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Fars News Agency :: Muslims Protest against Hijab Ban in Southeastern Turkey
TEHRAN (FNA)- A large number of Muslim
residents of the Southeastern Turkish city of
Urfa rallied on Monday in protest at the
Hijab (Islamic code of dressing) ban in their
country.
The protesters, which included school girls,
veiled women and members of several non-
governmental organizations, gathered in front
of Urfa's Education Administration.
They chanted slogans in support of the
Islamic dress code (Hijab), and called for
lifting the Hijab ban in Turkey's schools.
Head of the Turkish NGO Assembly for
Mobilization of Islamic Hijab, Saleh Demir,
read a statement issued by protesters at the
end of the gathering.
The new law on Hijab ban has practically
forbidden the women to wear Hijab and
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
by approving this law has obstructed
freedoms of religion and belief and there is
no difference between Erdogan's Islamist
government and the previous secular
governments of Turkey, the statement read.
The Hijab ban was implemented after a coup
on February 28, 1997. It has been applied to
the public sector as well as the universities,
schools, and educational centers.
Despite electoral promises, Turkish
government officials, whose Islamic Justice
Party has been in power in the last 10 years,
have not taken any practical measures to lift
the ban.
TEHRAN (FNA)- A large number of Muslim
residents of the Southeastern Turkish city of
Urfa rallied on Monday in protest at the
Hijab (Islamic code of dressing) ban in their
country.
The protesters, which included school girls,
veiled women and members of several non-
governmental organizations, gathered in front
of Urfa's Education Administration.
They chanted slogans in support of the
Islamic dress code (Hijab), and called for
lifting the Hijab ban in Turkey's schools.
Head of the Turkish NGO Assembly for
Mobilization of Islamic Hijab, Saleh Demir,
read a statement issued by protesters at the
end of the gathering.
The new law on Hijab ban has practically
forbidden the women to wear Hijab and
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
by approving this law has obstructed
freedoms of religion and belief and there is
no difference between Erdogan's Islamist
government and the previous secular
governments of Turkey, the statement read.
The Hijab ban was implemented after a coup
on February 28, 1997. It has been applied to
the public sector as well as the universities,
schools, and educational centers.
Despite electoral promises, Turkish
government officials, whose Islamic Justice
Party has been in power in the last 10 years,
have not taken any practical measures to lift
the ban.
