Breach of faith: Muslims and Christian conservatives are both deeply religious. But since last November, that's the only thing they have in common.(Dispatches)
American Prospect, The, February, 2005 by Wildman, Sarah
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AT THE MUSLIM AL-NOOR SCHOOL in Brooklyn, New York, all girls wear the hijab. Heads covered with white cloth scarves fill the classrooms, and long blue or green robes hide any Western-style clothing worn underneath. A few are shrouded beyond what's mandatory, wearing chador-style coverings that expose only the eyes, but the robes and headscarves do little to suppress the very New York accents that bubble through the halls as the girls giggle and talk about school and sports and friends.
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