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		<title>Motorhome Hire Australia:  Built for Long Days on the Road</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When trips take longer than expected, having a <a href="http://www.camperhire.com.au/motorhome" target="_blank">motorhome hire Australia</a> can truly be an advantage. You do not have to worry or face additional hassles. Extended days of travel can simply mean longer days of fun and joy. You get to spend more time with your loved ones on the road and with all the amenities available to you, there is no reason to worry.</p>
<p>Oftentimes, regardless of how well-planned or prepared a trip may be, there are things that could happen beyond your control. It is just comforting to know that you are well-equipped for them. While you cannot avoid them, you could always choose the attitude to face them. And with a motorhome hire Australia, you can have a better perspective of things.</p>
<p>The joy that life brings cannot be defined by the successes we achieved simply according to our plans. Sometimes the taste of victory is even sweeter when we defy the odds that we never thought could possibly happen. It is the unexpected tough times that we realize what we are really made of. These are the times we realize how strong we really are. Nevertheless, it is impossible to face battles which we are not equipped for. Even our strength and courage, they are products of preparations early in life. What can you draw out if you never put something in?</p>
<p>When taking trips, chances are you can control the wheel but not weather. You can manage the route but not the destination. You can navigate the roads but not the lives of people who travel around you. Anything can happen.<br />
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		<title>How Do I Use My Adobe Coupon?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unlike regular cut-em-out coupons and click here is used online and can be used to get discounts on a variety of products in the Adobe range. Companies typically provide coupons for Adobe because they are a globally recognized, high quality software provider. This means that not only do they get associated with a good brand [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unlike regular cut-em-out coupons and <a href="http://www.software.com/publisher/adobe-coupon">click here </a> is used online and can be used to get discounts on a variety of products in the Adobe range. Companies typically provide coupons for Adobe because they are a globally recognized, high quality software provider. This means that not only do they get associated with a good brand but they also get a larger portion of the profit from sales and best of all they can grow into a relatively large consumer base. There are a couple of ways to use a coupon and usage really depends on how the coupon has been set up.</p>
<p>In some cases an Adobe coupon can come in the form of an email. The email will contain a small banner (or a number of banners depending on how many products are being sold) and all you have to do is click on the banner to get to a sign up screen. Alternatively when you get an email you may just be sent a link instead of a banner and this will also redirect you to the purchase page or cart. You will find after choosing the product you want to buy, you will see an invoice that will show the amount saved or the total amount with the discounted price.</p>
<p>In other cases an Adobe coupon may be sent in the form of a code. Depending on how the email is sent you may get a regular email with the code in the body or you may also get a banner that redirects when you click on it. The banner can redirect to a site that displays your code or may give you instructions on where to enter the code that you received. Not only codes are used on the Adobe site since there are also affiliate sites that sell Adobe products.</p>
<p>In essence the only difference between the regular cut out coupon and a code is the fact that you are using your coupon in the form of a link, banner or code. The most important thing is the huge savings on products your Adobe coupon can actually provide.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Learning Spanish can be quite the challenge, most especially if you don’t have a background to the language but you can jump through all the hurdles with the use of <a href="http://www.software.com/search/spanish">Spanish learning software</a>. You have to remember that it’s not just about committing the words and vocabulary that you run into to memory, it’s also with application. If you’ve never tried learning a different language before, you’ll most likely run into this pitfall. Here, you’ll be thinking that memorizing everything is going to help but then it actually doesn’t. The minute you’re in that situation, you find yourself at a loss for words.</p>
