61.   Iranian women must wear the veil, but in general enjoy more rights than women in some other Muslim countries, like Saudi Arabia.

62.   Kamel retired five years ago to begin wearing the veil.

63.   Khan was often quoted as saying his future wife would likely be a traditional Muslim who would observe purdah, the practice of wearing a veil.

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

65.   Many of them are required to wear veils due to tradition and social pressures.

66.   Mojaddedi assumed he was being singled out because he was wearing traditional Afghan clothing and his wife was wearing a veil, Orlando Police Officer Charles Stewart said.

67.   Now, a few younger women can be seen in Kabul wearing a veil instead of the burqa, and they are being largely ignored by Taliban fighters.

68.   Rural women still labor in the fields and do not wear enveloping veils, and they rarely attended school even before the Taliban.

69.   Such attire was strictly banned by the Taliban, who forced women to wear full veils, and punished those who showed their face in public with floggings.

70.   The law bans alcohol and is interpreted by some to mean women must wear the veil.