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Orthodox Jews seeking new home in Guatemala
AFP, Published on 07/09/2014
» GUATEMALA CITY - They stick out like a sore thumb in the steamy bustle of Guatemala's capital: 230 ultra-Orthodox Jews, some speaking broken Spanish and eking out a makeshift living in a decrepit office building.
Court upholds French burqa ban
AFP, Published on 01/07/2014
» GENEVA - The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France's controversial burqa ban, rejecting arguments that outlawing full-face veils breaches religious freedom.
Afghanistan's first ever female cabbie meters out election advice
AFP, Published on 10/06/2014
» When Afghan taxi driver Sara Bahai has male passengers in her cab, she takes the chance to lobby them on female rights -- and she hopes the country's next president will also listen to her.
China offers cash in Xinjiang for tips on beards: report
AFP, Published on 25/04/2014
» Authorities in China's restive Xinjiang region are offering cash to informants who report on neighbours with excessive facial hair, state media has reported.
Hijab design takes centre stage at Tokyo Fashion Week
AFP, Published on 22/03/2014
» Among the aspiring Asian designers competing for the limelight at Tokyo Fashion Week, one of the most striking was an Indonesian label's bid to blend a traditional Muslim headscarf with haute couture.
European rights court puts France burqa ban in spotlight
AFP, Published on 28/11/2013
» The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday began an examination of France's prohibition on the wearing of full-face veils, the so-called 'burqa ban' that is seen by critics as a breach of religious freedom.
Chinese anti-veil 'beauty' campaign sows ugly tensions
AFP, Published on 25/11/2013
» A Chinese government worker in the ancient Silk Road oasis of Kashgar beckons two women to her streetside stand and logs their details under the gaze of a surveillance camera. Their offence: wearing veils.
Basketball girls back on 'Sharia Square' in Mali's Gao
AFP, Published on 05/03/2013
» As night falls on "Sharia Square" in Gao in northern Mali, a score of youths are practising on a basketball court, closely watched by their coach. Now that armed extremists have left, several girls in shiny tracksuit bottoms and low-necked tops have joined the boys.
Tunisia 'Harlem Shake' sparks punch-up
AFP, Published on 28/02/2013
» An electro-dance craze that has gone viral on the Internet is sparking insults and fisticuffs in Tunisia, where secularists and Islamists are battling for the soul of a nation widely viewed as the Arab world's most progressive.
French-led troops close in on Timbuktu
AFP, Published on 27/01/2013
» French-led troops were closing in on Mali's fabled desert city of Timbuktu Monday after capturing a string of other towns in their offensive against Islamists in the north of the country.