11.   In Islam, Muslim women are strictly forbidden from marrying non-Muslims.

12.   In the areas they control they have imposed a harsh brand of Islamic law that forbids women from working and girls from attending school.

13.   Islam forbids Muslim women from marrying non-Muslim men, though Muslim men can marry outside their faith.

14.   It also forbids women from working, girls from attending school and insists that men grow beards and pray in the mosque.

15.   It includes forbidding women from working or studying and forcing men to grow beards and pray.

16.   It has imposed its strict version of Islamic rule, forbidding women to work or study and forcing men to grow beards and pray.

17.   Mahathir has forbidden women in government offices from wearing veils, which are demanded by Islamic fundamentalists.

18.   She was not accepted because German law forbids women from serving in areas where they might have to fight.

19.   Taliban religious fighters, who captured Kabul last month, have forbidden women from working outside the home and have barred girls from attending school.

20.   The hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer was announced by the NBA, which is forbidding the women from commenting on their appointments until Wednesday night.