Palestine

Palestinian Islamic Law Judge, Khuloud Faqih, hands a file to one of the court’s employees at her office at the Islamic Law Court in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. Palestinians recently appointed the first two women as judges in Islamic courts. Muslim courts in the Palestinian Authority rule over family affairs: marriage, divorce, inheritance and custody, relying on Islamic jurisprudence rather than secular rules. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Indonesia

A Muslim woman maintains her tangerine trees, imported from China, as she waits for customers at her roadside stall in Jakarta January 23, 2009. Tangerine trees are only sold once a year in Jakarta for the Chinese New Year. REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni (INDONESIA)

Germany

A woman wearing a head scarf walks past a pile of books at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 17, 2008. The world’s biggest book fair is showcasing Turkey this year and some 7,000 exhibitors from 101 countries will be present from October 15 to 19, 2008. (SEBASTIAN WILLNOW/AFP/Getty Images)

Jordan

A Dagestani woman sells honey in Amman, Jordan Thursday Feb. 5, 2009. Muslim vendors from the Caucasus region bring with them merchandise to sell on their route to Mecca. After performing Hajj, they return home through Jordan, Syria and Turkey, selling items bought in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Mohammad abu Ghosh) .

Indonesia

A Muslim woman attends a yoga lesson in Bandung, west of Java January 30, 2009. Indonesian yoga teachers disputed recently that the practice was damaging for Muslims after the country’s top Islamic body issued a fatwa banning followers from yoga that includes chanting, mantras or mediation. REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni (INDONESIA)

Nigeria

A girl walks home after attending prayers on the first day of the Muslim religious festival of Eid al-Adha at Obanikoro in Lagos December 8, 2008. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God’s command. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA)

Iran

A Muslim boy and girl play with a statue of a lion in a park in Mashhad, 900 km (540 miles) in northeastern   Tehran, Iran Friday, Nov. 28, 2008.  The mausoleum of Imam Reza the 8th Shiite Muslim’s Imam and grandson of the Prophet Mohammad and its museum hold one of the most extensive cultural and artistic treasuries of Iran. Several important theological schools of Shiite are associated with the shrine of the Eighth Imam. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

Afghanistan

An Afghan girl adjusts her head scarf during lessons at the girls high school Ayeshe Sedeqa in the center of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. About 3000 girls of Kunduz attend in three different shift daily school lessons.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Israel

n Arab Israeli girl stands next to a photo during an exhibition about Muslim Albanians who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in the northern Israeli town of Ramle, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009. An exhibition on Albanian Muslims who sheltered Jews during World War Two opened in the mixed Jewish-Arab town of Ramle on Tuesday to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, but the event was overshadowed by tensions in the wake of Israel’s recent offensive in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)