1.   Few devout Muslim women in Uzbekistan work outside their homes.

2.   Jewish law prohibited this devout woman from switching on a radio or TV during the Sabbath.

3.   Sarves, worn by devout Islamic women to cover their hair, long have been banned in schools, but tolerated.

4.   Islam forbids any physical contact between the sexes if they have no family ties, and many devout Moslem women shy away from male doctors.