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 Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject: Veil protest dogs Kuwait minister |
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Last Updated: Monday, 2 April 2007, 16:00 GMT 17:00 UK
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Veil protest dogs Kuwait minister
Nouria al-Sbeih is Kuwait's second female parliamentarian
Kuwait's new education minister was greeted by protests as she took the oath of office, after she refused to wear a headscarf in parliament.
A number of MPs shouted and jeered as Nouria al-Sbeih, Kuwait's second female cabinet member, completed her oath.
Reforms in May 2005 gave women the right to vote and run for office, but the law requires them to abide by unspecified Islamic rules.
Many Kuwaiti women wear the veil, but Islamic dress is not mandatory.
[Well, obviously enough Kuwaitis don't care about her wearing veil, othwerise she wouldn't have been elected. ]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6518977.stm |
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