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Topic: Court Backs Turkish Headscarf Ban Posted: 10-Nov-2005 at 23:26 |
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Maju
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 01:30 |
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.
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 02:39 |
Good. Religion should be kept as far away from public educational institutions as possible.
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 03:38 |
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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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 03:54 |
I agree with cok gec. Since when did national governments also become
the fashion police? Didnt France do the same thing a little while ago?
What pointless laws, they will not change anything, they will only piss
people off. But hey, thats what government does best
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 04:10 |
Originally posted by ArmenianSurvival
But hey, thats what government does best
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True, it seems like the only good thing our Middle Eastern governments are good at these days
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 04:27 |
Originally posted by Maju
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.
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nop its not a social custom like miniskirt , its part of the religion and its mentioned in the Quran Clearly.
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 06:47 |
This is clearly a way for the secularist/kemalist to show who's in charge. A muslim country banning headscarfs is unthinkable. Its bad enough a christian country does the same on its minority (france), but this is a joke. The government should have better thing to do than dictate/police what can or cannot be worn by a individual, religious or not. If I want to walk down sydney in a tradional greek outfit, skirts and all no one should be able to stop me, even if i look completely ridiculous.
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 13:10 |
maju wrote: "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."
Exactly!! So, then why ban it? Those women should keep fighting for the right to wear whatever they choose. They should be able to go dressed like "Carmen Miranda" with fruits on their heads if they want to! Ole and Touche!
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 13:50 |
Shouldn't be banned, it is a matter of choice.
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 14:59 |
VERY SAD NEWS
Turkey is being made the laughing stock of the world!!!
Just a thought: I bet if Turkey werent allowing Jews to go to uni with a beard and hat the international court for human rights would back their bid
Turkey must rid itself of oppresive ideologies and allow a freedom of religion. The country has become far too militaristic, North Korea forces people to have certain hair cuts. See the similarity
Where is the Muslim world, why are they not protesting their disgust against such things, too busy with thier freinds the Americans!!! perhaps.
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 16:10 |
Didn't the same court of human rights state that dictating what girl
coul wear as part of her school uniform infringed on her rights?
It did uphold the right of private institutions to decide what could be
worn as uniforms thoughj, which it should, but public institutions
should strive to be more inclusive (but again they do have the right to
decide what goes ultimatly).
Still, i'm all for the European court of Human rights, its helped to
get rid of some stupidities in the UK, but really it has no power over
Turkey or any country for that matter IIRC other than tell them they've
been naughty (contrary to popular believe it has nothing to do with the
EU).
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 17:34 |
I don't think the situation was going to change in Turkiye if the court
decided the othervise.Headscarf law in Turkiye has nothing to do with
banning islam or restrict the freedom.if it was, it should have been
banned on streets at homes etc.European court smply secured its own
soils and used Turkey for that matter.
Next case should be banning woman drivers from streets.They should be
allowed to drive only in emergency or have to take 5 years compulsory
driving lessons maybe 8 years in total along with parallel parking.
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 17:52 |
As far as the ECHR is concerned, Turkey is its "own soils", since 1949 when Turkey joined the council of Europe.
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 17:58 |
Originally posted by ok ge
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.
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Do you know if they are allowed to wear miniskirts? I bet they aren't.
I'm sure other provisions on dress apart of the headscarf are in use.
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 18:00 |
Originally posted by Cywr
As far as the ECHR is concerned, Turkey is its "own soils", since 1949 when Turkey joined the council of Europe.
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 18:01 |
Originally posted by azimuth
Originally posted by Maju
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.
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nop its not a social custom like miniskirt , its part of the religion and its mentioned in the Quran Clearly.
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Where? All the verses I've read only mention that women (and men)
should wear modestly. No mention on keeping something on your head.
This is an interpretation, not an essential part of Muslim religion.
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 18:02 |
Incidently, the school girl that i was refering to was Shabina Begum,
and whilst not the court itself, it was the convention that was found
to support her case (the descision taken by the highest appeal court in
the UK. Though ultimatly it had no affect on the school (which she no longer attended anyways).
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 18:07 |
Originally posted by Maju
Do you know if they are allowed to wear miniskirts? I bet they aren't.
I'm sure other provisions on dress apart of the headscarf are in use.
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miniskirts are banned, as well as shawls(only in winter by a permit) body piercings are free
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Posted: 11-Nov-2005 at 18:07 |
Originally posted by morticia
maju wrote: "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."
Exactly!! So, then why ban it? Those women should keep fighting for
the right to wear whatever they choose. They should be able to go
dressed like "Carmen Miranda" with fruits on their heads if they want
to! Ole and Touche!
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Sorry, but when I went to school, and more when I was in teh USA for a
year, dressing rules existed. In th High School I went to in Virginia
one guy was punished for getting a punk crest. Mostly I haven't seen
any other repression but any kind of hats were banned in classrooms (in
both sides of the Ocean) too - veils included.
The sentence "X, get out that cap!" is not new to me. Not that I am in
favour or against but it seems like the veil should be considered some
kind of exception. Why?
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