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Uganda: Ugandan 'polygamy' bill protest

Source: 
BBC
More than 1,000 Muslims have demonstrated in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, against a proposed law which they say contradicts the Koran.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4391067.stm
Submitted on Wed, 03/30/2005 - 23:00
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  • Law reform
  • [law] feminist interpretations of religious texts

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