<p>This is where application of what you learned comes in. With Spanish learning software, you don’t just get all the vocabulary and all the most popular phrases; you also get features that help you apply what you’ve learned. Take for instance the idea that you’re reading a Spanish dictionary. While that may do some good, it’s not going to help you with expressing yourself. Sure, you have all the words in the language handy in that book, but you couldn’t speak without thumbing through its pages.</p>
<p>The best sign that you’ve learned the language well is if you can speak it without the aid of any kind of tool. You can have the word at the tip of your tongue for a few seconds but you’ll be able to find it just in time to get the message across. If you’re only learning a language through audio CDs, most likely you’ll be memorizing the words that you repeat. You reinforce this by getting a friend of yours to speak with you in that language. This would be great if your friend is also invested in learning Spanish.</p>
<p>If he or she isn’t and doesn’t know any word in Spanish, you’ll have reached a brick wall. Your only way of committing words to memory as well as applying what you’ve learned is through the use of software. Spanish learning software comes with a myriad of features where you have a wide variety of language tools and aids for speaking like a native speaker.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Being a student is a beneficial position to be when you’re out looking for software like Adobe products- mainly because you’re entitled to the <a href="http://www.software.com/search/adobe_student">here </a>. This means that you’ll have up to 80% of savings with getting the best software for making class presentations, projects and the like. Getting an education can be very expensive. The amount it takes to get enrolled in a good school would be a huge amount and you pretty much have a small room for other expenses. Now, software for helping you excel in school is available for a big discount.</p>
<p>How does the Adobe student discount work? It would be just like any other kind of discount that you find in the main website of Adobe or discount sites and affiliate sites. In addition, you would have to provide proof that you’re a student. This wouldn’t be a very difficult process either. When you make the purchase, you just have to have a photocopy of your student ID as well as one other item. This can be your current school transcript or an official dated document that can serve as proof of enrollment.</p>
<p>Armed with the photocopy of your ID and perhaps the school assessment of fees, you can start getting as much as 80% discount for the Adobe products that you’re buying. If you have any questions, you can always send your inquiries and questions via email and you can also find a good amount of information about availing of the discount from the information on the site you choose to purchase your Adobe software from. With products like the Coldfusion student edition, there’s a big possibility that you can get such software for free. Rather than spending hundreds for quality software from Adobe, you can get a discount from just being a student.</p>
<p>With savings ranging from 20% to 80%, it’s difficult not to go searching for Adobe products that come with a student discount. When you find the right place to make the purchase, you just have to come with proof that you’re enrolled as a student for the current school year and you can get Adobe student discount.</p>
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		<title>Headscarf Enigma: The Contested Terrain of Women Rights, Identity and Secularism in France</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Headscarf Enigma: The Contested Terrain of Women Rights, Identity and Secularism in France Abstract:   In this paper the idea of secularism, national-cohesion and integration and hijab (headscarf) as the signifier of Islam in predominantly a heterogeneous and a diversified society of France are to be debated. Segregation of sexes, women&#8217;s oppression and emancipation, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Headscarf Enigma: The Contested Terrain of Women Rights, Identity and Secularism in France<br /></strong></p>
<p><strong>Abstract:</strong></p>
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<p>In this paper the idea of secularism, national-cohesion and integration and hijab (headscarf) as the signifier of Islam in predominantly a heterogeneous and a diversified society of France are to be debated. Segregation of sexes, women&#8217;s oppression and emancipation, and patriarchal notions of sexuality will come into play for an adequate understanding of the enigma of hijab. It will be demonstrated that how International political events associated with Muslims, the role of media in generating debates and shaping-up public opinion, French and Muslim history and culture, colonial past, crisis of identity and a symbolic resistance to the western culture  factor in. While unpacking several aspects and characters in this grand theatre of secularism vs. headscarves, I will attempt to draw an objective and impartial analysis. Symbolic role and multiple meanings of hijab, its conspicuous presence and religiosity in a liberal atmosphere will keep recurring in, to complicate the debate. However, the right to equality, citizenship, freedom of religion and conscience, the right to education, equal access to opportunities and non-discrimination shall remain the broader framework of discussion.</p>
