Virtue, the Islamic party formed when its predecessor, Welfare, was banned in 1998 after being thrown out of office, has spotted that with a European arm around its shoulder it might be better able to insist, for instance, that females should be allowed, despite current laws, to wear headscarves in state-run schools and government offices.

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Al-Qaida is a bunch of religious fanatics that hide in caves, drink goat milk and wear suicide vests and are specialized in hit and run operations with AK-47 (a nuisance at most).

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