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Women in Burkas

Egypt Plans To Ban Full Veils

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Islam, Sheikh Mohamed Tantawi, Veil, Niqab, Women in Burkas, Burka, Islam Veil, Women-in-Burkas, Women's Rights, Muslim Women, Muslim Dress, Women's Muslim Dress, World News

Egypt's highest Muslim authority has said he will issue a religious edict against the growing trend for full women's veils, known as the niqab....

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Muslim Chic

Gioia Diliberto | Posted 07.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Burqa, Religion, Chadors, Style, Hijab, Muslims, Sarkozy Burqa, Women in Burkas, Fashion, Burka, Nicolas Sarkozy, Style News
Gioia Diliberto

Westerners often assume that Muslim women would get rid of their head scarves if given a chance. It must be a husband or father who forces them to cover up. That's a serious misconception.

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A Modest Proposal

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Burqa, Women in Burkas, Sarkozy, France, French President Sarkozy, France Burqas, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

Imagine what would happen if a top fashion model walked down the runway in a Hermes-designed burka, or if Muslim women could vie for the latest French designs of their hijab?

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Mini Skirts, Yes. Burqas, No?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Sarkozy Burqa, Religious Rights, France Burqas, Nicolas Sarkozy, Women in Burkas, Burka, World News
Deepak Chopra

A secular society has no business making decisions based on religion, and that means in either direction. If God is neutral toward the mini skirt, he is neutral toward the burqa.

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Iranian-American Tells Why He Believes Ahmadinejad Got More Votes (UPDATES)

Diane Tucker | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

Read More: Women in Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Shah of Iran, Iran Protests, Iranian Riots, Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Women in Burkas, Demonstrations in Tehran, Nico Pitney, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Diane Tucker, Russia, Women's Rights, China, Politico, Flynt Leverett, Hillary Mann Leverett, Iran, Iraq, Nico Pitney Asks Obama a Question, Taylor Marsh, Iranian Election, World News
Diane Tucker

I drove over to see my friend Ahmad. I figured he would say he was pro-Mousavi and very eager to see Iran revert back to the modern country it once was. I was wrong on both counts.

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First Person Artist: Defiant Iranian Painter Abelina Galustian

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Mind.Body.Soul, Controversial Iranian Art, Women in Burkas, Women's Rights Iran, Iranian Women, Living News
Kimberly Brooks

First Person Artist is a weekly column by artist Kimberly Brooks in which she provides commentary on art and the creative process and showcases arti...

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