The Battle of Female Headscarfs Still Ragiing in Turkey With The Jihadist Kemalist War Cries
The headscarf battle in Turkey is heated with the Kemalist warriors beating the drum of war. In the mean time Turkey's main opposition party said on February 27, 2008 it had asked the Constitutional Court to over turn the reform aimed at lifting a ban on women students wearing the Muslim headscarf at schools, universities and at work
The Turkish parliament on February 9 approved lifting the ban and President Abdullah Gul approved the measure on February 22.
The ruling AK Party urged state prosecutors on February 27 to investigate university rectors who have refused to implement new laws allowing female students to wear the Muslim headscarf on campus. Many rectors have refused to recognise the Islamist-rooted government's decision to ease a ban on students covering their heads on campus. They say further legislation is required.
The rectors, along with the rest of a secular elite that also includes judges and army generals, say the reform is part of a government effort to erode the separation of state and religion in Turkey. The government denies any Islamist agenda.
The AK Party says the issue is one of religious freedom in Turkey, a European Union candidate country. It is unclear when the court will rule on the matter.
"As far as I can see, the rectors are committing a crime. This is a matter for the state prosecutors," the state Anatolian news agency quoted AK Party Deputy Chairman Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat as saying. "Depriving our daughters of the right to education because of their dress, is a violation of the constitution," he said.
The AK Party says the issue is one of religious freedom in Turkey, a European Union candidate country. Two thirds of Turkish women wear the headscarf and opinion polls show a majority of Turks back the relaxation of the ban at university.
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http://www.newnations.com/archive/2006/July/tr.html
The Turkish parliament on February 9 approved lifting the ban and President Abdullah Gul approved the measure on February 22.
The ruling AK Party urged state prosecutors on February 27 to investigate university rectors who have refused to implement new laws allowing female students to wear the Muslim headscarf on campus. Many rectors have refused to recognise the Islamist-rooted government's decision to ease a ban on students covering their heads on campus. They say further legislation is required.
The rectors, along with the rest of a secular elite that also includes judges and army generals, say the reform is part of a government effort to erode the separation of state and religion in Turkey. The government denies any Islamist agenda.
The AK Party says the issue is one of religious freedom in Turkey, a European Union candidate country. It is unclear when the court will rule on the matter.
"As far as I can see, the rectors are committing a crime. This is a matter for the state prosecutors," the state Anatolian news agency quoted AK Party Deputy Chairman Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat as saying. "Depriving our daughters of the right to education because of their dress, is a violation of the constitution," he said.
The AK Party says the issue is one of religious freedom in Turkey, a European Union candidate country. Two thirds of Turkish women wear the headscarf and opinion polls show a majority of Turks back the relaxation of the ban at university.
Links
http://www.newnations.com/archive/2006/July/tr.html
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