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From: aza@hpfinote.hp.com (Asad Aziz)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: Question about Pakistan's "official Islam"
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Date: 3 Aug 90 11:38:23 GMT
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Dan,

	I also heard the same program on NPR. Unfortunately, in this case the
letter and spirit of Islam have been warped to favour the parties that have
the most power, i.e men. The crux of the matter is that the way the practices
are set up, the woman is essentially guilty until proven innocent. These 
women from Bangladesh have no  one to intercede on their behalf and no one 
is willing to get involved.  People have other problems that are more 
immediate. 

	You might want to cross post this to soc.culture.pakistan to see
what responses you get.

asad