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Egyptians flock to historic street in preparation for Ramadan

STORY: Egyptians flock to historic street in preparation for Ramadan SHOOTING TIME: March 11, 2024 DATELINE: March 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the historic street of Sharia Khayamiya 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AITEN HANI, Cairo resident 3. various of the historic street of Sharia Khayamiya STORYLINE: Ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, residents in Egypt's capital city Cairo flocked to the historic street of Sharia Khayamiya (Street of the Tentmakers) to buy khayamiya, a uniquely Egyptian handcrafted textile to decorate their homes. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AITEN HANI, Cairo resident "What brings me here every year before Ramadan is, of course, folklore. I can feel the atmosphere through the very beautiful decorations. What distinguishes the market, of course, is its atmosphere. It still preserves the tradition. I come here to experience the pleasant atmosphere before Ramadan." Sharia Khayamiya, built in the 1600s, is one of the last Medieval covered streets

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-DIVING-WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN-3M SYNCHRONISED

(240207) -- DOHA, Feb. 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Mariam Shanidze/Tekle Sharia (L) of Georgia compete during the women's 3m synchronised final of the World Aquatics Championships 2024 held in Doha, Qatar on Feb. 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Xia Yifang)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-DIVING-WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS-WOMEN'S 1M SPRINGBOARD

(240202) -- DOHA, Feb. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Georgia's Tekle Sharia competes during the women's 1m springboard preliminary of diving at the World Aquatics Championships 2024 in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)

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Taliban Set Confiscated Musical Instruments On Fire - Afghanistan

The Taliban’s Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Sets Confiscated Musical Instruments on Fire on the outskirts of Herat. Taliban announced that they had burned down musical instruments in several provinces, including Kabul.The ministry had stated that these instruments had been destroyed and then burnt “according to Sharia law”. Herat, Afghanistan. July 29, 2023. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Brunei sultan on introduction of Islamic penal code

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announces the introduction of the sharia law penal code to the Southeast Asia country in its capital of Bandar Seri Begawan on April 30, 2014.

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Brunei sultan at introduction ceremony of Islamic penal code

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) attends a ceremony to mark the introduction of the sharia law penal code in the nation's capital of Bandar Seri Begawan on April 30, 2014.

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Young Muslims visit mosque in Brunei capital

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Young Muslims visit a mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital city of Brunei, on May 1, 2014, a day after Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announced the introduction of the sharia law penal code.

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Afghan supreme leader calls for implementing Islamic laws, justice

STORY: Afghan supreme leader calls for implementing Islamic laws, justice DATELINE: July 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the streets in Kabul. STORYLINE: Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban-run administration, has emphasized for implementing Sharia or Islamic laws, ensuring justice, investment and safeguarding Afghanistan's freedom. Speaking at the gathering of religious leaders and elders of his country in Kabul on Friday, the leader of the caretaker administration stated that Afghans had expelled the occupying forces from their country to establish Islamic system and now "we have Islamic system and this is the responsibility of religious scholars to implement Islamic laws." About 3,500 ulema or religious scholars and elders, according to the state-run Bakhtar news agency, have been invited from across the war-torn country to attend the three-day jirga or grand assembly opened on Thursday. Hibatullah attended the gran

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Afghanistan starts new academic year

STORY: Afghanistan starts new academic year DATELINE: March 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: various of the opening ceremonyvarious of students STORYLINE: The Ministry of Education of Afghanistan's caretaker government on Wednesday started the new educational year as millions of Afghan children head to schools, the state-run news agency reported. According to the Bakhtar News Agency, boy students from grade one to grade 12 and girls from grade one to grade six will attend their classes after the academic year started. However, female students in girls' secondary schools and high schools were denied attending schools until further notice. "Whenever girls' school uniforms are designed in accordance with Sharia, Afghan customs and culture, then the girls' schools would be reopened after order of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's leadership," the report said. Since the Taliban's takeover of the power of the country on Aug. 15, 2021, public girls' schools an

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Optimistic female Afghan students attend university classes

STORY: Optimistic female Afghan students attend university classes DATELINE: March 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the university campus and the female students in class 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): SHAGOFA MOHAMMADI, Student of Mustaqbal Pohanton University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NAJIBULLAH NASRAT, Vice chancellor of Mustaqbal Pohanton University STORYLINE: At Mustaqbal Pohanton University on the eastern edge of Kabul, the new academic year has just begun. Universities in Afghanistan have been closed since August last year. "Learning and education are the tools for the country's development," said student Shagofa Mohammadi. "I am very happy that the universities have reopened." Mohammadi studies Sharia Law. Sitting among more than two dozen female students, she said that it was natural for everyone to want an education. Mohammadi is concerned by a shortage of female lecturers, and some of the classes are taught by male teachers

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Taliban morality police replace women's affairs ministry - Kabul

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - Photo taken on September 18, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan. What used to be the ministry of women's affairs became the Ministry of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. This Taliban ministry was abolished when the US occupied Afghanistan in 2001. The aim of this ministry is to serve Islam according to the sharia law . Photo by Oriane Zerah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taliban morality police replace women's affairs ministry - Kabul

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - Photo taken on September 18, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan. What used to be the ministry of women's affairs became the Ministry of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. This Taliban ministry was abolished when the US occupied Afghanistan in 2001. The aim of this ministry is to serve Islam according to the sharia law . Photo by Oriane Zerah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taliban morality police replace women's affairs ministry - Kabul

EDITORIAL USE ONLY - Photo taken on September 18, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan. What used to be the ministry of women's affairs became the Ministry of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. This Taliban ministry was abolished when the US occupied Afghanistan in 2001. The aim of this ministry is to serve Islam according to the sharia law . Photo by Oriane Zerah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rollover (1981)

Kris Kristofferson, Jane Fonda Characters: Hubbell Smith,Lee Winters Film: Rollover (1981) Director: Alan J. Pakula 11 December 1981 Date: 11 December 1981

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Tsunami turns Aceh more religious, but sharia outrages many

ULEE LHEUE, Indonesia - On Dec. 3, 2009, the so-called sharia police, the morality police, stopped two unmarried couples for traveling together on motorbikes in Ulee Lheue in the Indonesian province of Aceh. In Islam, a couple who are not married, nor brother and sister are not allowed to be together by themselves. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami turns Aceh more religious, but sharia outrages many

ULEE LHEUE, Indonesia - On Dec. 3, 2009, a young couple, panicky, tries to take a distance when the so-called sharia police, the morality police, approached them on a rocky beach in Ulee Lheue in the Indonesian province of Aceh where they were apparently planning to enjoy the sunset. In Islam, a couple who are not married, nor brother and sister are not allowed to be together by themselves. (Kyodo)

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Aceh women enjoy sea-bathing in hijabs and life vests

Photo taken March 11, 2017, shows three women wearing hijabs and life vests enjoying sea-bathing on a beach in Aceh, the only province that applies Islamic sharia law in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo