Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Israel's "back of the bus" rule sparks religious row

Ultra-Orthodox Jews sit aboard a bus in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, January 14, 2008. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen

"Every time Israeli student Iris Yoffe takes the bus to Jerusalem, she has to be ready for abuse from ultra-Orthodox Jews who say she should be kept off because she's wearing trousers."

And you thought it was only those "extremist" Muslims that treated women as second class citizens, didn't you?

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