http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/02/28/turkeys-covered-women-fed-up-with-politics-over-their-headscarves/ Religion, faith and ethics Mon, 20 May 2013 19:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/02/28/turkeys-covered-women-fed-up-with-politics-over-their-headscarves/comment-page-1/#comment-2066 Tina Munson Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:41:02 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/02/28/turkeys-covered-women-fed-up-with-politics-over-their-headscarves/#comment-2066 While it is understandable for secular muslims to maintain their westernized ways by protesting the headscarf issue,it is more important for seculars to accept that their views cannot be forced upon others who choose to cover their heads.Freedom of speech,expression and basic human rights are essential for Turkeys' accession into the EU. The aggressive protesting of the lifting of the ban demonstrates how fearful Turkish seculars are that somehow this is the beginning of ,Turkey turning into Iraq'.Turkish citizens must work on how they treat other countrymen whom are different from them with dignity and respect and acceptance with or without a headscarve. While it is understandable for secular muslims to maintain their westernized ways by protesting the headscarf issue,it is more important for seculars to accept that their views cannot be forced upon others who choose to cover their heads.Freedom of speech,expression and basic human rights are essential for Turkeys’ accession into the EU. The aggressive protesting of the lifting of the ban demonstrates how fearful Turkish seculars are that somehow this is the beginning of ,Turkey turning into Iraq’.Turkish citizens must work on how they treat other countrymen whom are different from them with dignity and respect and acceptance with or without a headscarve.

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