In one particular village in Tangail, for example, our Grameen manager was physically threatened by a religious leader. When the manager saw there was no way to reason with the mullah, he quietly closed the branch and left the village. He told potential members that his life had been threatened and that they would have to go through orientation meetings in the neighboring village. Some women made the daily trek to the neighboring village to form groups and join Grameen. But others, inspired by the way Grameen had bettered the lives of their neighbors in other villages, visited the religious
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