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Anecdotally, Muslim women often speak of feeling "protected," "safe," and "respected" when they wear the hijab (religiously mandated modest dress that covers the shape of the body and includes the headscarf or veil). Now there may also be evidence to show that their feelings are rooted in scientific fact.
When psychologist Susan Fiske and a team of researchers at Princeton University performed MRI brain scans on heterosexual men who viewed a series of images showing both scantily clad and fully clothed men and women, they found that the men had an unmistakable response to women wearing less clothing.

BAGHDAD October 15, 2009 – Raad Bader al-Muhssin, 41, worked as a gardener for more than 20 years, during which he used to make no more than $4 dollars per day.

After the 2003 US invasion and the ensuing violence, life became harder as the number of clients requesting his services nosedived.

Adding insult to the injury was the recent discovery that his wife had cancer.

Thus, when he was offered $12,000 dollars for one of his kidney he did not hesitate or have second thoughts.

"I never had more than $100 dollars in my pocket at the end of the month, even if I didn’t spend one cent from my salary," Muhssin told IslamOnline.net.

Romania's Muslims are taking a central role during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, offering iftar meals and building bridges with fellow Muslims, Islam Online (IOL) reports.

"This is the first time in Romania when reverts are directly in charge with activities for Ramadan," Robert Hoisan, the Bucharest representative of the Muslim Association of Romania, told IslamOnline.net.

"For example, in this Ramadan, we are organizing evening meals for breaking the daily fast in different places inside the country." Hoisan and his colleague Dan Michi want to offer as many iftars as possible.

LAHORE — Watching the news about US President Barack Obama's decision to close down Guantanamo within a year did not bring a smile on the face of Mohammad Saad Iqbal.
It rather reminded the 31-year-old Pakistani of the hellish days he endured in the notorious detention center and how that many innocent people would still have to do that for more 365 long days.

"Obama has given one more year to brutal interrogators to torture innocent people," Iqbal, released last August, told IslamOnline.net in an exclusive interview in his family's home in Lahore.

Gitmo in Focus

The US has been holding hundreds of detainees at Guantanamo, opened in 2002, for years, branding them unlawful enemy combatants to deny them legal rights under the US legal system.

By Afif Sarhan, IOL Correspondent

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This is not the first time an Iraqi employee complains about sexual harassment inside the embassy.

BAGHDAD — Eman (not her real name) is locking herself home, refusing to meet anyone and sinking into despair over what she describes as sexual abuse and bullying at the British Embassy.
"My sister has been in a deep depression since the incident," her brother Ahmed told IslamOnline.net.

"What happened is a shame to her honor. It will affect her future if she gets exposed."

Eman is the latest victim of alleged sexual harassment at the British Embassy, located inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone.