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NEW DELHI THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 2003 last time an Afghan woman ,t .

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contest was 1972..

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-In short order, the Minis-ter of Women's Affairs -a woman -denounced ~ 10 .

Samadzai's actions as "las-~in .

civious, and "not represent-ing ing Afghan women". And a m-senior official of the u-Supreme Court and the Kabul scholars' committee ill condemned her swimsuit '8 .

appearance as "unaccept-o able and unlawful in Islam". Officials of the Afghan government, picking its way though a minefield as it seeks to promote women's .

rights and other modem .

values without alienating .

devout Muslims, said they .

\ feared Samadzai's behav-.

iour could damage the .

cause ofwomen's emancipa-.

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(( tion in Afghanistan and s evendemocracy itself. .

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rown the king in .

for holding further electio1 "I think it was a mis-.

c It is worth noting tha PAMELA CONSTABLE MEANWHILE I Army, take," said Jamila'Mujahid, .

constitutional amendments.governments oppose democracy and lt also contains asection on "The anddemocracycoexistha· KABULI NOVEMBER 1 police clash, 10 dead an editor of a women'sc, BERNARD LEWIS & thus some support whatever they Rights ofthePeople" thatdeclares Is-mberofcountries. Indeed magazine. ~ewant free-.

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R. JAMES WOOLS~'Y think will fail. There may be a path lam as theofficial religion, but alsopro-nsthathavebeendemocr: battle between Afghan sol· dom for Afghan women,.

"! through this thickeningfog. Thekeyis videsfor freedom ofwmship for all Isl-rylong time and show ev in posters and se-diers and pollee in Helmand but not freedom ofthis na-Oll.OWING the recent that Iraq already has a constitution. It amicsects and indeed for all religions theywill quinned gowns dan-pr1 passage of the Security Co-was legally adopted in 1925 and Iraq substant gle in wedding boutique dis-Province left two military ture," she added. .

and for "complete freedom Samadzai, who could.

uncil resolution on Iraq, the was governed under it until the series are o plays. But even in this commanders and eight cops .

SOT of conscience". It further monarct fast-modernising capital of dead,officials said on Satur· not be reached for com-.

key issuecontinuestobebow ofmilitary, thenBa.athist, coup>began guarantees"freedom ofex-Itis worth day. There were also reports ment, told BBC and news.

tim quickly to move toward sovereignty the right three million, most women.

!lui anddemocracyfor anewgovernment in 1958andbroughtoo.'Crfourdecades pression ofopinion, liberty noting that the tran wear a burqa when they that nine civilians were agendes in Manila several wer. of~dilyworseni.ogdictatorship. of publication, of meeting killed.Dy Provincial Gover-days ago that shewanted to well The resolution's call for the Iraqi Iraqis never chose to abandon together, and of forming monarchy and emmcot step into the street, and the nor Haji PirMohammed said · challenge the international oun Governing Council to establish a their 1925 constirution-itwas taken andjoiningassociations". democracy tally imp most risque fashion state-during the five-hour battle image ofAfghan women utimetablebyDecember 15 forcreating from them. Thedocument is notideal We need not shy away veniently ment is a flash ofnetted an-on Friday, dozens of men hidden and submissive. She a constitution and a democratic p-and it is doubtless not theconstitution from the 1925 constitution coexist constitutikle beneath a black skin. .

emment has paperedOYerdifferences under which a modem democratic fired rockets in aresidential said she would Wee to show.

happily in a thatthep Nearly two years after that "we are talented, Intel..

for the time being. But there arestill becauseitestablishesacon-are deenthe Taliban's defeat, women area of Geriesh district, near.

Iraqwill ultimately begoverned..

disagreements even But a quick review indicatesit has stitutional monarchy. Dur-number of i Hashemite line red bikini with a Miss it offensive tosevaks, 19251raqi con.~tutioo-whichestal>-elections. tional monarch. and California, appeared on 1Vs tually exclusiveobjectives ifthereever lishesthat the nation'ssovereignty"fe. on last Friday as a contes-Afghanistan banner, Afghan t\Ue..

casualties Theelectedparliamentcould then officialdom was aghast. The .

was one. Some Iraqis call for an ele-sides in thepeople"-providesfor an take a leading role in amending the agreed to help bring a .

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cted constirutional convention,others elected lower house of parliament, democracyWlclertberu rant in a Manila beauty fora ropid conferring ofsovereignty, which ba.t, a major role in approving constitution and ~Lablishingthe rules -someforboth. ManyMiddle Eastem ----.

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