NAJAF — Hundreds of Iraqi women staged a march Wednesday in the Shiite holy city of Najaf insisting on their right to play a central role in the protest movement sweeping the country.
"No voice can muffle the voices of women," said one of the marchers, Saba, 22, reacting to a call from influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr against mixed-sex demonstrations.
"We started demonstrating to bring down the regime. Now we're holding women-only marches because they've insulted us," she told AFP.
Nada Qassem, a university professor in her 50s, also focused her criticism on Sadr, who at first supported street protests but later turned against them over demonstrators' alleged use of drugs and alcohol. Read More https://newageislam.com/islam,-women-and-feminism/new-age-islam-news-bureau/hundreds-of-iraqi-women-protest-held-the-shiite-holy-city-of-najaf/d/121111
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