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Teenage girls in northern Nigeria 'open their minds' with robotics
It is part of an innovative project that challenges local views of what girls should be doing in a socially conservative Muslim society.
Mon Aug 02 2021
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Indonesian faces six years in jail over porn billboard
Police and cybercrime specialists in the largely conservative, Muslim-majority country launched a hunt for the perpetrator and on Tuesday arrested a 24-year-old IT analyst in his office.
Wed Oct 05 2016
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Pakistani star's brother 'not embarrassed' by killing her
Her brother, arrested a day later after her father filed a police complaint against him for the killing, appeared in court briefly Sunday ahead of another hearing set for Wednesday.
Sun Jul 17 2016
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Taboo or not taboo? Artists expose naked truths in Pakistan
Ali has a theory about why, in a developing country where women are traditionally veiled and even unproven allegations of blasphemy can stir mob violence, he has been so free.
Sun Jul 03 2016
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Saudi put to death in kingdom's 151st execution of year
A Saudi convicted of murder was executed on Tuesday, in the 151st death sentence carried out this year in the conservative Muslim kingdom.
Tue Dec 15 2015