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<p><strong>The Context: </strong></p>
<p>It was March, 2004 when the French Government proclaimed &#8220;all conspicuous signs of religious affiliation&#8221; unlawful in the public schools with a majority vote in the legislature. The decision was taken on the recommendation report i.e. ‘laicite et republique&#8217; of the prestigious ‘Stasi Commission&#8217;. Although it does not explain what &#8220;conspicuous[1]&#8221; mean but it was clear that, Jewish skullcaps, Sikh turbans, large Christian crucifixes and Muslim hijab (headscarves) were to be taken illegal while in schools. The law came into effect on September the 2nd, the same year with the beginning of new session in the country. In itself, the law does not inscribe the removal of headscarves in particular, but as mentioned earlier, its mandatory compliance was too obvious and actually it was Muslim headscarf that was mainly to be discouraged[2].</p>
<p>This passionate epic de scarf, in fact, began with the expulsion of three Muslim girls from a suburban school of Paris upon refusal to remove their hijab (foulards), on October 3, 1989, by its principal declaring the very attire as a ‘sign of social garbage pail&#8217;. The decision was to defend laicite &#8211; the French vision of secularism &#8211; was his argument. Evoking substantial media and political response, the issue again emerged in 1993-4 and 2003-4 in the French parliament on expulsion of few other girls from schools; each time receiving a stronger political and public response. It is assumed that part of the reason was the growing influence[3] of anti-immigrants&#8217; far-right political parties and several events associated with Muslim militancy in across the world. September the 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the twin towers in New York was the most startling one[4]. Probably the issue would have disappeared in the annals of anonymity, had the press not presented it in an overly dramatic manner, underscoring perceptual threat of Islamic belligerence in the country and across Europe. But on simultaneously, media had also exposed French society to its profound crisis. How to deal with multiculturalism and dissident ideologies cum practices in the face of laicite, a doctrine of universalist enlightenment? Simultaneously, distressing events at home, and abroad like New-York, Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq and Underground-blasts in Britain also stimulated public concerns about the Muslim&#8217;s ostentatious attachment to Islam[5].</p>
<p>Since then, a small piece of cloth has spurred gigantic debates all across France – even all over Europe  - dividing school-staff, academicians, media, feminists, politicians, rights-activists and even friends and families over its&#8217; semantics and implications in a modern secular society. Hence les affairs du foulard du as known in French, has become worthy of debating with reference to women-rights, right to equality and diversity, freedom of religion and conscience, and inter-alia ethnic relations and racial discrimination[6]. The present essay strives to approach a conclusion from human-rights perspectives. Here come the controversial arguments and positions:</p>
<p><strong>Secularism and History Play their Role: </strong></p>
<p>Present day effort to protect laicite and republicanism is very much embedded into the eighteenth century enlightenment move of France, the famous 1789 revolution including the ‘charter of the rights of man and the citizen&#8217; and 1905 law that separated interests of the church and the state. Referring back to the progressive thinkers and leaders like Phillip Auguste, Napoleon B. Parte, Henri-the IV and Jean J. Rousseau is a household affaire in the French society. Irrespective of any implicit or explicit reference ‘March 2004 legislation of prohibiting headscarves in public-funded-schools is very much a continuation of a struggle to keep religion, its&#8217; public display and affairs of the state separate[7]. A very progressive and respectable position, off course. But under the present political stream of regression it implies other way round. The very adoption of the law is a success of laiciete renouvele i.e. the conservative notion of secularism and right-wing parties who are not willing to accommodate diversity in a secular fabric of the society[8].</p>
