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Women's Rights & Issues

tom_kelly

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7. The muslim women

Reply to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #4)

Fri May 30, 2014, 07:50 PM

May 2014

in the US who wear the scarf face problems. People don't associate with them and some feel alienated. Its unfortunate but they're wearing it to hide themselves, for one reason or another, and I for one don't want to be intruding.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] polly7 May 2014 OP

I feel so bad for women when I see them covered Skittles May 2014 #1

Ditto to that post!!!!!!! n/t onecent May 2014 #2

Any rational person knows.... awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #4

The muslim women tom_kelly May 2014 #7

Most muslim women in the US.... awoke_in_2003 May 2014 #9

Brave and inspiring women! theHandpuppet May 2014 #3

Love this photo! That's one beautiful woman there! Proud, brave, and unveiled. calimary May 2014 #5

Covering their heads & faces enables the Lady to assume responsibility for the man's lust. hue May 2014 #6

goosebumps! BlancheSplanchnik May 2014 #8

They are, aren't they? polly7 May 2014 #11

The sad thing is that under the repressive regime of the Shah women had much more freedom. Gormy Cuss May 2014 #10

Here's to beautiful, intelligent and defiant Iranian women! Kath1 May 2014 #12

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