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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sebastian show" data-source="post: 13800906" data-attributes="member: 388298">Saudi women told to uncover face during security checks<img src="http://media.pn.am/media/issue/131/066/photo/131066.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />PanARMENIAN.Net -  Saudi  Arabian authorities have rejected a conservative proposal to allow women  to keep their faces covered during security checks, local media  reported on Tuesday, Nov 6, according to Reuters.  A draft law  would have allowed women to continue wearing veils during the checks,  and would have required their identity cards to be based on fingerprints  instead of photographs, the Saudi Gazette said.  The Shura  Council, a consultative body appointed by the king, rejected the plan on  Sunday, although it agreed that female security staff should carry out  checks on women, the newspaper reported. It did not say who had proposed  the law.  Under Wahhabism, the branch of Sunni Islam practiced  in Saudi Arabia, men and women are largely segregated in public areas.  Women need a male guardian's permission to work, travel or open a bank  account.  Under King Abdullah, the government has pressed for  women to have better education and job opportunities, and will allow  them to vote in future municipal elections. But conservative forces in  the kingdom have continued to push back against reforms.   </blockquote>

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