Bearing in mind the popular perception that Islam marginalises women, I mentioned the example of Alison and asked Farooq whether he could imagine a woman doing his job.

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It was impossible back then for anyone to imagine that a woman who was not divorced would choose a different name from her children.

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Imagine being a 45 or 50 year old man or woman who has supported the family by showing up each day for a factory shift only to find yourself now facing life after the factory has shut down in the face of a move offshore or as a result of an economy that put the owner out of business.

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She told family and friends that Jennifer would want to be remembered as "a bonnie lass, a sparkling young woman and, above all, the most dedicated mum you could imagine".

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"You can imagine how a man, believing he is being seduced online by a sexy woman, might be all too eager to click on a link she suggests or run a malicious program on his computer, " Cluley wrote on his blog.

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"I can't imagine going to a warzone now, in the 21st Century, let alone a woman whose dad was a millionaire, from upper class society, upping sticks and going off, " says Ms Worthington.

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Can you imagine any newspaper, anywhere dedicating this amount of resources to this story about this anonymous woman?

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For example, one of the statutes grants a married woman over the age of 21 the right to make her very own will, if you can imagine that.

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