Turkey moves to lift headscarf ban
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Turkey's parliament has passed a constitutional amendment that would end a ban on Islamic headscarves at universities, despite public protests.
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France's recent decision to ban the wearing of traditional Muslim headscarves in public schools - a law widely perceived in the Muslim community as an undemocratic expression of "Islamophobia" - has increased ...
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Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan admits speaking about the possibility of lifting headscarf restrictions in Turkey.
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Turkey celebrated the 81st anniversary of its foundation, but the festivities were marred by an embargo that President Ahmet Necdet Sezer slapped on women with Islamic headscarves at a reception in his palace.
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Italy's parliament may soon be called to discuss a ban on Muslim headscarves in public schools, according to a bill proposal submitted on Wednesday by a lawmaker in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza ...
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has accused opponents of the Islamic-style headscarf for women of trying to sow division in secular but predominantly Muslim Turkey.
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The Turkish parliament early Thursday adopted a constitutional amendment allowing women to wear Islamic headscarves in universities, a controversial move that still had to be ratified by a final vote, assembly deputy speaker Nevzat Pakdil announced.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, with a fresh election triumph under his belt, said he would press on with reforms to turn his secular, Muslim country into a modern democracy on a par with its European neighbors.
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A German federal court has ruled that a regional ban on Muslim teachers wearing headscarves in public schools must also apply to Christian nuns, news weekly Der Spiegel reported in an advance copy of its Monday ...
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Turkey's parliament has approved two constitutional amendments easing the ban on women wearing headscarves in universities. Send us your views.
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Turkish religious movement manifests modern Islam and engages with Western ideas.
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Turkey's devout Muslim prime minister said Wednesday that the constitution should be changed to remove a ban at universities on head scarves, the most potent symbol of the national divide over the role of religion in politics.
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A law banning headscarves in schools will stand, despite demands by a group holding two journalists in Iraq.
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A German court  rules a ban on Muslim  teachers wearing headscarves in schools applies to Christian nuns, reports say.
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Turkey cleared a hurdle on its long path  toward European Union membership on Sunday when its parliament  approved a new penal code which will boost women's rights and  punish police more severely for torture.
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Turkeyâs parliament voted to lift a ban on female students wearing the Muslim headscarf at university.
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Lawmakers voted early Thursday to approve a constitutional amendment allowing female students to enter universities wearing Islamic head scarves  -  a move that many secular Turks view as an attempt to impose religion on their daily lives