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...pious Muslim woman, one of the greatest challenges of modern life is how to get a good workout. In Iran, of course, the state mandates Islamic dress, so secular and faithful women alike must contend with religious codes that interfere with exercise. But the problem persists for Muslim women throughout the Islamic world and the West. It grabbed headlines this past week when a Paris swimming pool refused entry to a young Muslim woman wearing a "burqini," a swim garment resembling a diving suit. In France the incident falls into a wider political debate over how to reconcile the country...
...regularly frequented Wild Wadi, Dubai's vast water park, mothers in sopping-wet clothes gamely accompanied their children down spiraling slides and endless rivers. They must have been miserable to no end, but they put up with it rather than refuse their kids the thrill of water rides. For pious moms on beach holidays with their families - when women-only beaches or hours at water parks are useless, since older boys and dads would be left behind - the burqini is useful, not the joke it sometimes seems in the West. (See pictures of Muslims in America...
...fitness-minded faithful, the terrain varies dramatically from one country and region to another. But with some determination, it remains entirely possible for Muslim women - from the gently shy to the severely pious - to stay in shape while respecting their faith's modesty etiquette...
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...including Dignitas founder Ludwig Minelli, believe in death on demand. "If you accept the idea of personal autonomy," he argues, "you can't make conditions that only terminally ill people should have this right." Autonomy and dignity are precious values; the phrase sanctity of life can sound sterile and pious in the face of profound pain and suffering. But Minelli is arguing for much more: that autonomy is an overriding right. This view rejects the idea that society might ever value my life more than I do or derive a larger benefit from treating every life as precious...