Court Backs Turkish Headscarf Ban

Originally posted by ArmenianSurvival But hey, thats what government does best

True, it seems like the only good thing our Middle Eastern governments are good at these days

Bad. wearing a headscarf, Yamaka or whatever is not the business of the government. If ladies can attend Istanbul university wearing mini-skirt, I don't see why a headscarf will be any different.

Let us face it. You wearing headscarf does not harm people around you and universities in Britain, US and Japan (best schools) don't have any objections to your clothing style.  It is all just an act of Islamophobia. To be precise, for instance, a friend of mine who had a friend studying in Bilkent University, Ankara, tried to use bandana instead of headscarf. It worked till the professors noticed that It might be a subtitute of headscarf and demanded the poor lady to take it off and not wear. The morale of the story is, it is not a matter that your dress violates a certain school code, it is just a law against religious freedem no more, no less.

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Well, it's like banning hats or nudity. You can do what you want in your home but when it comes to public or private institutions there are limits.

Anyhow, the headscarf is not any religious commandment. Nowhere in the Quran says that women must wear it. It's just a social custom, like miniskirt or high heeled shoes.