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World Service,31 Jul 2004,26 mins

Muslim divorce in India

Reporting Religion

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A discussion about a case in Orissa where a husband divorced his wife in a drunken rage under Muslim law. Also on the programme: why Marxist rebels abducted and then freed a Catholic Bishop in Columbia; a Muslim sect enjoying revival in Guyana; and the intriguing evolution of the chessboard's powerful piece, the Queen.

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