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“Fundamentally, the mosque’s door is open for everyone, with one exception: No one will come in with a niqab or burka,” organizer Seyran Ates, who moved to Germany from Turkey when she was six years old, told Spiegel Online. Banning the headwear often worn by females in the Muslim community isn’t the only modern-day twist […]
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17 women win seats in Saudi municipal election as females vote, stand for office for first time
December 13th, 2015 
Awake Goy It was also only the third ever election in Saudi Arabia. Just men participated in the 2005 and 2011 polls. Sabq.org, a news website affiliated with Saudi Interior Ministry, was first to report that the 17 had successfully been elected across the kingdom. More than 900 women ran against 6,000 men for spots on the […]
