Feb
04
Bangladesh arrests clerics over whipping a girl (AP)
By , 0 viewsBangladesh arrests clerics over whipping a girl (AP)
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Police in Bangladesh said Thursday they have arrested four Islamic clerics after a teenage girl was whipped to death for allegedly having an illicit relationship with a married man. The clerics are accused of ordering 14-year-old Mosammet Hena to receive 100 lashes in a fatwa or religious edict at a village in southwestern Shariatpur district, the area’s police chief AKM …
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Bangladesh priest condemns religious punishments
A CATHOLIC priest in Bangladesh has condemned the banned practice of religious punishments, which recently saw a teenage Muslim girl whipped to death.
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