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<title>Animal Welfare Across Daily Commerce and Festival Sacrifice</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Growing up in Bangladesh, Qurbani Eid generally presented an unseemly sight. In the absence of centralized abattoirs, slaughtering occurred in building compounds, on public streets, or wherever space was available. ]]></description>
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<title>An Open Letter to the Afghan Leadership</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Under the Prophet’s leadership women’s contribution was embedded in the building blocks of the new Islamic era of Madinah al Munawwara. ]]></description>
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