Progressive Muslim Journalist Mona Eltahawy Challenges Gender Inequality in Islam | PRLog

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J-Lo to 'cover up' for Jakarta

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She and all the dancers must wear clothes that don't show men's chests or women's cleavage, and sexual dance moves will have to resemble laughs as opposed to "making love," he added. Some women will wear black ties, he said, based on photos he's seen.

The adjustments are in keeping with informal rules that make the concert "suitable for Indonesia" and will satisfy the local government, Muslim Indonesians and clerics, Ibrahim said, adding that he spoke with many parties.

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BBC News - Palestinians win upgraded UN status by wide margin

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Paris Hilton whips up a storm in holy Mecca

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Why we have to take the Saudis’ interfaith offer seriously

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Bosnian Muslims thrive in U.S. despite unease over homeland

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CDC: US AIDS epidemic fresh in risk-taking youth - Vitals

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BBC News - Iraq conflict: Crisis of an orphaned generation

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Gay men sue conversion therapy counselors

The conversion therapy techniques included having them strip naked in
group sessions, cuddling and intimate holding of others of the
same-sex, violently beating an effigy of their mothers with a tennis
racket, visiting bath houses "in order to be nude with father
figures," and being "subjected to ridicule as 'faggots' and 'homos' in
mock locker room scenarios," the suit said.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/27/us/conversion-therapy-lawsuit/index.html?c=us&page=0


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Atheists and Islam: No God, not even Allah | The Economist

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AP Mobile: When it comes to gender gap, men play crucial role

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When it comes to gender gap, men play crucial role

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sorry, fellas, but President Barack Obama's re-election makes it official: Women can overrule men at the ballot box. For the first time in research dating to 1952, a presidential candidate whom men chose decisively - Republican Mitt Romney - lost. More women voted for the other guy. It's surprising it didn't happen sooner because women have been voting in larger numbers than men ...

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AP Mobile: At renovated Iraq shrine, Shiites mark a holy day

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At renovated Iraq shrine, Shiites mark a holy day

KARBALA, Iraq (AP) - It is the most impassioned day of the year for Shiite Muslims - Ashoura, when one of the faith's most revered figures, Imam Hussein, was martyred in battle. Hundreds of thousands of Shiites who flocked to his resplendent, gold-domed shrine to commemorate him Saturday found the site has radically changed. The shrine of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is seei...

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