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June 16, 2009

Trapped in Their Seclusion

by Zubeida Mustafa, Dawn, Pakistan - We are still being told that the people of Swat wanted Nizam-i-Adl because they are pious and orthodox. The fact is they wanted the Sharia since they believed it promised them speedy and impartial justice. It took the women, the supposedly weaker ones, to sum up courage to call a spade a spade.

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