FATWAS AGAINST WOMEN IN BANGLADESH

Women Living Under Muslim Laws- 1996

Compiled by Marie-Aimee Helie Lucas and Hasrsh Kapoor

Contents

Preface                                                                                           Marie-Aimée Hélie-Lucas

So, what is a Fatwa?

A Selection of Fatwas

Introduction                                                                                               Hamida Hossain

Politics of religious identity                                                                         Salma Sobhan

Bangladesh: Violence and discrimination in the name of religion                    Human Rights Watch

Note on recent fundamentalist acts Bangladesh                                           Salma Sobhan

The Red Herring

Fatwas to obstruct women's development and education

Persecution of joumalists and writers in May and June 1994

Facts relating to the charges against Taslima Nasreen

Urgent Appeal - Arrest warrant against Taslima Nasreen

Letter by Taslima Nasreen to the speaker of Bangladesh Parliament

Sentenced to death                                                                                   Taslima Nasreen

Fundamentalist Agitation and government action against Taslima Nasreen

Protest against activities of fundamentalists
 

Women

Fundamental rights of women violated with virtual impunity                           Amnesty International

Undermining women's rights                                                                      Sultana Kamal

Explainatory Note on Salishs and Fatwas

Fatwas in Bangladesh

Fate of Noorjehans and the Constitution of Bangladesh                               Sultana Kamal

Fatwas against women on charges of zina (sex outside marriage)

Cases of violence against women
 

Blasphemy

Blasphemy Bilh Revenging the war of liberation?                                          Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed
Origins of blasphemy                                                                                 Saira Rahman and javed Hasan Mahmood

The Blasphemy Law

The Jamaat's proposed 'Blasphemy Law':
Destroying secular and democratic space                                                    Sara Hossain

Violation of democratic and human rights                                                      A. Haq

Development and Education

Development denied                                                                                   Mirza Hasan
Opening the windows of the mind                                                                Salma Sobhan
Recent developments in the eclucation sector of Bangladesh                         Muzaffer Ahmed

Religious Fundamentalists and War Criminals

Eclipse (a documentary film)
War criminals, Bangladesh:
- Alert for Action
- War Crimes File (a documentary Film)

Statement from Pakistani Women's
Movement in solidarity with women in Bangladesh

Further reading
Some Bancjladesh related sites
on the Internet