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‘Talaq’ pronounced in anger haunt rural women in Bangladesh
Jun 22 2008, Sharmila Chakravorty

Misinterpretation of Islamic laws is creating endless problems in rural Bangladesh, especially for women who have become victims of ‘talaq’ pronounced by husbands in a fit of anger and who later repent and want to be reunited with their wives, say...

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