"Demo-Islam: Islamist Democracy in Turkey
(5/2/2008)
Dr. Liel began his talk addressing one of the most potent symbols of Islam and Islamism: the veil. The timing of Dr. Liel’s lecture could not have been better as the Turkish parliament in the coming days is expected to give its approval to rewrite parts of the Turkish constitution to allow veiled women to study in the universities. As a result of Turkey’s Kemalist secular-nationalist ideology, young Muslim women who cover their heads have been denied the right to appear in government buildings, as well as to study at Turkish universities."
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