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Saudi girls' school defies clerics with basketball: Report
A girls' school in Saudi Arabia has defied a religious ban on female sports by erecting basketball hoops and letting pupils play at break-time, the daily al-Watan reported on Wednesday. Powerful clerics in the conservative Islamic kingdom have long spoken against allowing girls to play sports, with one senior figure saying in 2009 it might lead th...
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Saudi girl to get 90 lashes for carrying cell phone
A 13-year-old schoolgirl in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to 90 lashes and two months in prison for carrying to her classroom a mobile phone equipped with a camera.
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Saudi girls' school defies clerics with basketball: Report
A girls' school in Saudi Arabia has defied a religious ban on female sports by erecting basketball hoops and letting pupils play at break-time, the daily al-Watan reported on Wednesday. Powerful clerics in the conservative Islamic kingdom have long spoken against allowing girls to play sports, with one senior figure saying in 2009 it might lead th...
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Saudi girl to get 90 lashes for carrying cell phone
A 13-year-old schoolgirl in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to 90 lashes and two months in prison for carrying to her classroom a mobile phone equipped with a camera.
