The excessive interest in covering up women's bodies is not confined to the extremists in Somalia
Alaa Al-Aswany: When women are sinners in the eyes of extremists
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
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Is this the end of the celebrity memoir? -
Martin Lewis: People's champion -
Dubai: when the desert party ended -
Bob Geldof's return to Ethiopia -
Ballack on Robert Enke - the friend he lost -
The Traveller's Guide to the Red Sea -
Jamaica: Cool in the Caribbean -
Bangkok: Real Thai tranquillity -
48 hours in Lille -
Indy Choice: Best of the new films -
Cost and time-saving Christmas ideas -
Indy Choice: The best of the new music -
Ultimate Christmas Gifts - Part Two -
Luxury fillings for baked potatoes -
Outspoken audience with Joss Stone -
Looking back on the Noughties -
The 50 best Christmas gifts for children -
Johann Hari on Alan Bennett -
China sets ambitious emissions target -
The White House crashers -
Forget gold and silver, invest in garlic -
SA v England: latest scorecard -
'Bycatch' downed by industrial fishing -
There's an app for lost news -
Plug pulled on Nadal's power game? -
Terry scores PR own goal -
MPs are us: a visit to Parliament -
A new dawn for Iraqi theatre -
Directors on cinema that inspired them -
Boyd Tonkin on nature writing in a crisis -
Malcolm McLaren: National treasure? -
Film Sequels - love at second bite -
Ways to say goodbye -
Queens of the small screen -
The ten best Christmas hampers -
Win film premiere tickets -
See 'Messiah': ENO special offer
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The enquiry already seems like a sideline as the queues dwindle.
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