A 'Fatwa' For What?

Here's some bad news from India that you wouldn't spot in the Pakistani Press:

Washington Times:

Six Muslim women in India, who refused to sell their land at ridiculously low prices to a local Muslim board, reportedly are facing a tough 'Fatwa.'

Under the religious ruling, the women in Hazaribagh in India's West Bengal state are forbidden from drawing water in the locality or use the local roads, reports the Calcutta Telegraph.

They also cannot buy groceries from neighborhood shops, and neighbors have been told to cut all contact with the women and their families.

In their complaint to the National Human Rights Commission, the women alleged the members of the Anjuman Committee had manipulated a resolution directing them to let the committee broker the land sale.

When they refused, the women said, they were first asked to pay a fine. When they refused again, the social boycott was imposed.