Her unfearing mind

women and Muslim laws in Bangladesh

Report of the Research Project on Women and Law in the Muslim World conducted by the international solidarity network of Women Living Under Muslim Laws.

An opinion of an Islamic Jurist (Mufti). In Bangladesh, village Imams and other
members of the religious elite have misused this to issue edicts to incite stoning,
flogging or death of women. The fatwa is not part of the judicial system of
Bangladesh. A development NGO, giving credit to rural women. The body of
traditions about Mohammad the Prophet. Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and
Medina. Four main schools of Sunni law named after their founders. Forbidden.
The prophet of Islam, ...