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Arusha, Tanzania

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Indonesia

Muslim women hold placards and shout slogans during a rally outside the parliament building in Jakarta October 29, 2008. REUTERS/Dadang Tri   (INDONESIA)

Iraq

Iraqi students enter Baghdad University, as an Iraqi soldier keeps watch, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. T(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Emine Erdogan, wife of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan cries as she speaks at a meeting of spouses of the heads of state of government, that brought together among others, Libyan leader Moamer Khadafi’s daughter Aisha Moamer al-Khadafi, Pakistani First Lady Begum Fauzia Yousuf Raza Gilani, Queen Rania of Jordan, Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad, and Lebanese First Lady Wafa Sleimane in Istanbul, on January 10, 2009. The wives of the leaders of seven Muslim countries condemned the Israeli attack on Gaza and called on the international community to end the suffering of women and children there.   ( BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

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Shah Alam (Malyasia)

A Muslim women recites a prayer during a rally to protest during a rally against the Israeli action in Gaza, at a stadium in Shah Alam on January 10, 2009.  More the 5,000 Muslim protesters attended the rally with placards and banners, shouting anti-Israeli slogans. ( AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

Michigan, USA

Hospital patient transporter Elisa Machado (C) talks with radiology staff member Tiffany Pope (R) while wearing her Muslim hijab as she works in her job at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Machado is a university student studying to go into the field of medicine. Women who cover up for their faith may encounter problems getting some kinds of work outside the Muslim world, particularly ones requiring them to interact with the public. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES)

Argentina

A muslim woman wears a mask on the back of her head during a protest against the air strikes on Gaza outside the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, December 29, 2008. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci (ARGENTINA)