Pakistani clerics join fight against AIDS
The stern-looking Pakistani cleric Abdul Khaliq Faridi, who used to consider HIV/AIDS a mortal sin, educates students about the disease at a seminary in Karachi. Rizwan Tabassum / AFP |
Pakistani cleric Abdul Khaliq Faridi used to think HIV/AIDS was a mortal sin. But today, he educates thousands about a disease that is on the rise in the predominantly Muslim country.
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