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Aug 8 2008, Awais

Today’s news that Muslim women in Britain will be guaranteed equal rights in Islamic marriages has wide ranging consequences, not just for women but for a new model of European Islam.

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Travelers enter the patio of the ‘Jacques Brel’ youth hostel in Brussels, Thursday July 31, 2008. The tumbling U.S. dollar is forcing a new experience on many Americans traveling through Europe: a stay in a youth hostel.