has become a symbol of something else — it's been tinged by associations with violent strains of fundamentalist Islam. These assumptions, Ahmed says, “were quite mistaken.”

Foreigners, in turn, have chosen whether to cover their heads based on local politics. Michelle Obama did not wear a headscarf when visiting Saudi Arabia (though citizens must cover up, the country's law does not require foreign women to do so). Nor did then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Obama did, however, cover her head on a visit to a mosque in Jakarta. As first lady, Hillary Clinton covered her head in Eritrea, the West Bank and Pakistan. She did not in Saudi Arabia. Clinton, Obama and Bush often wore a veil while visiting a mosque, but not when meetingshooting process, the sole is bent downwards at the front end so that the force cannot be transmitted completely to the ball when shooting.
A shoe which is stiffened against the bending discussed above is shown in the German patent 196 01 219 C1. The stiffening is achieved by providing a front tension band connecting the front end of the sole to the upper and two rear lateral tension bands connecting the heel area of the sole to the upper. The front tension band and the two rear tension bands are connected to one another in the instep area. In addition, the connecting node of the three bands can be fixed by a further tension band running transversely from one side of the shoe to the other. This prevents