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Friday, October 15, 2010

Turkey schools flout hijab ban

"Turkey schools flout hijab ban
Some universities in Turkey ignore ban on hijab, the Islamic headscarf, in public spaces.
Students skirt Turkey's headscarf ban
Jodi Hilton / October 14th, 2010

By Nichole Sobecki

ISTANBUL, Turkey — For years Zeynep Nur Incekara, a young medical student at Istanbul University, attended classes in a hat, or sometimes a wig — substitutes for the Islamic headscarf, or hijab, that is forbidden in public buildings in Turkey."

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