Iran Bans Mannequins With Curves, Western Clothes

Police in Iran are ordering store owners to cover up mannequins that expose curves or hair. All mannequins must wear head scarves - hijabs-  as well as loose-fitting clothing to counter Western influences.The...

Muslim woman appointed as Obama's advisor

USA, the land of opportunities, keeps on proving the great values which form basis of it's greatness. It's true that United States of America isn't great in all respects, only Guantanamo Bay is enough to validate...

Headscarf War Continues Dividing Turkey

Many Turkish women fear the headscarf will become mandatory if the ban is lifted."June 10th, 2008 by Fred Stopsky The aftermath of Turkey’s Constitutional Court decision which invalidated a parliament action...

Islam Advancing in France, Being Pushed Back in Turkey

"These are an odd couple stories. On the one hand you have the ineffectual French courts kowtowing to a Muslim husband who wanted his marriage annulled because his wife wasn’t a virgin. On the other hand is...

Turkish court annuls Muslim headscarf reform

Apparently the issue about the wearing of head scarves in the classroom being a problem in Ireland was a story created by the media nevertheless there are now many people jumping on the bandwagon. Today (19th....

Iran Chic: As Western as you want to be.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorLeave it to a Persian women's persistance to change the middle eastern world.Iran once the modicum of modesty, with roaming bands of religious nutjobs pulling women off...

Plan to end headscarf ban in Turkey slammed

"One of Turkey's top prosecutors has raised stiff objections to lifting a ban on the Islamic headscarf in universities. This slam to the plan is the latest statement in a simmering debate on a government plan to abolish the restriction. 'To place the use of an article of...

No money, not enough food, rampant sickness, night-time raids. Darfur today

This is a really good article about the current situation in darfur. Once again we are somewhat helpless to provide any Major Assistance which is what they need, but I think it deserves attention.The first part of the article describes the detail of the human suffering in the...

IRAQ: Religious Zealots target & Kill Basra women

 Another case of Religious values held feverently by others can result in death of others who believe, but just do not hold these values to the letter of the law.  Canada for instance has allowed some of...

New 'Madeleine in Morocco' sighting: 'I'm convinced it was her, says woman'

"A Spanish tourist who believes she saw Madeleine McCann dragged across a street in Morocco has been desperately searching for the four-year-old ever since. Isabel Gonzalez, 60, is certain she saw the blonde toddler with a North African woman wearing a headscarf in the remote...

Washington Post, Other Newspapers Won't Run 'Opus' Cartoon Mocking Radical Islam

"A popular comic strip that poked fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell without incident one week ago was deemed too controversial to run over the weekend because this time it took a humorous swipe at Muslim...

SPEAK UP

"Pull your headscarf up", a friend finally points out to the lady on my right at the restaurant table. Relief washed over me, yet not due to the halting of impure thoughts that were obviously tunneling through my...

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