Saudi Arabia: Banning of 'indecent' cloaks
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BBC Saudi Arabian authorities have confiscated thousands of full-length black cloaks for women for violating Sharia, a Saudi newspaper has reported.
Al-Jazirah said religious police and officials from the commerce ministry had searched more than 350 shops and factories producing the abayas in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1969535.stm
Submitted on Tue, 05/07/2002 - 00:00
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