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Sexual Fetish or Sack of Potatoes: Jewish Women in Burka Get the Same Flak That We Do

  Just in case you thought the world was always picking on modest Muslim women, here’s news – they’re picking on modest Jewish women, too. A group of approximately 100 Jewish burka-wearing women in the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh will shortly be receiving news of a ban.  The Eda Charedit rabbinic organization will be issuing the equivalent of a fatwa against their modest …

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Muslim hijab to be allowed in Norwegian courts

  Oslo – Norwegian judges and other court officials are to be allowed to wear religious dress including the Muslim headscarf or hijab during court sessions, the board of the National Courts Administration said Monday. However, if a party in a case has objections to the use of such attire – which also includes the Sami national costume – the …

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