"Mahathir's talk about scarves and beards surprised and confused many delegates, " said Nazri.

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Several students wore pink clips, hairbands and scarves, in keeping with the family's pink and black theme for the occasion.

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Also gone this year are Debra Messing's fortune-teller wardrobe of chunky scarves and sweater coats, the target of much online chatter.

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True, Welfare's willingness to let civil servants wear head-scarves in public offices contravenes a high-court ruling on the subject.

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The show-ground, a few miles outside one of England's great cathedral cities, is accustomed to ladies in scarves, but they are not usually of the Islamic variety.

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Supporters have left scarves, football shirts and flowers across several football stadiums - including Everton's Goodison Park, at Leeds United's Elland Road, Newcastle United's St James' Park, the Millennium Stadium and Cardiff City Stadium, where Wales played their home games.

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Whenever this burgeoning religious observance began, it's now visible across the Muslim world in the increasing number of women in the street wearing head scarves, the number of Islamist parties that have made electoral gains in recent years (in Morocco and Egypt for instance), and now, in an increasing appetite for Sharia finance.

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