Harmful practices inflicted on women or girls can never be justified in the name of freedom of religion or belief

"United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, told the UN General Assembly that “harmful practices inflicted on women or girls can never be justified in the name of freedom of religion or belief.”

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