The court has forbidden Moslem women to be photographed for passes wearing their headscarves
10-08-2002
LENTA.RU.
The veto to be photographed for pass wearing headscarves is infringing their rights and hurting their dignity - Moslem women think. more on Russian: http://www.owl.ru/content/smi/p51137.shtml
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