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Actually, in most Afghan villages, women rarely wear the burka. That's because villages in Afghanistan are organized into kin-oriented areas, and the veil needs wearing only when a woman is among men from outside of her kin group.
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This petition addresses the epidemic in America of vitamin D deficiency among African Americans, Latinos, Muslim women who wear burkas and veils which block sunlight and also other non-white racial groups caused by having dark skin pigmentation ... We signed the "Burka/veil wearing causing vitaminD deficiency" petition!
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www.thepetitionsite.com/1/vitamind-deficiency-in-dark-skinned-americans
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In France, the terms burka and niqab are often used interchangeably – the former refers to a full-body covering worn largely in Afghanistan with a mesh screen over the eyes, while the latter is a full-body veil, often in black, with a gap for the eyes.
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www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/22/islamic-veils-sark...
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/22/islamic-veils-sarkozy-speech-france
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In the 21st century, the Islamic burka, the full-face-and-body veil, adopted by more women every day, has become the most potent human symbol on earth. But what exactly does it symbolize? Many say it stands for piety.
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He is specifically advocating the removal of the most excessive form of the veil, the burka. Internationally, the burka is a shocking symbol of Islam, most popularly translated as a form of submission and repression.
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www.heralddeparis.com/sarkozy-mis-understood-in-veiled-...
www.heralddeparis.com/sarkozy-mis-understood-in-veiled-comments-on-burka/43051
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Harry Potbelly Lord of the Onion Rings as Director of the Human Race and Manager Planet Earth commands and Andronicos "The Cynic" responds as follows......... ... Let's be clear. Many Muslim women want to wear the veil (burka).
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Women wear veil, burqa, chador, hijab, all kinds of material to cover themselves, to show servitude to God. How come only women have to cover themselves but not men? Can men show their loyalty to ... BURQA/BURKA: It is an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some traditions for the purpose of cloaking the entire body...
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Despite an intelligence service report that fewer than 400 women in France wear the full veil, an Interior Ministry study has put the figure at a few thousand. ... Besson reignites the burka debate in France, warnings of the darker side of the Lisbon Treaty...
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www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/120/article_6211.asp
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Students wearing the niqab, an Arabic term for face veil, have been trying to meet Cairo University President Dr. Hossam Kamel for the past two days in order to protest the ban. ... Technorati Tags: al-Masry al-Youm, ban, burka, burqa, Cairo University, Egypt, face veil, Helal, Hossam Kamel, nijab, protest, sue...
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paxalles.blogs.com/paxalles/2009/10/veiled-threat-female-egyptian-students-protest-burka-ban.html
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