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IrishAyes

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1. I don't think I'll vacation in Saudi Arabia this year.

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2014, 12:39 AM

Aug 2014

Of course the religious 'right' have their own set of rules for the rest of us in America, confining in their own way. And nobody had better waste time thinking they won't push us back to the 1700's at least, given the chance. They expect women to be silent and submissive; some want to ban compulsory education; they are, to put it mildly, the American Taliban.

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Female Anchor Appears Without Headscarf On Saudi TV, Ignites Outrage [View all] hrmjustin Aug 2014 OP

I don't think I'll vacation in Saudi Arabia this year. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #1

There is no rule in the Quran that women have to wear headscarfs. MADem Aug 2014 #2