Turkey’s Parliament Votes to Lift Head Scarf Ban [NY Times]
Turkey’s parliament took a major step toward lifting a ban against women’s head scarves in universities on Saturday, setting the stage for a final showdown with the country’s secular elite over where Islam fits in the building of an open society.
You should read the rest of the article to see how passionate people are about this issue. I especially liked the ridiculous claim by one deputy about the consequences of lifting the ban:
“It will ultimately bring us Hezbollah terror, Al Qaeda terror, and fundamentalism.”
Right…and the Liberty City 7 were on the verge of blowing up the Sears Tower.
Today’s vote on the ban rightly preempted my small political gesture from making the nightly news.
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