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A law for Shi’i Afghan women

A law for Shi’i Afghan women

By |Section: World|05-Jul-2009

Maisam Najafizada explores the controversy that surrounded the proposed Shi’i personal status law in Afghanistan – and in particular its implications for Shi’i Muslim women.
Obama called it ‘abhorrent’, the UN proclaimed it ‘legalised rape within marriage’ and western leaders described it …

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