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Bangladesh: Madrassa girl punished for acting in play
by Shariar Sharif
Khabar South Asia
July 2, 2012
https://www.legal-project.org/2740/bangladesh-madrassa-girl-punished-for-acting-in
Excerpt:
Seventeen-year-old Rasheda Begum didn't have the slightest idea that she could be punished for acting in a play that highlighted various social ills that are forbidden in Islam – usury, dowry, gambling, child marriage and corruption.
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