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France bans face-covering Islamic veil

France's new ban on Islamic face veils was met with a burst of defiance Monday, as several women appeared veiled in front of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral and two were detained for taking part in an unauthorized protest....

 

Tight pants ban takes effect in Indonesia's Aceh

Tight pants ban takes effect in Indonesia's Aceh

Authorities in a devoutly Islamic district of Indonesia's Aceh province have distributed 20,000 long skirts and prohibited shops from selling tight dresses as a regulation banning Muslim women from wearing revealing clothing took effect Thursday....

 

Beer-drinking Muslim woman's caning to go ahead

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A judge in Malaysia has upheld a court verdict to cane a Muslim woman for drinking beer, news reports said Monday, re-igniting a controversy over Islamic justice in this moderate Muslim-majority country....

 

Malaysia beer woman spared caning

Malaysia beer woman spared caning

Islamic officials in Malaysia unexpectedly free a woman who was due to receive six strokes of the cane for drinking beer.

 

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