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Sunday, February 10, 2008

Turkey votes to lift head-scarf ban, but battle continues | csmonitor.com

"Turkey votes to lift head-scarf ban, but battle continues
The country's leading secular opposition party has vowed to appeal this weekend's decision to lift a head-scarf ban to Turkey's top court.
By Yigal Schleifer | Correspondent

ISTANBUL, Turkey - With its vote Saturday ending a decades-old ban on wearing head scarves in public universities, Turkey's parliament may have marked a historical moment in the ongoing struggle between religion and secularism in this predominantly Muslim country."

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