Islamabad Clerics issue fatwa against female minister


	Islamabad Clerics issue fatwa against female minister

Deepti

4-10-2007 2:57 AM

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pakistan, fatwa, woman, minister, islam, sharia, women, inequality

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4-10-2007 5:25 AM

fudzzz

yea i read this in the newspaper yesterday...makes you wanna just go shoot those stupid clerics...these extremist screwups are messing my city and country up...

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