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DHAKA: A Muslim cleric accused of issuing a fatwa banning women from working on farms has been arrested in Bangladesh, police said on Wednesday. The imam and five mosque officials face charges after their announcement prompted locals in the western town of KuBangladesh arrests cleric over fatwa against women farming
DHAKA: A Muslim cleric accused of issuing a fatwa banning women from working on farms has been arrested in Bangladesh, police said on Wednesday. The imam and five mosque officials face charges after their announcement prompted locals in the western town of Kumarkhali to try and prevent women from going to work in the fields. [...] The post Bangladesh arrests cleric over fatwa against women farming appeared first on The Manila Times Online. Read more