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Jews, Muslims wary of full-body scanners: Buddhists and Hindus not as concerned

Canadian lawyer Kerry Gearin is planning to fly to Washington, D.C., this summer for a conference on Islamic family law, but the full-body scanners being deployed in some U.S. airports make her wonder if she’ll be forced to leave her modesty at home.

“When I saw the pictures, I thought: it’s too much information,” said Gearin, a former atheist who said she “reverted” to Islam a few years ago.

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