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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Madeleine Bunting: Secularists have nothing to fear from women wearing headscarves | Comment is free | The Guardian

"Secularists have nothing to fear from women wearing headscarves

Separation of church and state should not preclude the assertion of religious identity - as Turkey is learning

In Turkey, any day now, a female university student will mark a dramatic moment in her country's history. After years of heated debate, culminating in street demonstrations in recent months, she will no longer have to replace her headscarf with a wig or hat before attending her lectures, thanks to a constitutional amendment that received presidential consent last week. However, she will know that her newly won right is by no means secure; university authorities have been threatening to break the law and enforce the headscarf ban, while legal appeals are likely to end up in the constitutional court."

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