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German designer has introduced to the public for the first time a digitally-enabled burqa that can transmit a photo of the wearer to nearby mobile phones. Markus Kison calls it the “CharmingBurka,” and says it isn’t forbidden by Islamic law.
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Gunmen in a dangerous part of southern Afghanistan assassinated an Afghan lawmaker, while a roadside bomb militants were planting detonated prematurely, killing 10...
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According to recent Pentagon and an independent website reports, combat deaths are on rise in parts of Afghanistan. American military death toll has been the highest in...
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AP, Kabul
U.S.-led forces backed by warplanes battled militants in southwestern Afghanistan, killing 28 rebels including several Taliban commanders, an Afghan official said...
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AP, Kabul
U.S.-led troops backed by warplanes battled militants in southwestern Afghanistan, killing 28 rebels including several Taliban leaders, an Afghan official said Monday.
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AP, Kabul
U.S.-led troops backed by warplanes battled militants in southwestern Afghanistan, killing about a dozen rebels including several Taliban leaders, officials said...
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Pakistan launches military operation against Taliban stronghold in nation’s volatile northwest
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KHYBER AGENCY, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani forces bombarded suspected militant hideouts with mortar shells Saturday as the government launched an offensive against...
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AP, Khyber Agency
Pakistani forces bombarded suspected militant hideouts with mortar shells Saturday as the government launched a major offensive against Taliban fighters threatening the...
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AP, Shahkas
Pakistani forces bombarded suspected militant hideouts with mortar shells Saturday as the government launched a major offensive against Taliban fighters threatening the...
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AP, Peshawar
A Pakistani official says a military operation is under way against Taliban militants who have been threatening the main city in the country’s volatile northwest...
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AP, Peshawar
Pakistan is preparing a military operation against Taliban militants who have been threatening the main city in the country’s volatile northwest, the army’s...
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AP, Washington
The Taliban has regrouped after its initial fall from power in Afghanistan and the pace of its attacks is likely to increase this year, according to a Pentagon report...
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AP, Washington
A new Pentagon report says the Taliban has regrouped after its initial fall from power in Afghanistan.
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Hardly 4 months of apparent peace and we see the menace of militants taking a rebirth in NWFP, current example being the killing of 17 cops in Swat yesterday, the...
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AP, Dera Ismail Khan
Militants loyal to Pakistan’s top Taliban commander killed at least 22 rivals from a pro-government faction after taking dozens of captives and briefly seizing an...
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AP, Dera Ismail Khan
Officials say Taliban militants have killed at least 22 rivals after taking dozens of captives in clashes in Pakistan’s volatile northwest.
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AP, Berlin
Germany plans to increase the number of its troops in Afghanistan by 1,000 this fall, senior defense officials said Tuesday, following requests by Western commanders...
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AP, Kabul
U.S.-led forces rained fire for two days on militants near Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan, officials said Monday, killing about 55 insurgents and underscoring...
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Afghan and NATO-led forces killed or wounded hundreds of Taliban on Thursday in an offensive to clear the militants from the outskirts of Kandahar city, the provincial...
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A vulnerable peace deal is in place in the Swat region of Pakistan’s northwest frontier province. For months Pakistani security forces have been fighting Islamic...
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Burqa is an integral part of Muslim culture. Women who are righteous opt to wear one. Interestingly, women have taken a bold step and glamorized the burqa. Here are...
made popular Mar 12 2008
The graduation ceremony of Iranian Policewomen demonstrates climbing the walls and other action filled stunts...in Burqa (of course).
a must watch :)
made popular Feb 26 2008
AP, The Hague
The Dutch Cabinet said Friday it wants to ban burqas from all schools and prevent government employees from wearing the head-to-toe Islamic robes, but said it was...
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As the night falls, women clad themselves from head to toe and set off to their business towards… the ‘red light areas’. This is not a new scene especially in Mombasa,...
made popular Jul 12 2007
The veil is increasingly becoming a torment in Britain, not for those who wear it, but for the rest.
Even in a secularly tolerant society like Britain, the veil is...
made popular Jun 22 2007
Muslim women will have to remove their ‘niqabs’ if they want to cast their vote on 26th of this month.
However, initially they were allowed to vote as such, which...
made popular Mar 24 2007
Who doesn’t want to explore the depths of the sea?
Till now muslim women were deprived of swimming, following their strict dress codes. However, now with the Burqini,...
made popular Jan 13 2007
From now, onwards women in burqa would now have to reveal their face in order to disclose their identities at the UK airport.
The immigration officials made such a...
made popular Dec 26 2006
I guess, Taliban style regime is not far away from now in the Gaza strip.
Recently some anonymous group who personify itself the Just Swords of Islam has come out...
made popular Dec 3 2006
After the proposal of ban on burqa, more than a dozen women remonstrated outside the Dutch parliament. They wore a niqab, long robes and veils that expose only their...
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The Taliban Movement was a Sunni Islamist fundamentalist movement that successfully ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001. The Taliban government has been...
made popular Nov 24 2006
Many European states are banning Muslim girls from wearing hijab to schools, and the latest one to follow the footsteps is the Norwegian government.
Papers nationwide...
made popular Jun 29 2006
In an interview with New Idea magazine, Australian Model Michelle Leslie revealed she wore the traditional Muslim headdress to protect herself from men inside the Bali...
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Just after the decision suggested by the New Zealand Police Association to forbid any women driver on the roads of New Zealand if they are sporting Burqa, has given...
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The sacred message of Islam that mankind has a single origin and it has been created for a single purpose are seemingly confined to the books alone, since in practical...
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