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Mufti’s talk of women’s duties angers some Turkish Cypriots

A man walks in a street in the old city of the Turkish occupied part of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. A Muslim religious leader's exhortation to women that they're duty bound to accept their husband's "invitation to bed" to procreate has sparked outrage among many Turkish Cypriots who saw the remarks as a further encroachment of Turkish-imported fundamentalist Islam on their secular community. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

A woman wearing her headscarf walks in a street in the old city of the Turkish occupied part in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. A Muslim religious leader's exhortation to women that they're duty bound to accept their husband's "invitation to bed" to procreate has sparked outrage among many Turkish Cypriots, who saw the remarks as a further encroachment of Turkish-imported fundamentalist Islam on their secular community. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

A woman wearing her headscarf walks with her child past a Turkish flag on a print board, in a street in the old city of the Turkish occupied part of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. A Muslim religious leader's exhortation to women that they're duty bound to accept their husband's "invitation to bed" to procreate has sparked outrage among many Turkish Cypriots who saw the remarks as a further encroachment of Turkish-imported fundamentalist Islam on their secular community. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

A woman wearing her headscarf walks with her child in front of a Turkish flag on a print board, in a street in the old city of the Turkish occupied part of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. A Muslim religious leader's exhortation to women that they're duty bound to accept their husband's "invitation to bed" to procreate has sparked outrage among many Turkish Cypriots who saw the remarks as a further encroachment of Turkish-imported fundamentalist Islam on their secular community. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

A woman wearing her headscarf walks by a Turkish flag on a print board, in a street in the old city of the Turkish occupied part of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. A Muslim religious leader's exhortation to women that they're duty bound to accept their husband's "invitation to bed" to procreate has sparked outrage among many Turkish Cypriots who saw the remarks as a further encroachment of Turkish-imported fundamentalist Islam on their secular community. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Mufti’s talk of women’s duties angers some Turkish Cypriots