<p>Clearly, the law never meant to discriminate Muslims, as witnessed by various political acts in the past. Central Government of France and Municipalities have been supporting Muslim population in building mosques, constituting  Couseil Fracaise du Culte Musilman (CFCM), Counseil Regionnaux du Culte Musilman (CRCM), Counseil de Reflexion sur I&#8217;Islam (CORIF), construction of Muslim cemeteries, creation of a National School of Islamic Studies and declaring Eid holidays, national. In general the gradual presence of Islam in the public was facilitated from time to time[9]. There are others who believe that allegory of French discrimination against Muslims and Muslim resistance goes as early as colonial rule of France in Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria and the atrocities committed during and before letting these colonies go, particularly Algerian uprising when from 1954 to1956 when the French rulers massacred hundreds of thousands of Muslims. The Commission&#8217;s report, however, does acknowledge respecting individual&#8217;s ref un-conve i.e. right to conscience, and maintenance of state&#8217;s impartiality one&#8217;s private affairs but in matters of national-unity, the latter shall prevail, it affirms. But J.W. Scot[10] argues that a profound discriminatory intent &#8220;is the subtext of headscarves controversy, but secularism was its explicit justification.&#8221; A political measure to restrain Muslims, perceived of becoming a growing threat to social integrity as demonstrated by massive protests, organizability and militarism in Europe, was thought to be necessary. Thus regulate and scrutinize Islam[11] but why through scarves was still a question?</p>
<p>In a predominantly western culture, creating their own society and political structure based on certain principles of Islam was ethnically inevitable for Muslims who hail from diverse regions, traditions and classes. In doing so they are naturally influenced by the overriding culture. Here, religion serves as a coping strategy[12] to live in peaceful co-existence. But it is not assimilation rather a negotiative mechanism of existence in a new society. Therefore, women were obliged to observe relative-segregation, an emblem of Islamic tradition[13]. Hard-line acts of integration usually prove counter-productive; generating equivocal reaction from opposite quarters[14]. Such measures help extremist outfits and religious clerics to exploit the sentiments of moderate Muslim&#8217;s. Commenting on headscarves controversy in Europe, pan-Islamist organizations such as Hizb-ul-Tehrir and Hizb-u-allah have been observed saying that, Muslims will have to choose between faith and nationality[15]. Say, they cannot simultaneously be French or the British and Muslims; in itself against the very spirit of Islam.</p>
<p><strong>Media Moves Politicians and Public Opinion: </strong></p>
<p>Both electronic and print media fraught with the images, illustrations and op-eds., on, and about the evil designs of Muslim, their malicious mores and communitarian tendencies, fanned public fears. Likewise extra-ordinary conspicuousness given to the headscarf, normally worn by a small number of girls, turned into an Islamist icon, something to desist or abhor. Vilified pictures of the few evil characters transformed the whole population into a ‘foreign community&#8217; in the eyes of the French public. Distorted and self-serving images and reflections about ‘Muslim-others,&#8217; incurred severe implications on Muslim women, particularly those wearing hijab[16]or mohajebeh.</p>
<p>Drawing the example of Banktown gang-rape-reports (in Australian media)[17] is an apt case of how media was instrumentalizing the event to paint obnoxious portrayal of Muslim barbarity as ‘a product of Arab-Islamic culture&#8217; at the expense of undermining the genuine tragedy. Most of the comments and reports were undoubtedly orientalised and racialized described as ‘coloured and imperialist depiction of rape&#8217; by Paula Aboud[18]. Obviously the real issue of violence against women, which is not uncommon in any society, suffered. No surprise that post 9/11 similes of ‘all Muslims as potential terrorists&#8217; in the mainstream media evoked equally abrasive reactions. Several men and women developed interest in Islam and some of the women turned mohajibas after[19].  Precisely put, unnecessary reasoning and extrapolation of a minor symbolic association demonstrate how public opinion, politics, history and culture conflated in generating a law[20].</p>
<p><strong>What Women-Rights-Activists and Academicians have to Say: </strong></p>
