The Killing of Farkhunda (2): Mullahs, feminists and a gap in the debate
Borhan Osman
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From ultra-conservative Salafis to secular-minded feminists, an astonishingly diverse range of voices have found their heroine in Farkhunda, the young woman who was lynched by a mob in Kabul on 19 March 2015. She has become the rare victim of violence to be almost unanimously called a shahid, a martyr. The consensus on her status, however, […]
Rights and Freedoms
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