Thursday, September 20, 2007

Turkey's Consitutional Debate: Not without my Headscarf - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

"Not without my Headscarf
By Annette Grossbongardt in Istanbul
The Turkish government is currently considering adopting a new constitution that would lift a legal ban that prevents women who wear the headscarf from attending college. But the country's staunch secularists are outraged, saying it threatens to create a 'religious pressure' in the country that could have a snowball effect."

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