BBC News - How India treats its women

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20863860?post_id=568011753_467096846671004#_=_

Female foetuses are aborted and baby girls killed after birth, leading to an an appallingly skewed sex ratio. Many of those who survive face discrimination, prejudice, violence and neglect all their lives, as single or married women.

TrustLaw, a news service run by Thomson Reuters, has ranked India as the worst country in which to be a woman. This in the country where the leader of the ruling party, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, at least three chief ministers, and a number of sports and business icons are women. It is also a country where a generation of newly empowered young women are going out to work in larger numbers than ever before.

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BBC News - Athens - the EU capital city without a mosque

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20820349?post_id=568011753_314422312008572#_=_


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BBC News - Timbuktu mausoleums 'destroyed'

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20833010


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BBC News - The new wave of Arab supermodels

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20662326?post_id=568011753_475752169143732

Arab supermodels are making a name for themselves in the fashion industry, and are changing the way Arab women are perceived by the rest of the world.

Mormon Church Calls For Compassion Toward Gays, Says Homosexuality Is Not A Choice - The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/12/06/mormon-church-calls-for-more-compassion-towards-gays-homosexuality-not-a-choice_n_2252874.html?utm_hp_ref=tw


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Al-Azhar - Ancient mosque is at heart of fears that Egypt is turning toward theocracy

Ancient mosque is at heart of fears that Egypt is turning toward theocracy.

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Al-Azhar leaders say they didn't want the role but were pressured to accept it by adherents to a puritanical, Saudi-influenced school of Islam known as Salafism, whose clout has surged in Egypt's newly democratic era.

"The Salafis want to make Azhar a part of the political system, which we are against," said Abdel Dayem-Nossair, an adviser to al-Azhar's grand sheikh and a member of the assembly that wrote the new constitution. "We don't like to put the law in terms of a religious dogma that says 'this is right' or 'this is wrong.' "

But under the new constitution, that is exactly what the millennium-old mosque and university complex will soon be doing. Dayem-Nossair said he believes the Salafis insisted on the provision because "they think they'll take over al-Azhar."

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Video: Afghanistan's increasing temporary tattoo trend

Afghanistan's increasing temporary tattoo trend

BBC Video: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20820329

Despite the traditional culture of Afghan society, temporary tattoos are becoming increasingly popular with the country's younger generation.

Some people believe this is a direct result of the western influences in the country.

Marzieh Mashkoori reports.

Video produced by BBC Persian's Mariam Ghamgousar

A new division in Church of England

In a debate over women bishops, some say church must enforce tradition
in fast-changing times..

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Turkey's middle-class women mix fashion with Islamic piety

http://m.guardiannews.com/world/2012/dec/18/turkey-women-fashion-islam


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Article: Gun control after school shootings: Lessons from around the globe - CSMonitor.com

Gun control after school shootings: Lessons from around the globe - CSMonitor.com - m.csmonitor.com

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