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During Ramadan, the holy month of fasting that ended last week, Ahmid - a Moroccan-born imam at an Islamic cultural center in Rome - was selling Korans and cassettes of Muslim preachers at his stall outside the central mosque. A practicing Muslim back in Morocco, Ahmid has become more devout since arriving in Italy 13 years ago. "The immigrant turns to religion for support," he says. "Muslims have always gone anywhere in the world and adapted to learn to live as they must - and let others live their lives...
...requires the endorsement of countries responsible for 55 percent of greenhouse gas outputs, which means that even without the participation of the world's largest carbon gas polluter Kyoto can still be implemented if all the other industrialized nations agree. To that end, a conference was held in Marrakech, Morocco, last month to hammer out a rulebook that would turn the treaty into law, and agree on sanctions for non-compliance. Although the agreement at Marrakech has reduced the ambitions of the treaty to a 2 percent cut on 1990 emissions levels, Kyoto optimists argue that even such a largely...
...decree for the first time giving women the right to vote in and stand for election to the Kuwaiti parliament, the only lively Arab legislature in the Persian Gulf. Conservatives in parliament, however, blocked its implementation. In addition, the legislature has voted to segregate the sexes at Kuwait University. Morocco's government has proposed giving women more marriage and property rights and a primary role in developmental efforts, but fundamentalists are resisting the measures...
After graduating from Harvard last spring, Lewis went on a backpacking trip through Morocco...
...decree for the first time giving women the right to vote in and stand for election to the Kuwaiti parliament, the only lively Arab legislature in the Persian Gulf. Conservatives in parliament, however, blocked its implementation. In addition, the legislature has voted to segregate the sexes at Kuwait University. Morocco's government has proposed giving women more marriage and property rights and a primary role in developmental efforts, but fundamentalists are resisting the measures...