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India’s Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to consider a petition from a Muslim couple to allow women into mosques, seeking to overturn a centuries-old practice that largely bars women from the places of worship. Women are not allowed inside most mosques in India, although a few have separate entrances for women to go into segregated areas. The petitioners, Yasmeen Peerzade …

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