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Vol. 06 No. 28 July 12, 2004
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RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES
ON HUMAN RIGHTS
12 July 2004
Vol. 6, No. 28
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RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN RIGHTS is a weekly e-newsletter issued by Buddhist, Muslim, Catholic and Christian groups on human rights initiated by the Religious Groups for Human Rights programme of the Asian Human Rights Commission.
Internet address: http://www.rghr.net
E-mail contact: rghr@ahrchk.org
"...After independence the terminology changed and the Anglo-Mohammedan Law, in order to wipe out its colonial stamp, came to be re-named as Muslim Personal Law. However, its contents did not change. Thus mere change in its terminology was a political act, not a harbinger of social change as in other Muslim countries. To de-colonise its name is not enough, one must de-colonise it content wise as well. "
-- Asghar Ali Engineer
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