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To: TimF who wrote (50032)	12/6/2006 5:32:48 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 50167

A Qatari man watches beach volleyball played between Japan and Iraq during the 15th Asian Games compettion in Doha Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006. Beach volleyball's penchant for bikinis has touched off a bit of a cultural clash in this conservative Muslim city, which by hosting the Asian Games, is trying to bolster its bid to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to the Middle East. Though 16 Muslim nations are represented at the Asian Games, only one, Iraq, is competing in women's beach volleyball. And its team, sisters Lisa and Lida Agasi, are Christians. (AP Photo/Han Guan Ng) news.yahoo.com Qatari Men Ignore Stodgy Imams, Flock to Women's Beach V-Ball At the Asian Games, Qatari men are flocking to the women's beach volleyball venue despite a warning by an Islamic scholar about the dangers of watching hot, sweaty women compete: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com