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| On the political front, '''women were emboldened after last year’s uprisings, but now claim they are feeling “sidelined by the transition process and say they have been shut out of decision-making by political parties and the government”''', the report said.<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/yemen/yemeni-women-lose-out-after-revolution-1.1080443|2=2012-09-25}} Yemeni women lose out after revolution] - Associated Press, September 24, 2012</ref>}} | | On the political front, '''women were emboldened after last year’s uprisings, but now claim they are feeling “sidelined by the transition process and say they have been shut out of decision-making by political parties and the government”''', the report said.<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/yemen/yemeni-women-lose-out-after-revolution-1.1080443|2=2012-09-25}} Yemeni women lose out after revolution] - Associated Press, September 24, 2012</ref>}} |
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| {{Quote|October, 2012|Saudi authorities have apprehended more than '''44,500 would-be pilgrims on their way to Makkah and Medina with fake permits'''.<BR>. . .<BR>
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| The latest group of people to be apprehended included 1,300 non-Saudi would-be pilgrims travelling on 26 buses coming from the capital Riyadh and Al Ahsa in eastern Saudi Arabia, the passport directorate said.
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| Investigations revealed that each of the would-be pilgrims paid SR3,500 to a fake agency, believed to be based in Jeddah, to sign up and perform the pilgrimage.<ref>Habib Toumi - [{{Reference archive|1=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/44-673-arrested-for-fake-haj-permits-1.1092937|2=2012-10-29}} 44,673 arrested for fake Haj permits] - Gulf News, October 23, 2012</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|October, 2012|'''More than 70,000 pilgrims have been denied entry to Mecca for not having pilgrimage licenses, while 73 vehicles carrying them have been confiscated''', according to Saudi News Agency.<BR><BR>The drivers of those vehicles have been arrested, while '''61 cases of licence forgery have been found''', Commander of Passport Forces for Hajj, Brigadier Ayedh Al Harbi, told the agency.<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/over-70-000-illegal-pilgrims-denied-entry-to-mecca_807423.html|2=2012-10-29}} Over 70,000 illegal pilgrims denied entry to Mecca] - ANI, October 24, 2012</ref>}}
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| {{Quote|December, 2012|From more than 50,000 bakso vendors in Indonesia, '''less than 1 percent have secured a halal certificate''', according to the Indonesian Ulema Council.<BR>. . .<BR> | | {{Quote|December, 2012|From more than 50,000 bakso vendors in Indonesia, '''less than 1 percent have secured a halal certificate''', according to the Indonesian Ulema Council.<BR>. . .<BR> |