Two of the four women who were elected to Kuwait's parliament in May refuse to wear the hijab
Kuwait does not enforce any dress code on women, because of the constitutional guarantee of personal freedom
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A Muslim woman's place is in society: Nobel Laureate
(AFP) – November 2, 2009
ABU DHABI — Iranian Nobel Laureate and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi on Monday implored Muslim women to assume a wider role in their home countries through education and active participation in politics.
"Women must fulfill their duty to society and not stay at home," she told participants in the Festival of Thinkers forum in Abu Dhabi.
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Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi
To gather together as a community of individuals who identify as Muslim culturally, religiously, ideologically and/or politically and also as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), while reconnecting with our faith, our community and with ourselves.