<p>Sociologically speaking, women&#8217;s segregation and confinement draws from placement of prime significance on family and sacredness of home by Islam, of which women are assumed to be the custodians. The analogy can be drawn from ‘ka&#8217;ba i.e. the house of God on earth&#8217; as the centre of religious life and a most sacred place for the believers. Setting them free in public sphere might disintegrate family structure and societal-cohesion, as conceived by Islamic notions. In other words, women are perceived to be the potential source of fitna (anarchy and social disorder) while theologically the term refers to any cause of social and political disorder emerging from within or without. Men&#8217;s honour depends on women&#8217;s piety, and sacredness of ‘social space&#8217; called home. Their segregation and seclusion is assumed to be a divine prescription in a Muslim community, nevertheless a highly sexist and discriminatory notion under modern feminist interpretations[21].</p>
<p>Isolating women is, but one way of regulating tension between sexual temptations and social-order[22] in an Islamic society. They are required to remain unsullied, and behave and clad modestly in the public. Covering up certain parts of their body is a religious obligation, as prescribed in Quran. However in the matters of entertaining and satiating the desires of their husbands, they should never refuse. On contrary, many women see hijab and separation as empowering and emancipating, if not liberating, coupled with social order. We know that women are never removed from public spheres in most of the Muslim societies &#8211; except from conservative orthodox kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and a brief period of Taliban regime in Afghanistan &#8211; as long as they abide by the norms of decency. To others, Islamic ideology of gender is paradoxical and deceptive. It simultaneously allows women to interact with the larger society and exercise their faculties in the public yet remain reserve and reticent home-makers too. In Gole&#8217;s view, veiled-women are not only the metaphors of protest; rather demonstrate the spectacular survival of religions in the secular world despite all odds[23].</p>
<p>It is true that women&#8217;s equality and removal of religion from public-institutions is a shared value[24] in the French society, but it is the media and parochial politicians, who would boil-down the complex issues of gender into trivial debates like ‘banning the headscarf or not&#8217; and ‘Muslim women oppressed or emancipated&#8217;? In contemporary French society, notions of diversity and cohesion are embedded into the questions of religion, race and gender. Ironically, the politics of veil is enmeshed into the conservative dogma of patriarchal protectivism and a sort of rescuing measures on part of the government, equally oppressive of women&#8217;s own opinion and freedom of choice[25]. In-fact two of the first girls expelled from schools were newly convert, against the will of their parents &#8211; father, a secular Jew and mother, a catholic nun. Third one withdrew from protest being beaten up by her father for wearing the headscarf[26].</p>
<p>The hypocritical and sensationalist media, without  denying its&#8217; role in highlighting cases of rights&#8217; violence, at times goes against diversity and women&#8217;s interests by quelling feminists and experts&#8217; analyses and arguments to better serve its&#8217; own political ends. As a consequence oppression-conscious Muslim women are caught in crossfire. Their views are usually subsumed in anti-Muslim streams of debate, while their protest over patriarchal control and gender discrimination within their own communities stands tantamount to disloyalty. Western feminism, less sensitive towards the racist behaviour and colonial tendencies of the west, undermines the contextual realities in the ‘politics of speaking and being heard&#8217;. Muslim women become double victim of sexism and racism[27] and turn out to be ‘others of the other&#8217;.</p>
<p>Noticing women as ‘careers or keepers of religion&#8217; is nothing exceptional with Muslim societies. Even after the accession of enlightenment and secularism in Europe majority of women still hold religion close their heart[28]. For most women religion is a kind of spiritual experience that also serves as shield from day to day delinquencies. Getting married, and producing children in particular is a miraculous subjectivity of women&#8217; life, intensely spiritual in essence[29]. It is just a cultural-essentialist belief that women who insist on headscarves sometimes even scarifying their education or career , stupidly follow their parents without intra-group criticism, questioning objectionable practices or striving to build-up their own personalities as conscious members of society[30].</p>
<p><strong>Human Rights Conventions and Agencies Speak Out:</strong></p>
