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05/09/04: Factual Aspects B.Women's Health; C 1. Marriage, Divorce, Polygamy; D.3.Crimes of Honor

Turkey orders sermons on women's rights
ISTANBUL -- Turkey's young governing party, with roots in political Islam, has confounded critics and some supporters alike by transforming the nation's 70,000 mosques into bully pulpits from which preachers advocate women's rights and other democratic reforms.
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