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Last update - 11:35 24/08/2009
Hamas to expel Gaza schoolgirls not wearing Muslim dress
By Avi Issacharoff , Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Hamas, Gaza Strip 

Female students in the Gaza Strip will be required to wear head coverings and full-length robes beginning this school year, the Hamas rules of the Gaza Strip announced on Monday.

According to the new regulations, any female student that does not attend class in the proper attire will be sent home.

The ministry also has ruled that male teachers cannot teach in girls' schools and women are not allowed to teach at boys' schools.
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A London-based newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi reported recently that the organization's Gaza government had recently approved a series of laws, a Muslim code of conduct of sorts, meant to guard Muslim religion and morals.

These guidelines join an increasing amount of reports from Gaza residents saying that modesty patrols were forcing women to wear head coverings, especially at Gaza's beaches, and that they were inspecting isolated cars in order to prevent unmarried couples being alone together.

Senior Hamas officials had claimed, in the wake of Hamas' June 2007 Gaza takeover, that the organization did not have any intention to turn the Sharia, Islamic religious law into official state regulations.

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      1.   Taliban Lite 12:10  |  Mark of Lewiston 24/08/09
      2.   Does it matter? 12:15  |  Maureen Ann 24/08/09
      3.   Gaza 12:20  |  Pal Christian 24/08/09
      4.   Where is Nathalie Durson? 12:27  |  Canadian 24/08/09
      5.   the jackboot of Hamas terror 12:42  |  Jochai Rubinstein 24/08/09
      6.   natalie d. to no 4 12:54  |  alex 24/08/09
      7.   Schools have been segregated by sex around the world 13:21  |  Natallie Durson 24/08/09
      8.   thanks Israel 13:31  |  qunfuz 24/08/09
      9.   Gaza -treatment of Christians 13:39  |  Arthur 24/08/09
      10.   yes for Hamas 13:45  |  muslim 24/08/09
      11.   mauri ann? 13:45  |  msh 24/08/09
      12.   The Real Hamas 13:54  |  fredyr 24/08/09
      13.   Obvious! Iran is calling the shots! 13:56  |  MF 24/08/09
      14.   Education or segregation? 14:14  |  ky 24/08/09
      15.   Nothing wrong with this 14:23  |  jackie 24/08/09
      16.   Absolute NO 14:37  |  Palestinian 24/08/09
      17.   Maureen Ann, put on Hijab. 14:38  |  Tzfonit 24/08/09
      18.   Well, in the United Kingdom for example....... 15:19  |  Swiss (Dino) 24/08/09
      19.   # msh, Take a look around you? 15:44  |  Maureen Ann 24/08/09
      20.   Khmer Rouge 1969, Hamas 2009 15:46  |  The Prophet 24/08/09
      21.   Mark of Lewiston, these rules are not made for male self-control 15:53  |  Tzfonit 24/08/09
      22.   Hamas mercy 15:58  |  Natallie Durson 24/08/09
      23.   # 1 Mark, while in principle I agree with you..... 16:05  |  Swiss (Dino) 24/08/09
      24.   #15 Are you saying if the girls were wearing a Hijab they would 16:16  |  world observer 24/08/09
      25.   #7--why it matters 16:26  |  Paul Freedman 24/08/09
      26.   The report is not accurate 16:33  |  KMS 24/08/09
      27.   Wearing Hijab Doesn`t Help Anyone 16:42  |  Free_Thinker 24/08/09
      28.   Khmer Rouge 1969, Hamas 2009 16:43  |  The Prophet 24/08/09
      29.   Hamas to expell girls not wearing muslim head dress 16:53  |  David 24/08/09
      30.   School the next to go 17:07  |  TOBIA 24/08/09
      31.   Hamas will be our future partner 17:16  |  Love it 24/08/09
      32.   #16 Palestinian....open the lid 17:23  |  Lynn 24/08/09
      33.   #18 world observer....if they were wearing hijab 17:26  |  Lynn 24/08/09
      34.   This article is false 17:32  |  Ahmed 24/08/09
      35.   Why are the boys allowed western-style clothing? 17:38  |  judith 24/08/09
      36.   Is the story true? 18:00  |  Ibrahim 24/08/09
      37.   Meah Shearim? 18:56  |  Borat 24/08/09
      38.   qunfun 8 - what are you on about? 19:15  |  ChanahS 24/08/09
      39.   ky 14 19:17  |  ChanahS 24/08/09
      40.   world observer # 18 19:21  |  ChanahS 24/08/09
      41.   Hamas not good 19:39  |  Pali 24/08/09
      42.   It`s as bad as France 20:00  |  Colin Wright 24/08/09
      43.   Segregation.... 21:08  |  Silvienne 24/08/09
      44.   #6, alex has a sulking fit.... 21:09  |  Silvienne 24/08/09
      45.   Tzfonit, remember Haredim.... 21:11  |  Silvienne 24/08/09
      46.   Who should expel who? 21:13  |  Confused 24/08/09
      47.   Hamas to expel Gaza schoolgirls not wearing Muslim dress 21:31  |  Joshua 24/08/09
      48.   Hamas was the result of PLO failure 21:37  |  C2 24/08/09
      49.   Silvienne 21:49  |  Edifice 24/08/09
      50.   Snide Silvienne 22:09  |  ChanahS 24/08/09
      51.   women have no rights under Sharia and these poor girls will never 22:11  |  ks 24/08/09
      52.   Looks like the article is a pure scam. Here`s a second source: 22:15  |  zmogus 24/08/09
      53.   Separate buses and sidewalks too? 22:36  |  S. Michael 24/08/09
      54.   There is a big difference Silvienne 23:02  |  Zelkha 24/08/09
      55.   Why do Western "Leftists" 23:17  |  Darlene Wallach 24/08/09
      56.   To Mark of Lewiston #1 `Taliban Lite` 23:28  |  Colin Wright 24/08/09
      57.   This is objectionable... 00:55  |  A Palestinian 25/08/09
      58.   Silvienne, is Haredim rule the actual LAW in Israel? 02:26  |  Johnny Boighe 25/08/09
      59.   Iran rulls in Gaza?? 02:37  |  Michelle 25/08/09
      60.   Girls need head covers when training..... 03:42  |  Rubicon 25/08/09
      61.   Excellent move on the part of Hamas 04:06  |  Murray of Montreal 25/08/09
      62.   Gee, Silvienne, you don`t see it. 06:49  |  Tzfonit 25/08/09
      63.   Looks like the article is a pure scam. Here`s a second source: 12:29  |  zmogus 25/08/09
      64.   France and Hamas in the same hat 12:33  |  Serenity 25/08/09
      65.   #26, Edifice, that`s a good point.... 15:31  |  Silvienne 25/08/09
      66.   #30, Zelkha.. 15:34  |  Silvienne 25/08/09
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