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Rape with impunity – plight of Somalia’s women refugees

December 16, 2010 by benim

The three Somali women sat huddled together in a corner of an empty, dusty room in a camp for displaced people in northern Somalia, their faces etched with grief and resignation. They were all rape victims. Two of them had … read more »

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Rape ‘impossible’ in marriage, says Muslim cleric

November 6, 2010 by benim

A senior Muslim cleric who runs the country’s largest network of sharia courts has sparked controversy by claiming that there is no such thing as rape within marriage. Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed, president of the Islamic Sharia Council in Britain, … read more »

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