Ulemas Decree on Women’s Rights Protection
Monday, December 5, 2022
The Second Indonesian Women Ulema Congress concluded last week in Jepara, Central Java. The congress attended by 1,500 ulemas, activists, as well as Indonesian and overseas observers produced various religious positions and recommendations.
HANIFAH Muyasarah, an activist with the Indonesian Women’s Coalition (KPI) and caretaker of the Ihya Ulumaddin Islamic Boarding School in Cilacap, Central Java, still remembers how she assisted a 16-year-old girl 10 years ago. The young girl was conscious when she was found on the side of a railroad track in the morning after being raped by six men. Her pregnancy was only discovered after some time and she was forced to marry one of the per
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