<p>Most frequently referred Articles of ‘European Convention on Human Rights&#8217; in this regard are ‘the right to private life, freedom of expression, religious expression and conscience, freedom from discrimination and right to education and equal opportunities[31]. European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) considers, ‘public-moral and the rights and freedoms of others and social order as necessary in a democratic society[32].&#8217; Focussing on Article 9 &amp; 14 the European Court has upheld bans on Islamic-headscarves, both in case of Turkey and France[33].</p>
<p>The Court observed that headscarves in schools conflict with the values of plurality and equality of sexes but unfortunately that falls against the ‘right to education&#8217; under Article 2 of Protocol 1, of which several girls were deprived of, on refusing to oblige academic authorities. If equality doesn&#8217;t imply ‘sameness,&#8217; then European Court has failed to comply ‘all-equal, all-different principle&#8217; of gender-equality, religious-freedom and personal-autonomy[34]. Representing Human Rights Watch, the director Kenneth Roth said &#8220;banning headscarves in state-schools would violate rights to freedom of religion and expression in France, as with the laws in Muslim countries forcing girls to wear headscarves[35].</p>
<p>Ideally, the school is a space, where cultural boundaries are produced and reproduced allowing assimilative as well as pluralistic processes without determining the end or ends of any such interaction. What schools best need to do, is to provide an environment where negotiative and creative dialogue could happen without coercion, prescription or compulsion. Otherwise, it might breach the right to education and equal access to opportunities. Often the boundaries of personal choice and identity of immigrants and minorities overlap with the supra-ordinate culture. Normatively, schools need to nurture a liberal atmosphere in human-rights perspectives where respect for individual choice and freedom can flourish accordingly. Any regulation, to address assumed or essentialist problems might result in structuring or restructuring power relations between ethnicities or imparting the state with unnecessary monopolistic powers[36] as we are seeing in France at present.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusion: </strong></p>
<p>It&#8217;s only a complex and multi-perspective analysis with respect to human-rights, gender and ethnic-relations that can help us understand such issues objectively. In a culturally diverse environment the dilemma and dynamics of conflicting symbolism keeps rebounding time and again[37].</p>
<p>Instead of compartmentalizing, over-politicization and denationalizing a community, what needs to be done by French Government &#8211; and other European countries getting harder on headscarf &#8211; is to build inter-cultural bridges between communities ‘subjected to ‘othering&#8217;. Paternalistic and masculine measures of protectionism and hateful narratives/illustrations of barbaric Muslim men and utterly submissive women as portrayed in French and western media would not serve the purpose. Secular philosophy of human equality, integration and state&#8217;s separation from religion is quite respectable in its motives but needs to be exercised as undogmatically as Islamism or any ideology. Superficial perceptions must step-aside and give-way to other complex possibilities of human identities and emancipation. Defending human-rights of women, already victim of marginalization and sexism, will become difficult if racist exclusions and stigmatization becomes a norm. What needs to be liberated first, is the concept of gender-discrimination and women-rights, from the narrow confines of hijab debate. Alongside, political and media-activism of Muslim women must be encouraged to assert their right to speak and emancipate themselves from dual oppression[38].</p>
<p>Besides other measures Muslim men and women need to become active in research and epistemological production to de-orientalise, de-westernize and de-imperialize knowledge about Islam and Muslim women[39]. No denying the fact that unequal, patriarchal and oppressive religious structures govern women&#8217;s lives in Islamic societies[40] as they do in several other societies, including the west though less in degree. Yet it is not the state or the law to prescribe women to cuddle or discard certain norms or symbols like the dress-code. What they can best do, is to create economic, social and political conditions/environment and similar structures helping women to exercise their right to equality, individual choice, freedom[41] and the right to self-development an self-esteem.</p>
<p><strong>End Notes and References: </strong></p>
<p>[1] Before agreeing on &#8220;conspicuous&#8221; there has been a heated debate on the choice of word and its implications.  The word &#8220;ostentatious&#8221;, &#8220;visible&#8221; extra, and &#8220;outward&#8221; etc have been into the debate (Scot, J.W, 2007: 167-190).</p>
