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To simply attack opponents of the Muslim veil for being anti-Islam is doing just what the headscarfs do – obscure much what lies beneath.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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Two races living under existential threats have created a climate of injustice for the Israeli-Arabs, where the law under which they live, is now being turned against them. In East Jerusalem, they are finding themselves being squeezed out of the very place they are claiming as their capital in a final two-state solution.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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Hundreds and thousands of Jews will stay up all night tonight to study the Torah, I am sitting here listening to an old Muslim man teach me about Judaism, the Koran and being Palestinian.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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I might as well be stark naked, because that was how I felt standing here in front of Hebron University. Looking around there was not a single woman without a headscarf.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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One man, many wives. Should it be a free-for-all? Indonesia gets frisky with the concept of polygamy.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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In 2002, the Indian state of Gujarat was the scene of the communal mob violence that saw tit-for-tat attacks between Hindus and Muslims. NGOs put the death toll at up to 2,000. As Gujaratis go to the polls on April 30, how far will religion figure in this divided state? theasiamag.com catches up with Soutik Biswas, the BBC's India editor, who is in the state, for a sense of the sentiment on the ground in Gujarat. As India Votes 2009 Illustration: Vikash Sharma
SOUTIK BISWAS
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So the people of Thailand want to incorporate Buddhism into their constitution? They should first take a look at what happened to a woman called Lina Joy in their southern neighbour, Malaysia.
LEE HAN SHIH
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How many of these questions can you get right without Wiki-pedia? Answers at the bottom.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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Tan became the first living person to be allowed to leave Islam in Malaysia.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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