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Iran cracks down on moral peril of Barbie peddlers (Reuters)

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:48:39 +0000

Reuters – Iran’s morality police are cracking down on the sale of Barbie dolls to protect the public from what they see as pernicious western culture eroding Islamic values, shopkeepers said on Monday.

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Iran cracks down on moral peril of Barbie peddlers
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Dracula goes dry as Turkey’s new drink rules bite (Reuters)

publisher — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:21:03 +0000

Reuters – Guests at the Istanbul premiere of a new vampire film were among the first victims of new curbs on alcohol that have raised secularist fears Islamic strictures may be encroaching on everyday life.

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Dracula goes dry as Turkey’s new drink rules bite
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Indonesian Muslims told to change prayer direction (Reuters)

publisher — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:02:38 +0000

Reuters – Indonesia’s Muslims learned on Friday they have been praying in the wrong direction, after the country’s highest Islamic authority said its directive on the direction of Mecca actually had people facing Africa.

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Indonesian Muslims told to change prayer direction
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Men get guidance for modest haircuts (Reuters)

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:47:16 +0000

Reuters – Women in Iran must cover their hair in public to comply with Sharia law, and men, too, are expected to have modest haircuts — but what exactly does that entail?

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Men get guidance for modest haircuts
(Reuters)

Fired up feminists burn cash over pay gap (Reuters)

publisher — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:46:38 +0000

Reuters – Sweden’s Feminist party roasted a pile of bank notes worth 100,000 Swedish crowns ($13,010) on Tuesday in a stunt designed to highlight wage disparities between men and women ahead of a national election.

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Fired up feminists burn cash over pay gap
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