Deoband issues fatwa against female foeticide
The Darul Uloom of Deoband, India's largest seminary, has issued a fatwa against female foeticide, calling it un-Islamic. It said, "Islam orders us to treat our daughters well." Notably, the sex ratio of the number of girls under age six per 1,000 boys in the same age group among Indian Muslims slipped from 950 in 2001 to 943 in 2011.