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...free exercise of religious practice in the courtroom. In 2007, he prevented another Muslim woman from entering the courtroom with her hijab. And last year, Halimah Abdullah spent a day in jail for not removing her head covering in Rollin’s courtroom. Nor is the discriminatory treatment limited to women or even the Muslim population as a whole. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) addressed another such case of a Muslim woman in Valdosta last year, and Jasmeen Nanda, a Sikh man wearing a turban, and Rabbi Friedman, a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke, were also told...
Mexican officials have long tolerated arranged marriages, Garcia concedes, adding that he doesn't know of any cases of prosecutions. But he says he will also propose to amend a "Treatment of People" law to include an article that makes bride-selling a criminal act. Such action is opposed by many who see indigenous traditions as a virtue of Mexico's cultural diversity. Demonizing arranged marriages is the latest portrayal of Indians as savages that has continued during five centuries since the Spanish conquest, says Ximena Avellaneda of the Rosario Castellanos Women House. "Why do Americans attack an arranged marriage...
Dream Date. For those metro-sexual men out there, the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego's "Fantasy Dream Date" package gets you a six-hour treatment with your significant other, including facials, body wraps, reflexology and massages at the hotel's spa and, if you can sit upright after all your muscles have been thoroughly worked over, dinner at Nobu. Rates start at $1,500.207 5th Ave., San Diego; 866-751-ROCK...
Shangri-Spa. At Peninsula Hotel, a couple can book the private spa suite for a 4-hour treatment that includes a private yoga class. You're greeted with a tea ceremony and ginger foot scrub, then move onto a rose petal bath in the double soaking tub, side-by-side massages, a private steam room and champagne, fresh fruit and Jacques Torres chocolate. $1,425 for the package. 700 Fifth Ave at 55th...
Nursing homes, domestic-violence shelters and alcohol- and drug-treatment centers are closing. "Once these things, these agencies, close, even if you turn the money back on, they don't spring back up," says Radogno. "They're gone, and we're damaging the human services infrastructure in the state." The cash flow at free clinics is drying up. And to make matters worse, the state's credit rating is sinking - and there hasn't been a balanced budget in years. As a result, the state has had to take out emergency loans to cover the deficit, and those payments - amounting...