<p>[2] BBC News: &#8230;&#8230;. (15.12.2008) hit on September 29, 09, at 13:36 hrs.</p>
<p>[3] So much so that Nicolas Sarkozi, head of the conservative party UMP, once said that headscarves are like female genitial mutilation or like arranged marriages. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;, hit on September 30, 2009 at 08:54 hrs.</p>
<p>[4] Scot, J.W. 2007. The Politics of Veil. 21, Princeton University Press, New Jersey</p>
<p>[5] Scott, J.W. Ibid. 21-24, 35-37,</p>
<p>Brown, J.R. 2007. ‘Living Islam: Women, Religion and the Politicization of Culture, 69-65, London: I.B. Taurus Publishers</p>
<p>[6] Andrew, Mc. in Moghissi, H. 2006. Muslim Diaspora: Gender, Culture, and Identity. P.153, Routledge, London and Newyork.</p>
<p>[7] Brwon, J.R. ibid. 11-33.</p>
<p>[8] Andrew, Mc. in Ibid. 153.</p>
<p>[9] Brwon, J.R. Ibid. 43-49.</p>
<p>[10] Scot. J.W. Ibid. 90.</p>
<p>[11] Dreher &amp; Ho 2009: Dreher, Tanja. &amp; Ho. Christopher, ed. 2009, ‘Beyond the Hijab Debates: New Conversations on Gender, Race and Religion.&#8217; 1-15, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.</p>
<p>[12] Martin 2005, in Aune, Kristine, Sharma, Sonya and Vincett, Gisselle. 2008. ‘Women and Religion in the West: Challenging Secularization&#8217;. 146. Ed. Ashgate Publishing Company, USA.</p>
<p>[13] Askantber, A. 2002: 51.</p>
<p>[14] Dreher &amp; Ho Ibid, 1-15.</p>
<p>[15] Afshar H. et al 2008: 168-169.</p>
<p>[16] Brwon, J.R. 2007, Brown, J.R. 2007. ‘Living Islam: Women, Religion and the Politicization of Culture.&#8217; 92-94, London: I.B. Taurus Publishers.</p>
<p>[17] A Muslim gang of Lebanese origin raped several white women in the suburbs of Sydney in Australia in 2000. Despite focussing on the crime and effective measures to deal with it media was playing up the case and specified the very act of violation as if promoted by Islam and Muslim Culture, See Aboud, P. In Dreher &amp; Ho. 2009: 122-125.</p>
<p>[18] Dreher &amp; Ho Ibid. 122-125.</p>
<p>[19] Ramji, Rubina. 2008. ‘Being Muslim and Being Canadian: How second generation Muslim Women Create Religious Identities in Two Worlds&#8217; in ed. Aune, Kristine, Sharma, Sonya and Vincett, Gisselle. 2008. ‘Women and Religion in the West: Challenging Secularization&#8217;. Ed. Ashgate Publishing Company, USA.</p>
<p>[20] Brwon, J.R. Ibid. 92-94, 155-157.</p>
<p>[21] Douglas &amp; Compo in Asaktanber 2002: 31, 39-40.</p>
<p>[22] Mernici: 1975 in Asktanber, A. 2002: 32</p>
<p>[23] Asaktanber, A. 2002: 33-38; Gole 1991 in Aaktanber, 2002: 135.</p>
<p>[24] Brwon, J.R. ibid. 81-85,</p>
<p>[25] Dreher &amp; Ho. Ibid 1-15.</p>
<p>[26] Scott, J.W. Ibid. 30-31.</p>
<p>[27] Davis, Y. et al &amp; Hussain, S. in Dreher &amp; Ho. Ibid. 81-91.</p>
<p>[28] Asktanber. Ibid. 39.</p>
<p>[29] Aune, K. et al. Ibid. 223.</p>
<p>[30] Andrew, Mc. 2006: 154 in Moghissi Ibid, Ramji, R. 2008:199 in Aune et al Ibid &amp; Asaktanber Ibid. 213.</p>
<p>[31] Articles 8, 10, 9, 14 &amp; 2 sequentially.</p>
<p>[32] Marshall, J. 2008. Marshall, J. ‘Conditions for Freedom? European Human Rights Law and the Islamic Headscarf Debate,&#8217; 640-645Human Rights Quarterly,Vol.30, The John Hopkins University Press.</p>
<p>[33] DW &amp; BBC News, DW-World Deuche Welle,&#8230;&#8230;, (10.11.2005) hit on September 29, 09, at 13:34 hrs.</p>
<p>[34] Marshal, J. Ibid. 641-645.</p>
<p>[35] HRW, September 28, 2009. Human Rights Watch, &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;., hit on September 28, 2009 at 13:20 h</p>
<p>[36] Andrew, Mc. in Moghissi, Haideh. 2006. Muslim Diaspora: Gender, Culture, and Identity. 158-158, Routledge,  London and Newyork.</p>
<p>[37] Andrew, Mc. in Moghissi, Ibid. 154.</p>
<p>[38] Dreher &amp; Ho. Ibid. 7-11; Abu-Lughod, 2002: 788; Ann A. 18-29 in Dreher &amp; Ho. Ibid. 10, 18-30.</p>
<p>[39] Aboud, Paula. 2007:136-145 cited in Dreher &amp; Ho. Ibid. Abood, Paula. 2000, ‘Seeing Rape through Race-Coloured Glasses,&#8217; in ed. Dreher, Tanja. &amp; Ho. Christopher, Ed. 2009, ‘Beyond the Hijab Debates: New Conversations on Gender, Race and Religion.&#8217;  Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK.</p>
<p>[40] Askatanber, A. Ibid. 41</p>
<p>[41] Jill Marshal, Ibid. 654</p>
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<p>The author is a peace and human rights activist in Pakistan</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Acronis has a myriad of products in the market but they focus on providing for data backup and if you keep important pieces of information on your operating systems, it’s a no brainer that you have to <a href="http://www.software.com/publisher/Acronis">Buy Acronis</a>. Out of all the products that they have, you can get a lot out of true image. In brief, it’s software that creates backups of folders, files and entire machines so that just in case something happens with your system, you can rest assured that you wouldn’t have to start from scratch ever.</p>
