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...
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Religious freedom or judges control of a courtroom? A difficult choice. Judges have the power to set and enforce rules for their courtrooms, for behavior, language, dress. Should an exception be made for...
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A police superintendant in the UK is in hot water for dressing up as Osama Bin Laden at a village carnival just days before the anniversary of the September 11 attacks."A senior policeman who dressed as Osama bin Laden at a carnival, days before the seventh anniversary of the...
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" NEW YORK - To Palestinian-American designer Nemi Jamal, the controversy surrounding a fringed black-and-white scarf worn by Rachael Ray in an ad for iced coffee is "just a disgrace."Dunkin' Donuts pulled the ad last week after critics said the scarf worn by the television...
The Constitutional Court found that the lifting of headscarf ban by the Turkish parliament violates the secularist principles of the constitution."The government argues that a headscarf ban stops many girls being educated. But much of the secular establishment resisted the...
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What is it with the unending love for the keffiyeh as de-politicized aesthetic fashion flare? Dunkin Donuts should have pulled this ad, but not because of pressure from conservative bloggers. This ad deserved to...
I wrote about the issue of wearing a keffiyah a while ago. Conclusion: it's not a big deal. However, I suspect that the Republican base will feel differently. "An email tipster and patriot hero checked out the...
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Simply Dumb was outraged that Urban Outfitters was marketing the keffiahs under the label "anti-war scarf".
"Since when has the keffiah been a symbol of peace? I find it both embarrassing and appalling that...
""Gregory, fine-looking scarf â not scarf, what do you call that thing?" said Bush. "It's strong."
In August, while discussing the war in Lebanon, Bush took note of a suit worn by Ken Herman of Cox Newspapers, saying: "By the way, seersucker is coming back." Later in the...
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