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Reflections From The Glorious Qur'an - Issue 3
Reflections From The Glorious Qur'an - Issue 3
Reflections From The Glorious Qur'an - Issue 3
Reflections
From the Glorious Qur’ān
I S S U E N O . 3 1 S T J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 9
Female Infanticide
ُِّش أَ َح ُد ُُه ِِب أ ُْل َهث َظ َّل َو أ ُْج ُه م أُس َودًّا
َ ِّ َو ِإ َذا ب everywhere, is still widely practiced in mentioned in five places. The first
some parts of India and China today. four relate to the Makkan period.
۞ َو ه َُو َك ِظ مي This can be seen from the skewed The verses mention the different
male to female ratios of these two reasons for which the Arabs com-
ُِّش ِب ِه
َ ِّ يَتَ َو َارى ِم َن امأقَ أو ِم ِمن ُسو ِء َما ب countries. In 2004, the Times of Lon- mitted infanticide.