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DHAKA: A cleric and three village elders were arrested in Bangladesh on charges they ordered a woman to be caned and stoned after she was accused of an extra-marital affair, police said on Monday.
Police said Hamida Sutana was “caned 82 strokes” and “stoned 80 times” with small brick pieces after an imam issued a fatwa punishing her last week.
Sultana said she was “a victim of terrible injustice”.
“I can’t express in language what they did to me,” the 30-year-old said.
Bangladesh has a secular legal system and applying Sharia in criminal cases is illegal.
The fatwa triggered an outcry, with feminist groups and rights activists staging protests to demand the perpetrators’ prosecution….
Police inspector Zakir Hossain said officers arrested four people, including the imam of the mosque in Habiganj…
DHAKA: A cleric and three village elders were arrested in Bangladesh on charges they ordered a woman to be caned and stoned after she was accused of an extra-marital affair, police said on Monday.
Police said Hamida Sutana was “caned 82 strokes” and “stoned 80 times” with small brick pieces after an imam issued a fatwa punishing her last week.
Sultana said she was “a victim of terrible injustice”.
“I can’t express in language what they did to me,” the 30-year-old said.
Bangladesh has a secular legal system and applying Sharia in criminal cases is illegal.
The fatwa triggered an outcry, with feminist groups and rights activists staging protests to demand the perpetrators’ prosecution….
Police inspector Zakir Hossain said officers arrested four people, including the imam of the mosque in Habiganj…
