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| Russers: No, you have to take your scarf off for your picture |
| 2002-08-02 |
| A court in the Russian region of Tatarstan ruled on Friday against three Muslim women who were demanding they be allowed to wear headscarves for official identification photographs, a news agency reported. The three women had argued in their complaint against the Interior Ministry of Tatarstan that they must not be forced to take off their headscarves for the pictures, saying the regulation went against Islam, the Interfax news agency reported. Sometimes the Russers are less addicted to nonsense than we are... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |