Thursday, January 31, 2008

A nation's delicate retreat from secularism

"A nation's delicate retreat from secularism
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has begun to rewrite the country's legal code. The push may upset a political and cultural balance

DOUG SAUNDERS

In a small ritual every morning in downtown Istanbul, church and state collide: As the streetcar stops at Bosporus University, dozens of young women remove the colourful scarves from their heads, fold them and put them in their handbags."

More:globeandmail.com: A nation's delicate retreat from secularism