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A brave Indian chess player takes a stand against Islamic Republic of Iran

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Submitted by Prashant, Jun 12, 2018 at 23:44

Dear Dr Pipes, Amongst all the news about apologists defending fundamentalists, sometimes a news about someone's courage comes and we fail to take note of it. Your readers will recall that our friendly Islamic Republic of Iran forces foreign (and local) women to cover their heads in Hijab or Burkha. Well a young Indian junior female chess grandmaster Soumya Swaminathan was to participate in a Chess tournament in the Islamic republic and she was advised to cover her head. Soumya declined because "it was in violation of her personal rights".

I would say that the girl has brains and not just because she is a chess grandmaster!

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Title Commenter Date Thread
A brave Indian chess player takes a stand against Islamic Republic of Iran [107 words]PrashantJun 12, 2018 23:44243243
It makes more sense to refuse to allow burka-wearing immigrants to immigrate than to bring them in and prohibit them from wearing the Burka. [66 words]Anon.Jun 10, 2018 08:11243201
Great news from Austria about Burqa [125 words]PrashantOct 1, 2017 15:39240965
Herve Jaubert's picture in a Niqab made me laugh for five minutes [31 words]PrashantAug 17, 2017 23:13240497
Nice turning of the tables [13 words]Michael SNov 23, 2015 13:12226522
I don't know [75 words]I don't know if it's deliberate,Sep 20, 2015 01:35225130
1When these two can do it, who knows what else is going on [127 words]PrashantMay 6, 2013 04:15205852

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