Topic: Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
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Cleric's support for men and women mingling in public sparks furor in Saudi Arabia
Sheikh Ahmed al-Ghamdi, a Saudi cleric in the holy city of Mecca, recently declared that nothing in Islam bars men and women mingling in public places like schools and offices. For the first time in decades, religious scholars are debating the previously untouchable hallmark of gender segregation.
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Saudi Arabia's new university to let women unveil and study with men
The King Abdullah Science and Technology University opened Wednesday is meant to break ground on Saudi Arabia’s scientific learning and gender norms.
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Saudi Arabia: Dining by gender
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Kuwait's empowered Islamists question all things Western
After an Islamist victory in Kuwaiti elections, lawmakers' new agenda reflects a regional debate over the pace of social change as economies surge.
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