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India: 70,000 Muslim women protest against Triple Talaq Bill

MUMBAI: A large throng of approximately 70,000 women, mostly clad in hijab, stepped out of their houses in Malegaon to join a silent march protesting against the Centre’s Triple Talaq Bill. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/70000-muslim-women-protest-against-triple-Talaq-bill-in-malegaon/articleshow/62950639.cms Holding placards, they stated they did not want any interference in Sharia (Islamic law) by the government. This […]

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Swiss museum dedicated to ‘last witch in Europe’ handed one million-franc donation

  The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 14 February 2018 witchcrafthistoryanna goeldi Burning of three witches in Baden, Switzerland (1585), by Johann Jakob Wick. A recently-opened museum dedicated to Swiss woman Anna Göldi, often referred to as Europe’s last witch, has received an anonymous donation of one million francs from someone described […]