51. From bookstores to Muslim vendors to mosques to women on the streets wearing veils, the Islamic presence in black urban communities across the nation is growing. 52. Freeman wears the veil for religious reasons. 53. He also suggested his future wife would probably be a traditional Muslim, who observes purdah, the practice of wearing a veil. 54. He has also advocated women wearing a veil and strongly condemned public mixing of the sexes. 55. Historically, most women in Muslim majority Kashmir have not worn veils over their faces. 56. In areas the Taliban has captured in southern Afghanistan, women are required to wear veils and are prevented from working. 57. In rural Afghanistan, which is mostly ruled by tribesmen, women are traditionally forced to wear a veil, married off at puberty and seldom sent to school. 58. Inside, women do not have to wear the veil from which the street and center take their name. 59. Islamic fundamentalists in Bangladesh are campaigning to enforce strict rules about wearing veils. 60. Islamic students are opposed to Western liberalism and insist that women wear veils in the campus. |