Feminist News Digest | Week of October 19-October 23

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ACTIVISM | COURTS
Thousands of Women March in Washington D.C. to Protest Amy Coney Barrett’s Nomination [[link removed]]
Last Saturday, thousands of Women’s March demonstrators marched the streets of Washington D.C. to protest Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.


ELECTION
Long Early Voting Lines Point to Inefficiency and Voter Suppression [[link removed]]
In numerous states, early voting has been accompanied by extremely long voting lines, which indicates both a lack of preparedness for early in-person voting and voter suppression leading up to the election.


GLOBAL | AFGHANISTAN
War in Afghanistan Has “No Islamic Justification” [[link removed]]
In an interview, the president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars said that the war in Afghanistan has no Islamic justification. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Raissouni said that the killing of Muslims is a “great sin” and that carrying out suicide attacks against Muslims is “prohibited” in Islam.



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