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Beyond the Burqa
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President Sarkozy of France has reignited the debate about how Muslim women in Europe should dress by calling for a ban on clothing that, as he puts it, imprisons women and undermines their dignity. But in this burqa debate the voices of Muslim women are strangely absent.

Source: www.hrw.org

Link: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/07/02/beyond-burqa
Added by View user profileSonia Hossain on July 4, 2009
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