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Photo Credit: Onislam.net |
Muslim women in India's Uttar Pradesh district are leading a new campaign to educate their community about the importance of participation in the democratic process, urging them to vote in their district’s 23 February elections.
"We have been going from door-to-door and making aware Muslim women and girls about the importance of their vote," said Noor Bano, a woman, who headed the campaign in Rura village in Ramabai Nagar district.
She affirmed that the voters in the villages have widely supported the cause with several Muslim women joining the group in Bhognipur town too.
Read the complete story at On Islam and the The Times of India, published 4 February 2012.
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Photo Credit: Onislam.net |
Muslim women in India's Uttar Pradesh district are leading a new campaign to educate their community about the importance of participation in the democratic process, urging them to vote in their district’s 23 February elections.
"We have been going from door-to-door and making aware Muslim women and girls about the importance of their vote," said Noor Bano, a woman, who headed the campaign in Rura village in Ramabai Nagar district.
She affirmed that the voters in the villages have widely supported the cause with several Muslim women joining the group in Bhognipur town too.
Read the complete story at On Islam and the The Times of India, published 4 February 2012.