It is culturally and religiously conservative.
Police have clashed with armed groups in the more religiously conservative western part of the country.
He said many religiously conservative Pakistanis had a favorable view of Bin Laden.
Many of them were working class, from religiously conservative families and often politically conservative themselves.
Socially liberal, religiously conservative, politically progressive and economically divided, this country defies easy categorisation.
Moustafa, who is already married, comes from a religiously conservative Muslim family.
Some people, particularly Kurds and the religiously conservative, view these pledges as elitist.
Her unabashed breaking of taboos in a religiously conservative country made her a hero to some.
"Most of my girls are from poor, religiously conservative families," explains the team's coach, Melek Akgol Karakoc.
As a group, the Jewish students tend to be politically liberal; some are religiously observant, but few are religiously conservative.
The school does not have a reputation for attracting religiously conservative students, unlike some other language schools in Yemen.
