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World Service,03 Jul 2000,28 mins

Spanish Women protest against Imam's Wife-beating Book

Focus on Faith

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Spanish women take legal action to ban a book by an Egyptian Islamic cleric that has instructions on how to beat your wife without leaving marks. Also in this programme: Aum Shinrikyo, the group responsible for the sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway, is trying to changing its image. Jo Wagerman, a former head teacher, is the first woman elected to lead Board of Deputies of British Jews. How the Catholic church is fighting the growth of Protestantism in El Salvador. The Greek monks who have become rock stars.

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