More than 600 books, many of them written by women, are being purged, based on a contention that they conflict with Sharia principles.

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The taboo against pork is deeply entrenched in both religious traditions. But the prohibition is not absolute.

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Cuba balked at lending the museum work, but Christophe Cherix threw his firepower into assembling a global survey of Wifredo Lam.

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