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Mullahs' protests over Women's Bill pathetic
KARACHI: Only a handful of protestors participated in demonstrations organised by mullahs against the Women's Protection Bill in several cities of Pakistan on Friday.
“We will even sacrifice our lives for this and will not allow these amendments to be made...”
Participants of the unsuccessful protests vowed to resist attempts to amend Islamic laws that liberals have long deemed unfair to women.

The ruling party introduced the Women's Protection Bill in parliament this week, aimed at amending these laws, to the fury of religious conservatives. "We will even sacrifice our lives for this and will not allow these amendments to be made," Mirajul Huda Siddiqui, an MMA leader, told a small crowd in Karachi. Similar small protests were held in Lahore, Peshawar and Islamabad. Protestors said that prostitution would be promoted if the bill was passed.
Posted by: Fred 2006-08-26
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