's acquisition of rights >>>

Minutes after her arrest by German officials for flashing her bare chest feet away from a flustered German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin, activist Aleksandra Shevchenko steadfastly refuted the criticism of the latest antics of Femen, the Ukraine-based "sextremist" organization of which she is a key member.Femen recently stirred international controversy with its International Topless Jihad Day, which saw participants strip in front of Tunisian embassies of their countries and local mosques. These activities raised the ire of female Muslims who claim they do not >>>