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Secularism is the religion of contemporary France. And the enforcers of that faith have a new target. "Today ... we are confronted by certain Muslim women wearing the burqa, which covers and fully envelops the body and the head like a moving prison," said Andre Gerin, a Communist Party legislator who joined 57 others on Wednesday in signing a motion for a parliamentary committee to study possible legislation to ban the wearing of the traditional costume in public. Despite the fervor of Gerin and his allies, however, the burqa remains sufficiently rare in France that even the legislators railing against...
...there are no rules. The mistake that lots of women make - the only mistake I think you can make really - is to think that because you can, you should. I think there is a cutoff [for things], and only you know when that is. So for instance, you can wear shorts when you're 46, but it's important what length they are. Just because you've got amazing legs, I think it's slightly strange to be wandering around the streets in hot pants...
...locals about Sarajevo's Islamic resurgence and most rush to point out that the city is still mainly secular. People continue to pack its many bars, and plenty of women wear revealing outfits. At the King Fahd mosque, Nezim Halilovic, a former war commander who delivers the Friday sermons to thousands of worshippers, says that the city is simply experiencing the kind of religious feeling that was impossible under the communist rule of the former Yugoslavia's leader, Josip Broz Tito. Like others in Sarajevo, Halilovic also accuses Serb politicians of falsely portraying Sarajevo as a hub of militant Islam...
...stellarrose83 SOUTH KOREANS wear green 4 Iran Korea World cup game 6/17 in Korea 2 show support 4 Iranians. #iranelection...
...sale at Sitara Market, on the border with the Khyber tribal agency. A spate of kidnappings and murders have taken place in well-heeled neighborhoods. And even in the Lady Reading Hospital, where Zubair Khan and others injured were taken, doctors have been subject to threats. They now all wear the traditional shalwar kameez after the Taliban ordered them to abandon western clothing. (Read about the Taliban's culture war in Peshawar...