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Indonesian Shiites persecuted as ‘heretics’ live in limbo
Condemned as heretics, a community of around 200 Shiite Muslims have for months lived as pariahs in a sports hall, driven from their Indonesian village after a deadly clash with Sunnis. In August, a mob of hundreds armed with sickles and swords hacked a Shiite man to death and torched…
Saudi women defy driving ban despite fear of arrest
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Some Saudi women appeared to have answered a call over social media to challenge a ban on driving, posting accounts and pictures of themselves behind the wheel in the conservative Arab kingdom. Groups such as “Women2Drive” and “Women’s Right to Drive in KSA” had called…
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