<p>Before you actually buy Acronis, here’s a quick rundown of how true image will help you with maintaining the information and data on your computer. First of all, this product does more than provide backup. It has many options where you can make an image of the entire operating system. That includes your OS, pictures, financial documents, applications and settings. Virtually everything that you have on your computer, you’ll have an image of the whole system. Once this is created, you can save it to a DVD or an external hard disk. To make things even safer for you, you can also save it on the network or FTP server.</p>
<p>For the most current version of true image, it’s going to be more of a breeze taking care of your data and information. The best feature would relate to flexibility where you have things like versatility, speed, user friendliness and reliability working for you. You wouldn’t get all these with free software. Even if you already have it good with freeware, there will always be something missing there. It’s best to pay a small amount of money for true image where you get everything and never have to worry about anything again.</p>
<p>For the core features and the improved features that come with Acronis true image like file backup, disk imaging, graphical user interface and the like, you’d be a fool not to get Acronis. Think about your life’s work going down the drain without quality backup. Buy Acronis today and have the peace of mind that your data is always safe.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Promotions pepper the market but if you want a big chunk of the price with Norton antivirus, you can get the biggest Norton discount from shopping on Black Friday. Just like every other product gets a discounted price on this special day, antivirus software gets discounted too. If you time your purchase just right, you can be looking at as much as 50% discount on one of the best virus protection software.</p>
<p>If shopping is a pretty difficult task for you to do, you can always do your shopping once in a year and there’s no perfect time but the day after Thanksgiving. Sure, it’s going to be a hectic time for you competing with other consumers to get the best products for the lowest price but it’s your chance to snag some of the most popular and quality items for a lower price. With antivirus, if you’re using Norton or would like to start using Norton, you can get a big Norton discount. You don’t even have to go out of your home to purchase the best products. You can just sit in your home and do your shopping online.</p>
<p>When items like furniture and appliances are available for discount on Black Friday, you can be sure that software is also taking part. However, you have to keep an eye out on discounts because sometimes, as the week progresses, the discounts get bigger and bigger. You can slash as much as 70% off it when you shop with a bit more shrewdness. The trick is to visit the sites that notify you about these developments. Timing can be crucial. So even you found a great deal, you shouldn’t jump to it right away. Give it more time and search for other options elsewhere.</p>
<p>Antivirus is a necessity and you can purchase once a year or purchase successive years at one time. If you only do shopping once, do it on Black Friday &#8211; doing it on this day means that you’ll likely be getting Norton virus protection software with a big <a href="http://www.software.com/publisher/norton-discount">click </a>. It’s one of the best protective software you can get for your PC at a minimal price.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How do you get the most out of <a href="http://www.software.com/antivirus">cheap anti virus</a>? Just because it’s cheap it shouldn’t mean that it will be lacking in the computer protection that you need- thus it should have everything that you need in one package. For you to be able to do that and get the most out of your money, you should compare the different antivirus program. By doing so, you will be able to find out what is offered and what is not with the different security programs.</p>
<p>For a quick comparison, you can look for websites that uses a table to compare the different cheap anti virus. It’s not hard to understand the tables presented and what’s convenient about it is that you will be able to compare the security programs side by side. The best part about comparing through a table is that it will give you an idea of what the complete package should have. Just check on the features that it should have. You know you are getting the most out of your money when you get more yes on different features.</p>
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<p>We interview men on the street and find out what they think of Feminism. From the documentary &#8220;I Was a Teenage Feminist.&#8221; www.trixiefilms.com Distributed by Women Make Movies at wmm.com.
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