"'Turkey’s head scarf ban prevents advance of Islamist agenda to undermine pluralism'
Farzana Hassan - The [turkish] court recently ruled that amendments to the constitution by the ruling [party] AKP in an effort to permit hijabs in universities would amount to rendering "nonfunctional the basic features of the republic." At the core of this decision is the recognition that the hijab continues to be a tool of oppression for Muslim women, severely undermining their right to express their faith in their own unique and personal way, if they so desire."
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