Asra Nomani

Muslim Reform Movement / Pearl Project

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A Co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement and Co-director of the Pearl Project, Asra Nomani is the author of Standing Alone: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam. She is a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal.

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The bikini was initially called provocative for showing too much of a woman's body. The body-covering burkini's is provocative for different reasons.

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